Melvin Capital Management Founder and Chief Investment Officer Joins Board of Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation (PRNewswire.com) NEW YORK, Oct. 5...
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October 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Fund TCI Lodges Complaint Against Italy with European Commission Over Atlantia (Reuters) LONDON/ROME (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund TCI...
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July 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Elliott Builds Stake in Capgemini’s Takeover Target Altran (Bloomberg) Elliott Management Corp. has built a position in Altran Technologies SA,...
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July 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Mar Vista Investment Partners is a California-based investment management firm that recently published its Q4 investor letter (you can download a copy...
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March 12 - News - Comments
RiverPark Funds is bullish on CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX), an $11.65-billion market cap retailer of used vehicles. In its Long/Short Opportunity Fund Q4 Investor...
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February 17 - News - Comments
You can access the original SEC filing by clicking here. Ownership Summary Table Page 1 of 3 – SEC Filing UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE...
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May 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Wall Street is calm once again today, as all three major indexes have opened in the green. Helping sentiment was a largely bullish crude inventory report...
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September 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Giverny Capital Inc. was founded by Francois Rochon in December 1998 in order to offer investment management services based on his investment philosophy...
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August 12 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The rally in U.S. equities continues on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly exceeding its all-time intra-day high of 18,351.36. The...
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July 12 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Crude prices are 1.5% lower today as traders are taking profits on yesterday’s run-up. Although most investors expect Britain to remain in the...
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June 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Tom Gayner became the head of Markel Gayner Asset Management‘s investment division in 1990. He has been Markel’s chief investment officer...
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May 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With S&P 500 futures lower again in pre-market trading because of deep uncertainty over the direction of crude prices, shares of Lennar Corporation...
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December 18 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) and CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) reported earnings on Tuesday. Although both companies beat EPS expectations, both stocks are...
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September 22 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
Tom Gayner’s Markel Gayner Asset Management, the investment division of Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL) has filed its latest 13F with the Securities and...
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May 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Tiger Consumer Management, the hedge fund managed by Patrick McCormack, has made its 13G filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the...
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
On the deadline date for the second quarter of 13F filings, WS Management, the Chicago-based hedge fund managed by Gilchrist Berg, disclosed its long...
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August 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In the last day of the week, the market opened higher with the S&P 500 Index (INDEXCBOE:SPX) went up 3 points at the beginning of the trading session...
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June 20 - Commodities, Gold, Market Movers, News - Comments
Call me crazy, but I’ve become quite attached to my old car. To be specific, it’s actually my wife’s first car, a 1998 Chevy Cavalier...
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September 3 - News - Comments
In today’s marketplace, there are tons of indicators investors can use to analyze their holdings. A duo of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider...
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August 26 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are many indicators investors can use to monitor stocks. Two of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading...
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August 26 - News - Comments
At the moment, there are plenty of methods market participants can use to watch their holdings. A couple of the most useful are hedge fund and insider...
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August 26 - News - Comments
One of the biggest automotive retailers in the U.S., AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) , released its quarterly earnings earlier this month. The results were...
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July 30 - News - Comments
Insurance company Markel invests much of its cash in the market under the management of Tom Gayner. We track Markel Gayner Asset Management’s quarterly...
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July 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) is a used car retailer with a unique business model. It sells cars at a premium, won’t negotiate on pricing, has zero new...
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July 11 - News - Comments
It seems to be a party time for the American auto industry. Many people who couldn’t afford to buy a car immediately after the severe 2008 recession...
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July 2 - News - Comments
I recently published an article about CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) being a defensive way to play the automotive sector, as a used car business tends to do well...
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July 1 - News - Comments
CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) was down 5% over the past week despite posting stellar EPS results. Fiscal 1Q revenue was up 19% year-over-year and surpassed consensus...
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July 1 - News - Comments
Auto sales have already risen in 2013, and automakers expect the high demand to continue, reports the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Recent results from...
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June 24 - News - Comments
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) has recently experienced a sharp fall in the previous month, dropping from $38.10 per share to $31.90 per share. To take advantage...
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June 20 - News - Comments
There are several ways that one can invest in the auto industry. The most obvious is through one of the automakers, like General Motors Company (NYSE...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Is CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) undervalued? The smart money is becoming less confident. The number of long hedge fund positions decreased by 7 recently. In...
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May 29 - News - Comments
The slow-but-upward climb of the United States economy has lifted domestic automobile sales along with the auto industry’s top line. The recent...
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May 20 - News - Comments
After nearly four months of strength, U.S. stocks showed their first chink in the armor as all three major indices dropped more than 2% during the week...
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April 23 - News - Comments
Used-auto behemoth CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) released earnings this week that came in above expectations and sent the stock to a new 52-week high. Given...
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April 17 - News - Comments
As the economic recovery continues to chug along it seems likely that pent-up demand will benefit certain sectors of the economy. Specifically, consumers...
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April 2 - News - Comments
If there’s anything I hate more than filling out paperwork, waiting for hours, and dealing with aggressive salespeople, it’s buying a car,...
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March 20 - News - Comments
The car business rebounded back to normalcy in 2012, thanks to artificially low interest rates and pent-up demand from consumers with aging vehicles. ...
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March 5 - News - Comments
So, I just bought myself a car. Note that I don’t say that I bought myself a NEW car, but just a car. It’s a Chevy Impala with all the bells...
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March 4 - News - Comments
US car sales (shown by the US SAAR) have been electrifying in 2012. Despite a bearish outlook on the economy, sales surged to historic levels. In this...
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February 21 - News - Comments
According to Reuters, U.S. auto sales increased 14% last month in a continuation of an impressive recovery since the financial crisis crippled the industry...
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February 19 - News - Comments
We track insider purchases because we believe they serve as signals that company officers or Board members are confident in the stock’s prospects. This...
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February 19 - Insider Trading - Comments
Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL) is an insurance company which invests its capital in the financial markets and therefore reports many of its long equity...
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February 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
According to a filing with the SEC, Rakesh Gangwal, who sits on the Board of Directors at CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX), purchased 30,000 shares of the company...
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February 11 - Insider Trading - Comments
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) had a great year in 2012. Over the last 12 months the share price has increased 31.6%, much higher than S&P 500’s return...
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February 5 - News - Comments
When I was considering buying my F-150 pickup last year, the first place I headed was my local Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) dealer. I could have gone to...
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February 5 - News - Comments
Earlier in January we spoke with Tom Gayner of Markel. Read on for his thoughts on the investment process, what books investors should read, some of...
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January 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) – Shares in used vehicle retailer, CarMax, Inc., jumped 13% this morning to $33.00 on positive comments regarding revenue growth...
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October 8 - News - Comments
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company....
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September 27 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Used-car retailer CarMax (KMX) leads S&P 500 gainers today. KMX increased 8% after reporting strong quarterly results. CarMax earned 55 cents a share...
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June 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Roberto Mignone’s Bridger Management follows a long/short strategy after extensively researching companies. Their analysts do the legwork...
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February 14 - News - Comments
