Ripple, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a Lot More from the World of Cryptocurrencies Today
Ripple Warns of Bitcoin ‘Civil War’ and Raises ‘Concerns’ About Rival Cryptocurrencies Ethereum and Litecoin (Metro.co.uk) The cryptocurrency......(read more)
Posts Tagged ‘Goldman Sachs’
Here’s How Ripple, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Other Cryptocurrencies Are Doing Today
Hackers Steal as much as 10 percent of New Cryptocurrency Funds (Digital Trends) The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain......(read more)
Cryptocurrency News Today: Ripple, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin and More
Stuck at $12K: Bitcoin Price Needs Quick Progress to Avert Further Losses (CoinDesk) Stuck in the doldrums today, bitcoin needs a quick break above $12......(read more)
Cryptocurrencies News: Bitcoin Sinks, Ethereum and Ripple also Plunge, and More
Why the Price of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin Just Tanked (Vice News) The price of bitcoin dropped as much as 20 percent early Tuesday after regulators......(read more)
16 Most Hated Companies in America
There is no doubt as far as the public opinion regarding the 16 most hated companies in America goes. Due to bad service, shady practices or a well-crafted......(read more)
The Oldest Money Managers
Irving Kahn, one of the oldest money managers on Wall Street, passed away this week. The hedge fund manager and finance mogul was 109 years old and astonishingly......(read more)
Bank of America Corp (BAC) Upgraded to “Buy” by Goldman Sachs, Cramer Agrees
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) was upgraded this morning to a “Buy” rating by Goldman Sachs, which has sent the stock’s price jumping just under......(read more)
Hedge Fund Highlights: Bill Ackman, Michael Hintze & Starboard Value
Ackman’s Pershing Square Said to Gain 25% in First Half (Bloomberg) Pershing Square Capital Management LP, the hedge-fund firm run by Bill Ackman,......(read more)
Hedge Fund Highlights: David Einhorn, Tom Steyer & Dan Loeb
David Einhorn Offered Regis Philbin A Summer Internship For His Winning Stock Pick (Business Insider) Hedge fund hot-shot David Einhorn offered former......(read more)
Hedge Fund Highlights: Steven Cohen, Bruce Richards & Clint Carlson
Colleague of SAC Leader Was Not Alerted to Trades (New York Times) The billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen kept one of his closest associates at SAC......(read more)
Top 9 Private Equity Executives
Top private equity executives stand at the precipice of the business world. Private equity is a booming sector of the economy and executives who run these......(read more)
Top 5 Trades for 2014
Top trades for 2014: all traders should listen up for this list. As 2013 has come to an end, stock market players all over the world are focusing their......(read more)
Warren Buffett Now Officially Owns 2.8% of Goldman Sachs
Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs: In a 13G filing just reported with the SEC, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway reported a 2.8% stake in Goldman Sachs......(read more)
This 1 Crucial Trait May Determine The Winner Of The Biofuel Wars
The biofuels industry is abuzz this week. Industry executives are taking a close look at a new contract in place between industry veteran Solazyme Inc......(read more)
Banking Updates: Bank of America Corp (BAC) & JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) on Lending Barriers, Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)’s Career Advice
Editor’s Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) JPMorgan Removes Lending......(read more)
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF) News: Local Youth Center, New Labor Agreement & More
Editor’s Note: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) Cliffs Natural Resources supports local youth center (Wyoming County Report) The Way Youth......(read more)
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (CLF) Highlights: Senators on Roy Hill Protest, Mining Pollution & More
Editor’s Note: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) Cliffs joins senators in Roy Hill protest (The West Australian) Gina Rinehart’s $......(read more)
Bank of America Corp (BAC), Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Facebook Inc (FB): Thursday’s Big Players
On the markets there are literally thousands of companies, but in order to understand the latest trends, it is sufficient to take a look at the stocks......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Cliff Asness, Dan Loeb’s Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., Textron Inc. (TXT)
Editor’s Note: Related Ticker: Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) AQR puts academic theory into practice (Risk.net) “Those who can’t, do research......(read more)
Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Taken Down a Peg: What Next?
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has done pretty much everything right so far in 2013. The company’s stock price has taken off, and CEO Elon Musk is receiving......(read more)
Who Is Jim Cramer? The Mad Money Man’s 13 Best Quotes
Just who is Jim Cramer? People who are in any way associated with the stock market and its daily fluctuations know that he’s one of the financial......(read more)
Is Now the Perfect Time to Short Stocks: HomeAway Inc (AWAY), Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ)
In the late 1990s, a furious bull market led to a great deal of pain among professional short sellers. In fact, several high-profile investment firms......(read more)
Apple Inc. (AAPL) News: Another New Product Rumor, YouTube Spoof, iRadio
Clash Of The Tech Titans: Apple, Google And Amazon Duke It Out In Mobile-Device Market (Forbes) It sounds like the opening of a joke: There’s a computer......(read more)
[SPECIAL REPORT]: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)’s Best Dividend Plays
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) is a key player in the banking industry to watch, not only from an investment standpoint, but from a researcher’......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin, John Paulson, General Motors Company (GM)
Citadel outpaces rivals with 26% gain in 2012 (ChicagoBusiness) The two biggest hedge funds led by Citadel LLC CEO Ken Griffin posted returns of about......(read more)
How to Profit from the Copper Turnaround in 2013
One of the biggest challenges for commodity investors is the state of the global economy, as I stated in this article. Weak economic growth in 2012......(read more)
Vertex call spread eyes big gains in drug maker’s shares
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) – A sizable bullish position initiated in Vertex options this morning looks for shares in the drug......(read more)
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is Prime Buy Now, Says Goldman Sachs
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock has been hitting the skids over the last month since achieving its all-time high of $705 per share, actually losing about......(read more)
J.P. Morgan Chase: a whale of a bank
Last June, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) faced a Congressional hearing on losses caused by the hedging strategy led by Morgan’s “......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: Jon Corzine, Louis Bacon, Robert Bishop
Corzine not likely to start a hedge fund anytime soon (Opalesque) Troubled broker and former chief executive of bankrupt brokerage firm MF Global Jon......(read more)
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Steven Cohen, John Paulson
Soros tells Germany to lead or leave euro (IFAMagazine) Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros made some bold statements in an interview......(read more)
Hedge Fund News, John Taylor, Kyle Bass, Insider Trading Case, Etc…
FX Concepts’ Taylor Shorter on Dollar Than Euro on Fed’s Low-Rate Pledge (Bloomberg) John Taylor, founder of currency- hedge fund FX Concepts LLC,......(read more)
Lansdowne, Marc Faber, LightSquared, Fairholme, TPG & GlobeOp, Cohen & LA Dodgers…
Lansdowne Flagship UK Hedge Fund Up 5.7 Pct In Jan (Reuters) Lansdowne Partners, one of Europe’s biggest hedge fund managers, saw its flagship UK......(read more)
Hedge Fund Lawsuits, Gottex Cuts Costs, Buffett, Soros, Citadel…
Hedge Fund Gottex to Cut Costs As Assets Shrink (Reuters) Swiss fund of hedge funds manager Gottex GFMS.S said it would slash running costs by 15 percent......(read more)
Ackman Plans A Proxy Fight, Todd Combs Posted Gain In Bershire, Chase Coleman Returned 45% In 2011
Ackman Canadian Pacific Proxy Fight Pivots On Ex-CEO’s Work At Rail Rival (Bloomberg) William Ackman’s plan to wage a proxy fight to install a new......(read more)
Activist Hedge Fund Alden Global Pushing for Visteon Corp Breakup
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)
Pivovarov Launches Altera Fund, Visium Hires Stockton, MF Global
Altera Capital to Launch Maiden Hedge Fund by Year End (FINAlternatives) A former Old Lane Partners manager has returned home to launch a high-concentrated......(read more)
Gupta Insider Trading, Icahn Leaks, Tilson Salesforce Short Sale
Rajat Gupta Faces 5 Counts of Securities Fraud and 1 Count of Conspiracy to Commit (NYTimes) Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director who surrendered......(read more)
