Ken Fisher Has a Side Bet on a Risky Corner of Wall Street (Bloomberg) Billionaire Ken Fisher made his name and fortune picking stocks. But over the years...
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Bain Capital is Raising a $1 billion Tech Fund for Buyouts and Late-stage Investments (CNBC) Bain Capital, the 35-year-old private equity firm known for...
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May 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Friday was a big day for many oil stock names after Chevron agreed to buy Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion. Meanwhile another stock, Chesapeake Energy...
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April 13 - News - Comments
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) (CNBC) Shares of Chesapeake Energy popped Thursday after the shale gas pioneer reported quarterly profits and...
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February 22 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Looking for any of 5 cheap oil stocks under $5? Then you’ve come to the right place. As oil prices are expected to stabilize in the near term,...
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July 1 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
1. US Stock Market: “U.S. equities traded mixed on Wednesday, with IBM sending the Dow Jones industrial average lower and Morgan Stanley leading...
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April 19 - Commodities, Gold, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Traders are keeping a close eye on Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) on Wednesday after Stephen Richardson of Evercore ISI added the oil and...
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April 19 - News - Comments
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) shares have surged 8.5% in early afternoon trading due to rising WTI and stronger natural gas prices. As of 1...
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March 29 - Market Movers, News - Comments
1. US Stock Market: “U.S. stocks traded mostly higher Wednesday, with energy leading, as investors digested economic data and the start of the United...
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March 29 - Commodities, Gold, Market Movers, News - Comments
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) shares have in recent sessions hovered around the round $5 per share range, suggesting accumulation in the area...
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March 27 - News - Comments
A few months into Donald Trump’s presidency, the bull market is alive and well. Expectations that the government will lower corporate taxes and...
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March 13 - News - Comments
With around $35 billion in assets under management (AUM) (as of 2014), the Tennessee-based Southeastern Asset Management is considered one of the largest...
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February 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Insider activity provides a sneak peek to the future prospects of the company as this activity is based on the transactions made by executives and directors...
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December 2 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Oil stocks are having an incredible day in the market today, following up on the massive gains that we’ve seen last week. No matter where you look...
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November 21 - News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Erstwhile corporate raider and revered activist investor Carl Icahn has been in the news quite a bit over the past few days following fellow billionaire...
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November 17 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Amid another spate of earnings releases all three main stock indexes are trading lower today. The Dow Jones is down by 0.21%, the S&P 500 is 0.30...
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October 25 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although there are no major economic releases today, the major indexes have nevertheless opened in the red due to General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)...
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October 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s a good day to be a bull on Wall Street as all three indexes and crude futures are higher today. Not only is WTI approaching the critical $...
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October 5 - Market Movers, News - Comments
There are always two sides to every coin, and although we’re long-term bullish on crude prices, we will analyze the bear case for oil in the near...
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October 1 - Commodities, News - Comments
After two long and painful years, there might be some light at the end of the tunnel for long-term energy investors after OPEC agreed to cut production...
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September 29 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Traders are awaiting today’s EIA report after yesterday’s API data showed that inventories falling 0.75 million barrels last week versus...
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September 28 - Market Movers, News - Comments
All three indexes are in the green today after U.S. consumer confidence jumped to its highest figure in nine years during September. According to the...
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September 27 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The fall in crude oil and natural gas prices starting in mid-2014 took a heavy toll on stocks of energy companies with some of them losing more than half...
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September 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, News - Comments
Given his many decades of experience and tens of billions in net worth, Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital certainly knows how to invest. Over his storied...
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September 19 - Commodities, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After falling sharply on Friday, volatility is lower this week as some Fed officials have given somewhat contradictory signals on the timeline of an eventual...
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September 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
A lot happened in the energy patch this week. Not only did an E&P make a game-changing discovery in Texas, but the EIA also released bullish numbers...
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September 10 - Commodities, News - Comments
With the markets sitting below all-time highs, volatility among the indexes is almost non-existent. The VIX fear index is at a meager 12.51 and the bulls...
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September 9 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Investors are buzzing about WTI today after today’s EIA report showed a significant drop in oil inventories, which confirmed the bullish API report...
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September 8 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s been a volatile week as usual in the energy sector. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the notable events that occurred to...
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September 3 - Commodities, News - Comments
Despite lower-than-expected non-farm payroll data, Wall Street is once again in bull-mode on Friday as all three indexes are gaining ground on hopes that...
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September 2 - Commodities, News - Comments
US stocks are trading slightly lower on Monday afternoon, as the major indexes retrieved from all-time highs reached on Friday, and a spike in energy...
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August 8 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
The US stock market is mixed, yet flattish, on Thursday afternoon, as investors await Friday’s payrolls data. “Today is more of a consolidation...
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August 4 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
After opening close to flat, Wall Street is now firmly in the red as all three indexes are lower in afternoon trading and the Dow’s run of nine...
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July 21 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The Dow is up by more than 200 points on the first day of the week as Brexit fears attenuate. Various polls canvassed on Friday and over the weekend showed...
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June 20 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Mason Hawkins‘ Southeastern Asset Management has slashed its Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) position by about 8.00 million shares since...
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June 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Crude futures and all three indexes are lower today as investors remain in a risk-off posture before the FOMC meeting later this week and the Brexit vote...
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June 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Even though oil is up by more than 2.1% on Friday, non-energy stocks are tumbling as disappointing earnings in several major tech and non-tech companies...
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April 22 - Market Movers, News - Comments
With the NASDAQ index in the red and the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Indexes barely in the green, shares of Highpower International Inc (NASDAQ:HPJ), Chesapeake...
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April 12 - Market Movers, News - Comments
U.S stocks are enjoying a strong day today as the U.S. dollar declines to its lowest levels in eight months and commodity prices rise. Among the most...
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April 11 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The priorities for fixed-income investors differ vastly from regular investors. While a regular investor generally looks out for the investment opportunities...
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March 20 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The markets are surging today, with all major U.S stock indexes up by about 0.5%, and oil up as well. Among the stocks driving the surges in the markets...
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March 18 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Most retail investors already know that the nominal share price of a stock does not matter for the most part, what really matters is the quality of the...
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March 18 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After rebounding late in the day, the market ended up registering small gains on Wednesday. However, it’s back to falling today, as all major U....
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March 3 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Most of the people who follow billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn know that he holds some substantial stakes in energy companies. According to ...
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February 25 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Amid a broader market decline witnessed last year, many smart money investors registered substantial losses. Among them was billionaire Richard Perry...
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February 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
On Monday, Wall Street is trading lower led by a drop in tech stocks and concerns regarding the future of oil prices. Among the top losers are several...
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February 8 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
With the VIX fear index well above 20 and crude prices fluctuating wildly, Vipshop Holdings Ltd – ADR (NYSE:VIPS), Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE...
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January 12 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s the first Monday of 2016 and the markets are down with all three indices in the red, but shares of Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), Kinder...
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January 4 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The American markets are set to end the year slightly lower, while European markets, touted for a slump by analysts, have ended 2015 on a high note. Italy...
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December 30 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
The US stock market started the last trading week of 2015 on a slightly negative note, with major indices losing ground on Monday. Among thousands of...
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December 28 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
