Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper, who was bullish on the market just a few weeks ago, said the coronavirus outbreak has changed the environment around stocks.
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February 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Pierre Andurand, one of the oil market’s last remaining hedge fund managers, posted his second consecutive annual loss with a 7.1% decline in 2019, according to people familiar...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey’s winning run with his short-selling bets continued this week as wagers against digital payments company Wirecard AG paid off.
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February 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) doesn't get no respect.
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July 12 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Sprott Inc. is a Toronto-based alternative asset manager founded by billionaire Eric Sprott back in 1981. The firm manages approximately $7.4 billion in assets and hold a U.S.
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November 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Consumer spending accounts for around two-thirds of U.S. GDP. Consumer spending though had taken a hit in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008.
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September 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The U.S market is showing signs of positivity on Wednesday, following strong earnings results from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). Some ...
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July 20 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Even though Eric Sprott bets most of Sprott Asset Management's capital on precious metals such as gold and silver, he still invests a portion in equities.
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November 4 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Extensive research has provided evidence that insider purchases and sales serve as accurate predictors of future stock performance.
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October 28 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
The credit services industry has posted gains of more than 20% over the last 12 months, while year-to-date returns stand at nearly 4%.
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September 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Levin Capital is a hedge fund that was founded in 200 and is managed by John A. Levin, a former manager of Levin Management and President of BKF Capital Group.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Noam Gottesman's GLG Partners has reported a new stake in Shanda Games Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:GAME).
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April 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In its latest 13F, Noam Gottesman's Glg Partners, has disclosed its holdings as held at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013.
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Press wires were abuzz this week as Apple Inc.
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September 14 - News - Comments
A slew of companies objecting to a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement in multidistrict litigation over Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA)'s interchange fees claimed...
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September 4 - News - Comments
Many investors and market watchers claim that quarterly 13Fs from hedge funds are of limited use to mom-and-pop traders.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Student loans are a hotly debated and contested product across the financial services industry, a key gripe of the Occupy Wall Street protestors, and the subject of much debate...
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September 3 - News - Comments
Plastic will continue replacing cash as a payment method all over the world for years to come, and this is a strong secular tailwind benefiting the major players in the debit ...
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September 3 - News - Comments
It's back-to-college season, and parents are weeping (or celebrating) as their college freshmen head off to school.
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September 2 - News - Comments
The term "credit score" is tossed around like it's going out of style.
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August 28 - News - Comments
Now, according to many investors, hedge funds are assumed to be overrated, old investment tools of a period lost to current times.
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August 23 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
In the financial world, there are many metrics shareholders can use to watch stocks. A duo of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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August 23 - News - Comments
At the moment, there are tons of metrics shareholders can use to monitor publicly traded companies. Some of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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August 22 - News - Comments
In today’s marketplace, there are tons of methods investors can use to analyze the equity markets.
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August 22 - News - Comments
That's the line that careful readers may have found in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B)'s 13F filing -- the SEC filing that discloses the company's major stock positions.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group, as part of our work developing investment strategies...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
If you're like most people, you probably have at least one checking account, a savings account or two, and a couple of credit cards -- possibly up to three or four. I fancy myself...
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August 12 - News - Comments
In an effort to achieve the “American Dream,” college students are amassing student loan debt at an alarming rate. So, the student loan business is booming.
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August 6 - News - Comments
I hate it when $1 billion goes missing don’t you? Much to my surprise, in Visa Inc (NYSE:V)’s most recent earnings, the company reported stellar growth by nearly every metric...
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August 5 - News - Comments
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)'s second quarter results were overshadowed by the company's subdued outlook for earnings for the second half of the year.
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August 1 - News - Comments
The payments industry has seen significant secular changes, from cash-based payments to check-based.
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July 31 - News - Comments
When I see a stock trading for nearly $600 a share, I have the same reaction many investors probably have.
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July 30 - News - Comments
Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) is one of the leaders in payment solutions, providing services related to credit, debit, and other payment methods for about 22,000 financial institutions...
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July 30 - News - Comments
What does this mean? It means we - the consumer - are swiping our cards again, and more often as time goes on! I suppose you might want to own a company to benefit from this macro...
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July 29 - News - Comments
The economic recovery in the United States and consistent growth in emerging economies like China have resulted in higher consumer spending across the globe.
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July 29 - News - Comments
In some of my recent articles, I've highlighted the financial sector as a beneficiary of rising interest rates with some mention of credit card companies.
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July 26 - News - Comments
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) fell by more than 6% after the company missed earnings estimates by a cent last week.
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July 24 - News - Comments
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF)'s famous slogan is "what's in your wallet?", but I'm less concerned with what's in your wallet and more concerned with what's in your portfolio...
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July 15 - News - Comments
Over the last couple of weeks, interest rates across the bond market have rising fairly drastically as a result of fears concerning tighter monetary policy.
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July 8 - News - Comments
In May, billionaire Louis Bacon’s Moore Global filed its 13F with the SEC for the first quarter of 2013.
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July 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In a world regulatory framework designed to maximize competition among firms, it is a wonder that any company earns outsized profits.
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June 26 - News - Comments
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) is one of the internet’s most popular e-commerce destinations, whose business has evolved well beyond the early years as an auction site.
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June 25 - News - Comments
SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), the nation's largest non-government student loan lender, is considering splitting itself into two entities via an IPO later this year.
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June 21 - News - Comments
Just in case you didn’t like the more traditional credit cards that I recommended in the first part of this article, here are some other, less well-known credit card companies...
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June 20 - News - Comments
With the strong gains in financials so far this year, it may seem like the sector may be running out of gas.
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June 19 - News - Comments
American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) saw a 6.5% pullback last week, which was driven by a downgrade at Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) due to valuation concerns.
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June 18 - News - Comments
Four weeks ago, I outlined my plans to create a portfolio of 10 companies that all have one thing in common: They provide a basic need or deliver life's necessities.
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June 18 - News - Comments
I knew Visa was the biggest player in the industry, but I didn't realize that by most measures, it's nearly twice the size of rival Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA).
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June 18 - News - Comments
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group (see Griffin's stock picks).
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June 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
I've recently moved from my home way out in the country to one that's a bit closer to town.
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June 12 - News - Comments
