One of Sears’ Biggest Defenders Just Revealed Why He Abruptly Cut Ties With the Company (Business Insider) Hedge fund manager Bruce Berkowitz came...
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February 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz was recently in the spotlight for his strong criticism of how the U.S government has managed the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac situation,...
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May 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman and Larry Robbins shocked investors and other stock market watchers with their losses in 2015. Some hedge fund clients...
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April 6 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management, Mebane Faber, wrote a book titled “Invest With the House: Hacking the Top Hedge Funds”,...
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March 23 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We have seen a lot of 13D filing activity from Bruce Berkowitz‘s mutual fund Fairholme over the past few days, and its latest target is Sears Holdings...
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February 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz‘s mutual fund Fairholme has filed a 13D with the SEC, updating the regulatory body on its activist position in NOW Inc (NYSE:DNOW),...
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February 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz‘s Fairholme Capital Management has filed a 13D related to its position in MRC Global Inc (NYSE:MRC), which was the mutual fund’...
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February 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In a joint filing by Jerome Lande and Craig Rosenblum‘s Coppersmith Capital and Scopia Capital Management, founded by Matt Sirovich and Jeremy Mindich...
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October 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In recent Schedule 13G filings with the SEC on Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:SRG), which is the real estate spinoff of Sears Holdings Corporation (...
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July 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Richard Perry’s 11 long stock picks for his fund Perry Capital returned 1.8% beating the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by a full percentage point...
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April 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz’ mutual fund Fairholme struggled in the first quarter, as our weighted returns metric suggests Berkowitz’ 17 qualifying long positions...
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April 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As three new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed, Hovde Capital, Fairholme Capital Management, and Park Capital have recently disclosed...
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March 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The Insider Monkey data team is finally done processing nearly 750 13F filings and we will start sharing reports based on the aggregate hedge fund sentiment...
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February 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz‘s Fairholme Capital Management has inched up its position in Sears Canada Inc. (NASDAQ:SRSC), as a new filing with the Securities...
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December 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The financial sector has always been an attractive segment for investors, since it has managed to provide steady returns over the years. Even though Financial...
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November 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As the latest round of 13F filings has witnessed an increase in bullish sentiments among hedge funds. This especially affected the most popular companies...
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Analyzing insider trades, especially in small-cap companies is an efficient way to figure out a stock’s performance in the coming months. Investing...
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October 6 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme (Fairx) disclosed today a decrease in its exposure to Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD). Over the past couple of days, Fairholme...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz, the manager of Fairholme fund, is a notorious mutual fund manager with around $19 billion in Assets Under Management. While the fund&#...
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September 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Fairholme (Fairx), led by Bruce Berkowitz, has disclosed in a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that its affiliate St. Joe Company...
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September 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Edward Lampert‘s fund, ESL Investments, has disclosed in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has entered into a short...
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September 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Cyrus Capital Partners is a New York-based hedge fund founded and managed by Stephen C. Freidheim, who used to work as the Senior Managing Member at Och...
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September 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
ESL Investments was founded by Edward Lampert in 1988 and since its inception the fund has managed an average annual return of 29%. ESL Investments ...
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
David Abrams is considered to be a rising star in the hedge-fund industry. His fund, Abrams Capital Management, which was founded in 1999, has returned...
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As usual, after the end of the round of 13F filings, we have analyzed the equity portfolios of over 640 funds that we track at Insider Monkey and selected...
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May 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Over the past three months, a few of the companies in which George Soros’ Soros Fund Management holds stakes have seen their insiders acquire shares...
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April 16 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
In 2012, Skytop Capital Management was founded by Dan Sobol and Lisa Hess. The New York-based emerging special situations and distressed fund has $238...
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
At the end of last week, we closed the latest round of 13F filings, during which, major institutional investors disclosed their equity portfolios as held...
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In its latest filing, Bruce Berkowitz‘s Fairholme Capital Management has reported ownership of 24.23 million shares of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ...
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Buffett has big lead in bet against hedge funds (CNBC.com) With four years remaining, Warren Buffett has a commanding lead in a decade-long bet that...
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February 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Judge tosses racketeering accusations against Steven Cohen (New York Daily News) Hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen caught a break Monday as a federal...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager Dan Loeb’s Attack On Sony Entertainment Looks Pretty Silly Right Now (BuzzFeed) American Hustle and Captain Phillips helped lead...
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January 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Reading a hedge fund blog may be one of the best moves you ever make when it comes to your finances. While this doesn’t do anything for you in terms...
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January 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Once per quarter hedge funds disclose their long stock positions in major U.S. publicly traded companies. Historically, the most popular small-cap stocks...
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December 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors disclose many of their long equity positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
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November 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
On November 15th, Pershing Square Capital Management filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission two new 13D forms. In the first, the firm disclosed...
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Bruce Berkowitz‘s Fairholme Capital Management disclosed, in a newly amended filing with the SEC, that it has slightly reduced its exposure at ...
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge Fund Managed by Star Opens to Institutions (WSJ) A star mutual-fund manager is opening up his nascent hedge fund to institutional investors. Bruce...
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October 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC), Sothebys (NYSE:BID), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Sears Holdings...
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September 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), American International...
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August 27 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to track the equity markets. A pair of the most underrated are hedge fund and...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) has been an awful investment over the past few months. Do a couple metrics suggest a turnaround? We’ll...
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August 22 - News - Comments
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) stock is up over 20% year-to-date, but hedge funds and insiders are mixed. Some of the biggest BAC backers in the hedge...
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August 21 - News - Comments
Michael Novogratz is the manager of Fortress Investment Group, a hedge fund founded in 1998 by Wesley R. Edens, a former BlackRock Financial employee...
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August 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Is Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) worth your attention right now? Money managers are in a pessimistic mood. The number of long hedge fund positions retreated...
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August 9 - News - Comments
In the financial blogosphere, there are plenty of metrics for Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) readers to pay attention to, but it is smart to...
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June 25 - News - Comments
Citadel outpaces rivals with 26% gain in 2012 (ChicagoBusiness) The two biggest hedge funds led by Citadel LLC CEO Ken Griffin posted returns of about...
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January 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Announced yesterday, Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) plans to join Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) and others with a price-match plan this holiday season....
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October 17 - Stock Analysis - Comments
The best performing big bank stock so far this month might be a surprise, with the surprise winner being Citigroup (NYSE:C), up over 6% so far this month...
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October 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Force Capital, managed by Robert Jaffe, is a mid-sized hedge fund with more than $600 million in assets under management. Located in New York, Jaffe&#...
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October 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
