Editor's Note: Related tickers: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds
At the moment, there are plenty of metrics market participants can use to analyze Mr. Market. A couple of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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August 21 - News
If Bill Ackman Were A Stock, I'd Be Buying Right Now (BusinessInsider) The piling on re: Bill Ackman - I would bet - has now reached its pinnacle.
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August 19 - Hedge Funds
Pershing Square, managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, has been mocked quite a bit this year for its short position in Herbalife Ltd.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
When activist investor William Ackman dialed into a meeting of J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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August 14 - News
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) and Herbalife Ltd.
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August 6 - Hedge Funds
It has been a tough year for two of billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square’s most highly touted picks.
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July 31 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
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July 31 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Facebook Inc (...
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July 10 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 12 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Bill Ackman and Pershing Square Capital's latest filing with the SEC shows that he has kept his top five steady and is continuing his major activist campaigns.
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June 4 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 4 - Hedge Funds
One of the "hedgies" we track is Pershing Square managed by Bill Ackman, and it has recently filed its 13F form with the SEC.
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June 3 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman, the billionaire manager of Pershing Square, has been in the news quite a bit in the last several months thanks to his public statements about his large short position...
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May 21 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital has been calling for the turnaround of the mega-cap consumer products company The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) for some...
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May 16 - Hedge Funds
The Ira Sohn conference invites a number of well-known investment managers to give public presentations of their favorite investing ideas.
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May 9 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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April 23 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman is no stranger to short selling. In an interview with Value Investor (login required), the hedge fund magnate revealed the rules behind his short selling strategy.
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March 19 - Hedge Funds
In the search for long-term investment opportunities, I am quite interested in the sustainable businesses that are cheaply or reasonably valued on the stock market.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
At Insider Monkey, we track 450 of the world’s most elite hedge fund managers and our research has shown that over time, their best picks routinely outperform. For more than...
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March 11 - Hedge Funds
Filings with the SEC have disclosed that billionaire Eddie Lampert purchased 1.2 million shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) from his hedge fund ESL Investments...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds
Today, let's look at investing giant Bill Ackman, who founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
On January 25, Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman dueled on CNBC over an MLM (multi-level marketing) company called . Bill contests that Herbalife Ltd.
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February 22 - Hedge Funds
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)’s saga is becoming more interesting day by day. The battle lines are drawn and the players have big money/goodwill at stake.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds, as revealed by 13F filings, produce an excess return of 18 percentage points per year according to our research (learn more...
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February 19 - Hedge Funds
Carl Icahn, reviving a decade-old feud with hedge-fund manager William Ackman, said the founder of Pershing Square Capital Management LP acted inappropriately when publicly announcing...
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January 25 - Hedge Funds
Dan Loeb’s Third Point hedge fund is playing both sides of the multilevel-marketing field riveted by the battle over Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF).
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January 22 - Hedge Funds
David Einhorn’s hedge fund Greenlight Capital Inc. increased its bet that shares of Swedish medical-equipment maker Elekta AB will decline.
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January 21 - Hedge Funds
Hedge funds generate a substantial portion of their alpha from the small-cap space. On the whole, public research about the little guys tends to be less efficient.
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January 14 - Hedge Funds
Michael J. De La Merced and Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote an article about Dan Loeb and Bill Ackman yesterday.
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January 10 - We Disagree
In December, billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square (check out Ackman's stock picks) gave an exhaustive short presentation on Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF).
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January 9 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Bill Ackman runs a niche equity portfolio, owning only around 10 stocks at a time.
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January 3 - Hedge Funds
Shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) have fallen over 38% since last Wednesday, amid reports that Bill Ackman, manager of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, is...
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December 26 - News
One week ago, there wasn't an investor in the world - aside from Bill Ackman - who could have foretold the momentous decline that Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) has experienced.
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December 21 - News
Yesterday, we discussed the jaw-dropping fall of Herbalife Ltd.
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December 20 - News
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has become the second major brokerage to drop hedge fund manager John Paulson's Advantage and Advantage Plus Funds from their retail offerings...
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December 20 - Hedge Funds
By now, you've probably heard what hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, manager of Pershing Square Capital, reportedly thinks of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)'s business model.
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December 19 - News
Six months after hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman purchased a $2 billion stake in The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), the lineup of major investors at the consumer products ...
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December 17 - Hedge Funds
Renowned hedge fund manager Ray Dalio added more ETFs to his portfolio in the third quarter as his fund extends exposure to the emerging markets.
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November 29 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman doesn’t do much turnover in Pershing Square’s portfolio: a small number of concentrated positions, with little change from quarter to quarter (see Pershing Square...
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November 15 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire fund manager Bill Ackman of Pershing Square is a member of the board of directors at J C Penney Company Inc (NYSE:JCP), so he does have some kind of an interest in...
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November 13 - News
This ain’t no pleasure cruise.
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October 30 - Hedge Funds
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has returned over 13% since the end of the second quarter, giving funds like Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, which opened a $1.34 million...
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October 25 - Hedge Funds, News
According to a filing with the SEC, Marcato Capital Management has acquired 14.2 million shares of Cincinnati Bell Inc.
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October 25 - Hedge Funds
Veteran investors Jim Rogers and 'Dr Doom' Marc Faber have clashed over the merits of investing in Chinese equities.
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October 8 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman continued to defend his J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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October 7 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman became a billionaire by delivering strong returns for his investors.
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October 5 - Hedge Funds
At the end of day one of the 8th Annual Value Investing Congress in New York, Bill Ackman presented his thesis on one of his biggest long ideas.
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October 2 - Hedge Funds
John Taylor, founder and CEO of the world's largest currency hedge fund FX Concepts, told Bloomberg Television he'll "probably always be a bear on the euro" and that "it is hard...
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September 27 - Hedge Funds
Dan Loeb’s Third Point has been accused again of conspiring to destroy Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH) (PINK:FRFHF), after it is alleged that the hedge fund was...
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September 6 - Hedge Funds