According to CNBC‘s Phil LeBeau, companies reported higher than predicted auto sales numbers for August. The sales of General Motors Company (NYSE......
(read more)September 3 - News - Comments
Owl Creek Asset Management was founded in 2001 in New York by Jeffrey Altman, its current manager. Altman uses a combination of fundamental value and......
(read more)March 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA......
(read more)September 12 - News - Comments
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including Caxton Associates (whose founder, Bruce Kovner, became a billionaire due to the......
(read more)June 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
One of the most common stock screens is the price-to-earnings multiple, as it places a stock’s valuation in the context of its actual (or projected)......
(read more)June 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates recently filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013, disclosing many of its long equity holdings in U.......
(read more)May 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Edmunds.com, the car shopping website, lifted the projection for new car sales in the U.S. for 2013. It predicts 15.5 million new car sales this year.......
(read more)April 7 - News - Comments
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors; the most recent round of filings disclosed many long equity positions as of the end......
(read more)March 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
By evaluating 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors (these filings disclose many long equity positions as of the end of the previous......
(read more)March 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Six to seven weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds file 13Fs with the SEC; these filings disclose many of their long equity positions as of......
(read more)March 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We maintain a database of 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors. By pooling these filings, which disclose many of a fund’s long equity......
(read more)February 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
At Insider Monkey, we’ve recently teamed up with MarketWatch to create the Billionaire Hedge Fund Index, which returned 24.3% last year, outpacing the......
(read more)February 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Auto sales reported in last week’s retail sales figures showed higher vehicle sales in 2012 compared to 2011, with Ford (NYSE:F) and General Motors......
(read more)January 28 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Investors who follow gun manufacturers such as Smith and Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. (NYSE:RGR) may think that......
(read more)January 25 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Famed fund manager Ken Heebner of Capital Growth Management may be best known for his outstanding returns generated for investors (in excess of 290% from......
(read more)January 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
John Holder, a Board member at auto parts company Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC), bought 1,000 shares on December 31st at an average price of $63.03......
(read more)January 2 - Insider Trading - Comments
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) and the United States Treasury have announced a plan for GM to buy back 200 million shares of stock at a price of $27......
(read more)December 19 - Stock Analysis - Comments
An equities team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has issued their recommendations for 10 stocks to buy for 2013- one for each sector of the economy,......
(read more)December 13 - Stock Analysis - Comments
After identifying the most popular stocks among hedge funds (see our top 10 here) according to their third quarter 13F filings, we have decided to break......
(read more)November 30 - Hedge Funds, Lists - Comments
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s report for the third quarter of 2012 came out on October 30th. Its sales were down slightly from the third quarter of......
(read more)October 30 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Consumers supposedly have a better impression of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) than of rival General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), but that relative advantage......
(read more)October 15 - Stock Analysis - Comments
There has been a flurry of key earnings reports handed out over the last 12-15 hours – since Tuesday’s market close – and there is still......
(read more)July 25 - News - Comments
Leon Cooperman, the billionaire behind Omega Advisors really shook things up in the third quarter. He sold out of big positions in large cap companies......
(read more)November 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Alden Global Capital, the activist hedge fund, is leading a push to breakup Visteon Corp (VC), the former parts affiliate for Ford Motor Co (F), reports......
(read more)November 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Richard H. Driehaus is the founder and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management, a Chicago-based independent investment adviser, registered with the U.......
(read more)October 19 - News - Comments
Jim Cramer’s stock picks beat the market on the average according to an academic study by two Northeastern University professors. On Wednesday’......
(read more)October 14 - Lists - Comments
Capital Growth Management was founded by Ken Heebner in 1990 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It provides services to charitable organizations,......
(read more)October 14 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Philippe Jabre is one of Europe’s most famous hedge fund managers. He established his reputation as an inspired investor and risk taker in London from......
(read more)August 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ken Heebner co-founded Capital Growth Management in 1990 and has managed it ever since. The fund has grown to over $6 billion, largely because of Heebner......
(read more)August 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Jim Cramer’s latest stock picks are relatively more conservative. Recently Jim Cramer became a little bearish about the stock market and has been......
(read more)August 23 - Lists - Comments
Jim Cramer is the host of CNBC’s Mad Money and the chairman of TheStreet.com. In 1987 Cramer started his own hedge fund and returned an average......
(read more)July 15 - Lists - Comments
A recent study by Da and Schaumburg published in the Journal of Financial Markets shows that Wall Street analysts can successfully determine mispriced......
(read more)March 25 - News - Comments
Eighty year old George Soros, the evil financier behind all sorts of conspiracies against Glenn Beck’s America, was born in Budapest. He moved to London......
(read more)February 16 - News - Comments
After learning the asset management business at Goldman Sachs, Leon Cooperman started Omega Advisors in 1991. His annual returns have averaged around......
(read more)February 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos said in a CNBC interview that the auto sector was a hands down chronic money loser. But the global capacity for autos,......
(read more)November 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
