Crispin Odey Steps Back from Running Hedge Fund Firm (Reuters) LONDON (Reuters) – Crispin Odey is to step back from running his London-based hedge...
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November 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
1. U.S. Stock Market: “U.S. equities held most of their gains on Wednesday as investors digested President Donald Trump’s outline for...
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April 26 - Commodities, Gold, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
The much-scrutinized earnings recession may finally come to an end. According to FactSet, the blended earnings decline for the companies comprising the...
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October 24 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Traders are watching crude today after yesterday’s API report showed a surprise draw of 3.8 million barrels versus expectations of a build of 2...
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October 19 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
With tens of millions of Americans expected to tune in for the Presidential debates, with the first beginning on Monday, the odds of one candidate prevailing...
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September 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Although the broader indexes are relatively flat overall, with the Dow off by 35 points, the S&P down by 0.17%, and the NASDAQ inching lower by...
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September 7 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Seeing as earnings season is beginning in earnest, many investors are paying careful attention to the markets to gauge the state of individual companies...
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July 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s been a rather quiet morning on Wall Street, at least in terms of the performance of the overall market. In contrast to previous sessions, the...
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April 6 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Connecticut-based Bridgewater Associates is among the largest hedge funds in the world, with assets under management of $169 billion. Founded in 1973...
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June 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of gauges investors can use to watch publicly traded companies. Two of the best are hedge fund...
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September 17 - News - Comments
One trap investors sometimes fall into is buying the stock of a company because they like the company’s product. A good product and a good investment...
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September 10 - News - Comments
Is United Microelectronics Corp (ADR) (NYSE:UMC) a good investment? In today’s marketplace, there are dozens of metrics shareholders can use to analyze...
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September 5 - News - Comments
Investors in Dow component The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) are likely to see continued outperformance in their investment. The largest home-improvement...
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September 4 - News - Comments
Theoretically, an analyst’s job is to analyze and then assess a company, and to give an outlook. However, there is a thin line between the reports...
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September 3 - News - Comments
At the moment, there are dozens of methods shareholders can use to monitor stocks. A pair of the best are hedge fund and insider trading movement. At...
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September 3 - News - Comments
Light-emitting diode manufacturer Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) cratered earlier this month after the company’s first-quarter guidance came in below...
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August 29 - News - Comments
Is Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) a good investment? If you were to ask many traders, hedge funds are perceived as useless, outdated investment...
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August 28 - News - Comments
Is Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) a buy? Now, according to many of your peers, hedge funds are perceived as overrated, old investment tools of a forgotten...
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August 28 - News - Comments
If you were to ask many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, old financial tools of a period lost to current times. Although...
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August 28 - News - Comments
To many of your peers, hedge funds are assumed to be bloated, old financial vehicles of a forgotten age. Although there are In excess of 8,000 hedge funds...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Will you buy Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT)? In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are many metrics investors can use to track stocks...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Yesterday, Cree, Inc. (NASAQ:CREE) discussed its Q4 2013 results. CEO, Charles M. Swoboda said that Cree, Inc. (NASAQ:CREE) was “in a great position...
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August 14 - News - Comments
North America’s leading lighting company, Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI), delivered another good set of results for its recent third quarter, and...
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July 15 - News - Comments
Social responsibility has never been more critical than now to potential investors — now more than ever, social pressures create upward or downward...
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July 15 - News - Comments
The global semiconductor industry will grow by 6.4% to $322.30 billion this year, compared to $303.02 billion last year. The key driver for this growth...
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July 10 - News - Comments
Aside from biotechnology, there is no other industry that can produce rapid gains more than technology. In this piece, I am looking at three such stocks...
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July 8 - News - Comments
As 2012 was drawing to a close, I’d expected certain stocks to outperform the market in 2013 and had covered them in a series of articles last December...
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July 8 - News - Comments
The recently announced Forbes list of Fastest Growing Tech Companies of 2013 has familiar names at the top: LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Facebook Inc (...
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July 5 - News - Comments
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ADR) (NYSE:ASX) was in 7 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. ASX investors should be aware of a decrease...
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June 17 - News - Comments
Shares of Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) are already trading 85% higher this year, but investors can still expect very attractive long-term gains from this...
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June 12 - News - Comments
The semiconductor and related-products industry is one of great relevance for the technology field, but also, in our day-to-day lifestyle. As the world...
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June 6 - News - Comments
ASML Holding N.V. (ADR) (NASDAQ:ASML) was in 14 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. ASML investors should pay attention...
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June 6 - News - Comments
Does innovation in a industry dating back to the 1800’s pay? Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) certainly hopes so. It is betting on technology it has refined...
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June 5 - News - Comments
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) investors should be aware of an increase in support from the world’s most elite money managers recently. To most market...
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June 3 - News - Comments
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines...
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May 14 - News - Comments
Light-emitting diode (LED) company Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) did again what it does best — report a solid quarter, beat estimates, and sound out...
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May 1 - News - Comments
Swiss industrial giant ABB Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:ABB) surprised markets by announcing a deal to acquire solar-inverter manufacturer Power One Inc (NASDAQ:PWER...
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April 30 - News - Comments
Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) is a market leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications...
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April 22 - News - Comments
The lighting industry has been changing in the United States. Due to government mandates, certain light bulbs can no longer be sold. These filament bulbs...
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April 19 - News - Comments
LEDs are becoming more widely adopted in lighting applications, and the implications of switching to LED bulbs can result in energy savings of up to 70...
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April 18 - News - Comments
Normally, you don’t think of your lighting choices as an investment, but when the government is handing out $10 million in prizes so companies can...
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April 13 - News - Comments
Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) is the leader in light emitting diodes (LEDs), semiconductor solutions and LED lighting. The LED industry trend thus far has...
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April 3 - News - Comments
In December, I offered up 11 great and easy ways that consumers could save money in 2013. These ideas ranged from paying off your high-interest credit...
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March 15 - News - Comments
Every investor would love to stumble upon the perfect stock. But will you ever really find a stock that provides everything you could possibly want? One...
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March 14 - News - Comments
Not even the enacting of $85 billion in budget cuts has been enough to keep more than 50% of companies in the Motley Fool CAPS Screener from creeping...
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March 7 - News - Comments
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines...
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March 6 - News - Comments
Since sequestration kicked in on Saturday and The End of The World As We Know It was supposed to materialize, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has packed...
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March 6 - News - Comments
It’s the start of a new month and time to review quarterly performance and more importantly whether the process of writing investment thoughts out here...
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March 5 - News - Comments
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and “initiating coverage at neutral...
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February 20 - News - Comments
Every investor would love to stumble upon the perfect stock. But will you ever really find a stock that provides everything you could possibly want? One...
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February 14 - News - Comments
