It’s sometimes said that company insiders have many reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy: they are confident enough in the business’...
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September 6 - Insider Trading - Comments
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors are required to file 13Fs with the SEC, disclosing many of their long...
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April 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a variety of purposes. First, we have found that the most popular small cap stocks...
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March 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Financial news has focused on many sectors and themes over the past several years: big energy companies, commodities, a never ending attention on Apple...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Timothy Wolf, who serves on the Board of Directors at Xcel Energy Inc (NYSE:XEL), bought 4,000 shares of the company’s stock on February 1st at an average...
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February 4 - Insider Trading - Comments
According to a filing with the SEC, the spouse of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (NYSE:PNY) Board member Phillip Wright purchased 13,000 shares of...
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December 28 - Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Jim Simons and his firm Renaissance Technologies filed its third quarter 13F, where notable investors and hedge funds are required to disclose...
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December 17 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager David Tepper’s Bet on Hartford Financial (YCharts) It doesn’t seem likely that Superstorm Sandy, which wreaked havoc across the...
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December 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bridgewater Associates Plunge Into ETFs (TheStreet) Renowned hedge fund manager Ray Dalio added more ETFs to his portfolio in the third quarter as his...
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November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Diversification is one of the most important principles of investing- not only for investors themselves, but also for company insiders. Since they have...
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November 26 - Insider Trading - Comments
Einhorn Reinsurer Rallies as UBS Upgrades to Buy: New York Mover (SFGate) Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer that counts hedge-fund manager David...
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November 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bad Cohen optics (NYPost) Hedge-fund titan Steven Cohen is casting a shadow over the government’s last outstanding insider-trading trial. Only one person...
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November 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire David Tepper’s Latest Stock Picks (InsiderMonkey) Appaloosa Management is a value hedge fund managed by billionaire David Tepper (whose...
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November 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund billionaire into politics (DailyDemocrat) Hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer staked millions of his own money to take on big oil and then to...
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November 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED) is one of the oldest U.S. companies trading in the markets today. “Con Ed,” as it is known to avid fanboys...
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October 5 - Insider Trading - Comments
Paulson Funds Said to Further Cut 2012 Losses Last Month (BusinessWeek) John Paulson, the billionaire hedge- fund manager coming off record losses in...
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October 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)’s business of collecting and disposing of trash (as well as operating recycling plants) has allowed it to build a business...
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October 2 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Anand Parekh, Chicago hedge fund manager, founded Alyeska Investment Group in 2008. Alyeska follows a market neutral strategy that takes both long and...
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September 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Nelson Peltz Is Still Scaring Companies (BusinessWeek) Mark Fetting, chief executive officer of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM), was out of time. His biggest...
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September 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Robert Emil Zoellner is the President and Chief Portfolio Officer at Alpine Associates Advisors. Zoellner graded from Lehigh University in 1954 with a...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As the yearlong merger saga between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK) and Progress Energy Inc. was coming to a close during the second quarter, many of the...
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September 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve announced a third round of accommodative monetary policy earlier this week, which will be an open-ended form of purchasing...
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September 21 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Maverick Capital Partner to Leave (WSJ) Maverick Capital Ltd.’s Steve Galbraith, who left a top investment-strategist post at Morgan Stanley MS +...
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September 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Kodak patent auction to be probed (IndiaTimes) A New York hedge fund that owns bonds of bankrupt Eastman Kodak has asked the US Trustee to probe the company...
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August 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Carl Icahn Isn’t Giving Up the Oshkosh Fight (WSJ) Carl Icahn is pushing a split at truck maker Oshkosh Corp., urging it to spin a unit he’s called...
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August 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Pfizer-J&J Drop Alzheimer’s Drug Studies After Failure (Bloomberg) Pfizer (PFE) Inc., Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Elan Corp. ended most plans...
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August 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
DE Shaw Founder Building $75M Mansion (HedgeFund) A sprawling mansion on a hill is in the works for D.E. Shaw & Co. founder David Shaw and his family...
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August 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sony (NYSE:SNE), General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Kellogg (NYSE:K) were three large-cap companies which posted their quarterly earnings reports prior to...
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August 2 - News - Comments
SkyBridge Expands Into Asia (HedgeFund) Funds of hedge funds firm SkyBridge Capital plans to delve into Asia’s growing hedge fund market. According...
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July 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund manager Barton Biggs dies at age 79 (Opalesque) Ex-Morgan Stanley strategies and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs died on Saturday, according...
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July 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
HF Manager Buys NYC Pad (HedgeFund) New York City’s Fifth Avenue has a new resident from the hedge fund world. Bloomberg reported that Boaz Weinstein...
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July 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Alexander Soros Is Unmasked for Charity (WSJ) At Heard & Scene, we’re often asked what—and who—may be about to burst on to the scene. Each...
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July 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Loeb’s Third Point fund moves into Chesapeake (Reuters) Activist investor Daniel Loeb may be gearing up for another boardroom battle after having...
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July 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We like high dividend stocks because they tend to outperform the market when everything is going down. In addition, we consider high dividend stocks as...
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October 14 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Jim Cramer has been talking a lot about energy stocks on his Mad Money show lately, but he summed it up best on Monday night when he said, “When’...
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October 14 - Lists - Comments