Jana Partners Becomes QEP Resources’ Largest Shareholder. Why?
According to an amended filing with the SEC, Barry Rosenstein’s Jana Partners increased their holdings in QEP Resources Inc (NYSE:QEP) to over 13.54...
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Will A Post-Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (VOD) Be A Buy?
Billionaire David Einhorn’s dream came true- partially. In his 2012 end of the year letter, the head of Greenlight Capital had identified a potential...
Warren Buffett and Insiders are Betting On General Motors Company (GM) & More
Quarterly filings from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway are highly anticipated in the financial community- many investors and market watchers are...
American International Group Inc (AIG), Tiffany & Co. (TIF): Insiders Have Been Buying These Dan Loeb Picks
Insider Monkey tracks quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Dan Loeb’s Third Point. We’ve found that these filings...
Insiders Have Been Buying Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX), Time Warner Inc (TWX), and More
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders narrowly outperform the market (read our analysis of studies on insider trading). We think that this is because...
Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Cheap Stock Picks for Q3 Include Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other notable investors including billionaire Ken Fisher’s mutual fund Fisher Asset Management...
Billionaire Steve Cohen Is Buying Foster Wheeler AG (FWLT), Blue Nile Inc (NILE) & More
A series of 13G filings with the SEC have shown that billionaire Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors is far from idle as some outside investors seek...
Insider Trading Alert: Insiders Are Really Bullish About Ingersoll-Rand PLC (IR)
In late July, we had reported on an insider purchase at $18 billion market cap machinery company Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR), which may be best known...
An Insider’s Trust Loves AT&T Inc. (T)
According to a filing with the SEC, a trust connected to AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) Board member Michael McCallister purchased 9,000 shares of stock on July...
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens’s Long Term Picks: Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Apache Corporation (APA) & More
In May, billionaire T. Boone Pickens’s BP Capital filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the SEC, disclosing many of its long equity positions...
A Board Member Bought 1,000 Shares of Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)
Sergio Marchionne, who is a member of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM)’s Board of Directors, purchased 1,000 shares of the company’s stock...
Billionaire Leon Cooperman’s Long Term Stock Picks Include Transocean LTD (RIG)
We maintain a database of quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors, as part of our...
Cliff Asness’s 3%+ Yield Investments Include AT&T Inc. (T)
In May, Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the SEC. While the information on the specific number...
Tiger Cub Lee Ainslie’s Low P/E Stock Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
It’s been some time since Tiger Cub Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013, disclosing many of its long equity...
Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Healthcare Picks for Q3 Include Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
In mid July, Fisher Asset Management, the asset management firm run by billionaire and Forbes columnist Ken Fisher, filed its 13F for the second quarter...
David Blood and Al Gore’s Generation Owns 5.1% of Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC)
David Blood, the former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and former Vice President Al Gore co-founded Generation Investment Management in 2004....
Can Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Continue Its Excellent Returns?
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has increased in price by about 70% in the last year, as the company’s sale of its assets has created shareholder value and...
Highfields Capital Management’s Top Stock Picks Include United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
Harvard Management alum Jonathan Jacobson co-founded Highfields Capital Management in 1998, with the endowment providing $500 million of the fund’s...
Warren Buffett Adds More DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (DVA) to Berkshire’s Portfolio
According to a filing with the SEC, Warren Buffett’s holding company Berkshire Hathaway has continued to buy shares of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc...
Is Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) A Good Stock to Buy?
Despite its large size, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) had a quite successful second quarter of its fiscal year (Q2 ended in March), with the company...
Billionaire Andreas Halvorsen’s High Upside Potential Picks Include QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM)
The PEG ratio takes into account both a stock’s P/E multiple and analyst expectations for future earnings growth, and therefore serves as one way to...
Cliff Asness’s Cheap Stock Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
When we went through the most recent 13F filing for Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management (we track 13Fs from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable...
Is JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) The Best Buy Of The Big Banks?
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is coming off a strong performance in the first quarter of 2013, in which its net income was 15% higher on a q/q...
Warren Buffett’s High-Upside Picks Include General Motors Company (GM) & National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV)
Warren Buffett’s holding company Berkshire Hathaway filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the SEC in May. While the information in this filing...
Billionaire Leon Cooperman’s Cheap Stock Picks Include UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH)
Value investors often start by considering the P/E multiple as a measure of a stock’s “cheapness” and then evaluating the company’s potential...
Billionaire David Shaw’s High Upside Potential Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire David Shaw’s large hedge fund D.E. Shaw...
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens And Insiders Like Apache Corporation (APA) and More
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders narrowly outperform the S&P 500 (read our analysis of studies on insider trading). Our explanation for...
Chemtura Corp (CHMT), Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW): Billionaire James Dinan’s Small Cap Picks Include Visteon
According to our research based on our database of 13F filings, the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds generate an average excess return...
Billionaire David Shaw’s Cheap Stock Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire David Shaw’s large hedge fund D.E. Shaw...
Insiders Have Bought Philip Morris International Inc. (PM), AOL, Inc. (AOL), and More
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders exhibit a small outperformance effect (read our analysis of studies on insider trading) and our explanation...
An Insider Bought 28,000 Shares of AOL, Inc. (AOL)
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Fredric Reynolds, a member of the Board of Directors at AOL, Inc. (NYSE:AOL), purchased 28,000 shares of the...
Billionaire Israel Englander’s Energy Stock Picks Include Apache Corporation (APA)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire Israel Englander’s hedge fund Millennium...
What Does Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) See In Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI)?
Even though Warren Buffett is not the only mind behind Berkshire Hathaway’s investments these days, with his hand-picked successors making many of the...
Billionaire David Shaw’s Small Cap Picks Include AOL, Inc. (AOL)
Several weeks after the end of each fiscal quarter, hedge funds such as billionaire David Shaw’s D.E. Shaw file their 13Fs with the SEC, disclosing...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Isn’t The Only High-Upside Play From This Billionaire
In mid May, Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund managed by billionaire David Einhorn and his team, filed its 13F with the SEC disclosing many of its long...
Billionaire David Shaw’s Top Picks for Q2 Include Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors file their 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity...
Billionaire John Paulson Bought Sprint Nextel Corporation (S), Sold Mylan Inc (MYL) In Q1 2013
Paulson & Co., the hedge fund which notoriously nailed the popping of the housing bubble during the financial crisis (making its founder, John Paulson...
Warren Buffett Gets Into Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI), Adds More Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)
Warren Buffett is widely followed in the financial media, and even in mainstream news, as a value investor who has achieved enormous investing success...
Multiple Insiders Have Bought Capital One Financial Corp. (COF), United States Steel Corporation (X), and More
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders outperform the market, with a somewhat stronger effect for stocks bought by multiple insiders (read our analysis...
An Insider Is Looking for a Rebound at United States Steel Corporation (X)
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Murry Gerber, a member of the Board of Directors at United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X), directly acquired...
Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) & Billionaire Ken Fisher’s +3% Yielders
In early April, billionaire Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management filed its 13F with the SEC, disclosing many of its long equity positions as of the...
General Electric Company (GE): An Insider’s Holding Company Bought 10,000 Shares
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, William Beattie, a holding company connected to William Beattie purchased 10,000 shares of General Electric...
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) & Levin Capital Strategies’ +3.5% Yielders
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors are required to file 13Fs with the SEC; we collect these filings in...
General Electric Company (GE), AT&T Inc. (T), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) And The Rest Of Adage Capital Management’s +3.5% Yielders
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a variety of purposes. For one, this information is useful in developing investment...
General Mills, Inc. (GIS), Cablevision Systems Corporation (CVC) & More: Billionaire Mario Gabelli’s +3% Yielders
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, major investors are required to disclose many of their long equity positions in U.S. stocks in 13F filings...
AT&T Inc. (T), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) & Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ): Hedge Fund Manager Cliff Asness’s +3.5% Yielders
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a variety of purposes. First, we can use the included information- many of each...
Insiders and Shorts Disagree On Fastenal Company (FAST), The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (CAKE), and More
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST), The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ:CAKE), Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE:...
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Pfizer Inc. (PFE): Billionaire David Shaw’s 3% Yield and Higher Picks
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors in our database, aiding us in our work developing investing strategies (we have found...
Is IBM a Good Stock to Buy?
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)’s stock price did take a hit during the financial crisis, but the company has since recovered and it...
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Dividend Picks Include McDonald’s
Ken Griffin officially founded Citadel Investment Group in 1990 after years of trading options (including in his college dorm room) and has since become...
