Corporate Execs Are Bulking Up On Duke Energy Corp (DUK), Apache Corporation (APA) & More
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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Ameren Corp (AEE), Duke Energy Corp (DUK) Among Billionaire Israel Englander’s +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, disclosing many of their long...
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller’s Dividend Stocks Include Merck
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...
5 of the Smart Money’s Brightest Utility Plays: NorthWestern Corp (NWE), PG&E Corporation (PCG)
Financial news has focused on many sectors and themes over the past several years: big energy companies, commodities, a never ending attention on Apple...
An Insider Bought Shares of Xcel Energy
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...
An Insider Bought Piedmont Natural Gas
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...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Altria Group, Inc. (MO) Among Jim Simons’ Top Defensive Picks
Billionaire Jim Simons and his firm Renaissance Technologies filed its third quarter 13F, where notable investors and hedge funds are required to disclose...
Hedge Fund News: David Tepper, David Simon, Citigroup Inc.
Hedge Fund Manager David Tepper’s Bet on Hartford Financial (YCharts) It doesn’t seem likely that Superstorm Sandy, which wreaked havoc across the...
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, Bill Ackman, Zillow Inc
Bridgewater Associates Plunge Into ETFs (TheStreet) Renowned hedge fund manager Ray Dalio added more ETFs to his portfolio in the third quarter as his...
Here’s Where Insiders Are Stocking Up This Holiday Season
Diversification is one of the most important principles of investing- not only for investors themselves, but also for company insiders. Since they have...
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Steven Cohen, Citigroup Inc.
Einhorn Reinsurer Rallies as UBS Upgrades to Buy: New York Mover (SFGate) Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer that counts hedge-fund manager David...
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Andrew Lo, Netflix
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...
Hedge Fund News: David Tepper, Chase Coleman, Apple Inc (AAPL)
Billionaire David Tepper’s Latest Stock Picks (InsiderMonkey) Appaloosa Management is a value hedge fund managed by billionaire David Tepper (whose...
Hedge Fund News: Tom Steyer, Paul Singer, Carl Icahn
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...
Why Are Con Edison Insiders Behaving So Bullishly?
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...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Doug Kass, Jim Rogers
Paulson Funds Said to Further Cut 2012 Losses Last Month (BusinessWeek) John Paulson, the billionaire hedge- fund manager coming off record losses in...
Is Waste Management a Good Stock to Buy?
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...
Hedge Fund Manager Anand Parekh’s Top Picks
Anand Parekh, Chicago hedge fund manager, founded Alyeska Investment Group in 2008. Alyeska follows a market neutral strategy that takes both long and...
Hedge Fund News: Nelson Peltz, George Soros, Jim Rogers
Nelson Peltz Is Still Scaring Companies (BusinessWeek) Mark Fetting, chief executive officer of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM), was out of time. His biggest...
Robert Emil Zoellner’s Top Stock Picks
Robert Emil Zoellner is the President and Chief Portfolio Officer at Alpine Associates Advisors. Zoellner graded from Lehigh University in 1954 with a...
Jim Simons, Israel Englander Among Those Betting on Duke Energy
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...
QE3: Time to Buy Utilities?
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...
Hedge Fund News: Lee Ainslie, Nelson Obus, Leon Cooperman
Maverick Capital Partner to Leave (WSJ) Maverick Capital Ltd.’s Steve Galbraith, who left a top investment-strategist post at Morgan Stanley MS +...
Hedge Fund News: Kodak, Louis Bacon, George Soros
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...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, John Paulson, Yahoo
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...
Hedge Fund News: Pfizer, General Motors, Paul Tudor Jones
Pfizer-J&J Drop Alzheimer’s Drug Studies After Failure (Bloomberg) Pfizer (PFE) Inc., Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Elan Corp. ended most plans...
Hedge Fund News: David Shaw, Daniel Loeb, Seth Klarman
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...
Sony, GM, Kellogg Highlight Thursday Morning Earnings Recap
Sony (NYSE:SNE), General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Kellogg (NYSE:K) were three large-cap companies which posted their quarterly earnings reports prior to...
Hedge Fund News: SkyBridge, Carl Icahn, Ray Dalio
SkyBridge Expands Into Asia (HedgeFund) Funds of hedge funds firm SkyBridge Capital plans to delve into Asia’s growing hedge fund market. According...
Hedge Fund News: Barton Biggs, John Griffin, Jim Rogers
Hedge fund manager Barton Biggs dies at age 79 (Opalesque) Ex-Morgan Stanley strategies and hedge fund manager Barton Biggs died on Saturday, according...
Hedge Fund News: Boaz Weinstein, Russell Wasendorf, Twitter
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...
Hedge Fund News: Nouriel Roubini, Mitt Romney, HedgeServ
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...
Hedge Fund News: Daniel Loeb, Louis Bacon, Hutchin Hill
Loeb’s Third Point fund moves into Chesapeake (Reuters) Activist investor Daniel Loeb may be gearing up for another boardroom battle after having...
15 Cheap High Dividend Stocks for Defensive Investors
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...
Jim Cramer’s Most Undervalued Energy Stock Picks
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’...
