In Awful Year for Hedge Funds, Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Made Money (Bloomberg) As disastrous as Anthony Scaramucci’s brief turn as White House communications......
(read more)January 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Dan Loeb’s Third Point Lost 11% in 2018 (The Wall Street Journal) Activist hedge fund Third Point lost about 11% last year, according to a document......
(read more)January 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sears May Be Down to Its Last 24 Hours. Iconic Retailer Likely Liquidates If No Bid Comes in Friday (CNBC) Sears, the 125-year-old icon, has 24 hours......
(read more)December 28 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Dan Loeb, the founder of $18 billion hedge fund Third Point, is mired in a fourth-straight year of trailing the market, though the activist......
(read more)December 20 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Energy-Focused Hedge Fund Brenham Capital to Close (The Wall Street Journal) Dallas-based hedge fund Brenham Capital is closing, a casualty of what founder......
(read more)November 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Alps Electric Shares Jump After Elliott Backs Deal Sweetener (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) – Alps Electric Co (6770.T) stock jumped 8 percent on Monday......
(read more)November 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Fund Snow Park Pushes Japara on New Structure (AFR.com) New York-based hedge fund Snow Park is actively pushing for aged care group Japara to hive......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Carl Icahn Gets a Win Against Dell (Bloomberg) Dell Technologies Inc. has one class of publicly listed stock outstanding, a tracking stock (referred to......
(read more)November 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Investor Ray Dalio: Fed Raised Rates to a Point Where It’s Hurting Asset Prices (CNBC) Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio argued Thursday......
(read more)November 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Dan Loeb’s Hedge Fund Trims Number of Nominees to Campbell Soup Board (CNBC) Daniel Loeb‘s hedge fund, Third Point, has trimmed the number......
(read more)November 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ray Dalio: We’re in a World Now Where Politics has a Much Bigger Effect on Markets (CNBC) Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said investors had priced......
(read more)November 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Legendary investors such as Leon Cooperman and Seth Klarman earn enormous amounts of money for themselves and their investors by doing in-depth research......
(read more)November 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Activist Hedge Fund Manager Studied this Troubled Stock for a Year Before Finally Buying a Big Stake (CNBC) A former J. P. Morgan Chase executive turned......
(read more)November 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
It’s Politics Zapping Stocks, a Big Democratic Hedge Fund Guy Says (Bloomberg) Who knows what’s moving markets? Marc Lasry says he knows. It’s politics......
(read more)October 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Laffont Sees Tough 2019 as Tech Stocks Faced `Brutal’ October (Bloomberg) Coatue Management founder Philippe Laffont is battening down the hatches......
(read more)October 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Warren Buffett’s Firm Invests Millions in Fintech (The Wall Street Journal) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is hopping on the fintech bandwagon......
(read more)October 29 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Ray Dalio: Don’t Take on Debt Until You’ve Asked Yourself This Question (CNBC) Many young people are deep in debt: Millennials......
(read more)October 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Goes After Campbell Soup with Critical Video – ‘Mmm, Mmm, Bad’ (CNBC) Daniel Loeb‘s Third Point......
(read more)October 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Ray Dalio: This is the ‘Biggest Mistake’ that Most Investors Make (CNBC) For new investors, approaching the stock market can be......
(read more)October 17 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Lampert Won’t Give Sears Another Lifeline (The Wall Street Journal) Edward Lampert, the hedge-fund manager who controls Sears Holdings Corp., has repeatedly......
(read more)October 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Crispin Odey’s Comeback Gets a Boost After Hedge Fund Surges (Bloomberg) Crispin Odey, whose bearish bets led to his hedge fund suffering three successive......
(read more)October 4 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Shareholder Third Point Thinks Campbell is Worth 58% More Than its Current Value (CNBC) Activist investor Daniel Loeb‘s hedge fund Third......
(read more)October 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tepper Says Tax Cuts were Too Steep and Likely Borrowed Economic Growth from the Future (CNBC) Appaloosa Management‘s David Tepper said tax cuts......
(read more)September 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sir Michael Hintze: Response to Global Financial Crisis Elevated Populism (AFR.com) Sir Michael Hintze is hyper-aware of how the policy response to the......
(read more)September 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Tiger Global Boosts Fiat Chrysler Stake to $1 Billion Holding (Bloomberg) Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global Management has invested more than $1 billion......
(read more)September 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Third Point Nominates Slate to Challenge Campbell Board (CNBC) Activist investor Daniel Loeb‘s hedge fund Third Point announced its intention Friday......
(read more)September 7 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
U.S. Hedge Fund Seeks Board Shake-Up at Toshiba (The Wall Street Journal) TOKYO—New York-based hedge fund King Street Capital Management LP has proposed......
(read more)August 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Buffett Says Berkshire Hathaway has Bought Back ‘a Little’ of Its Stock Since Changing Policy (CNBC) Berskhire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett......
(read more)August 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Elliott Management to Push Nielsen Holdings to Sell (The Wall Street Journal) Activist investor Elliott Management Corp. has taken a big stake......
(read more)August 13 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Dan Loeb is hoping for a quick gain with his newly disclosed 5.65% stake in Campbell Soup Co (CPB). Loeb believes that the company is already on its way......
(read more)August 9 - Activism, Hedge Funds - Comments
Elon Musk Trolls Billionaire Betting Against Tesla: ‘Will Send Einhorn a Box of Short Shorts’ (CNBC) David Einhorn‘s hedge fund Greenlight......
(read more)August 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Nestle Counts on Better Second Half to Keep Third Point at Bay (Reuters) ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle (NESN.S) Chief Executive Mark Schneider said......
(read more)July 26 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Buffett Says Too few from Wall Street Are Giving Their Fortunes Away, Hopes More Follow Cooperman’s Lead (CNBC) Warren Buffett praised Leon Cooperman......
(read more)July 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Leon Cooperman is Converting His Hedge Fund Into a Family Office: ‘I Don’t Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Chasing the S&P 500’ (CNBC......
(read more)July 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Steven Cohen is Said to Lose Bid to Open Point72 Hedge Fund to British Investors (CNBC) Steven Cohen is having a tough time getting U.K. financial regulators......
(read more)July 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
U.S. Fund Claims $175 million from South Korea Over Samsung Units’ 2015 Merger (Reuters) SEOUL (Reuters) – New York-based hedge fund Mason......
(read more)July 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sorrell Wins Support From Hedge Fund Owner Odey in Comeback Plan (Bloomberg) Martin Sorrell has won financial backing from Crispin Odey, an influential......
(read more)July 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
US Fundraising for Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles Hits Record this Year (AFR.com) Special purpose acquisition vehicles (spacs) are hitting the US......
(read more)June 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Worldview Wants to Buy Third Point’s Stake in Hellenic Bank (Bloomberg) Worldview Capital Management LLP, an activist firm with a history of bruising......
(read more)June 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ray Dalio Said Last Year Gold was Good Protection because of Trump and North Korea ‘Playing Chicken’ (CNBC) President Donald Trump’s......
(read more)May 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
When a lone prominent activist takes aim at a company, investors should pay attention. When two or more of them team up to take on the same company? Expect......
(read more)May 23 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Corvex and Icahn to Mull Making a Bid for Energen (Reuters) BOSTON (Reuters) – Activist investor Keith Meister on Monday reunited with billionaire......
(read more)May 21 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Eisman of ‘The Big Short’ Fame Recommends Shorting Deutsche Bank (Bloomberg) Steve Eisman, the Neuberger Berman Group money manager who famously predicted......
(read more)May 14 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
‘There’s Finally an Alternative to Equities,’ Says Billionaire Fund Manager (MarketWatch) The stock market’s main gauges will rack up weekly gains......
(read more)May 11 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Dan Loeb Adds Short Bets That Stocks May ‘Materially Underperform’ (Bloomberg) Billionaire investor Dan Loeb said he’s increasing his short bets......
(read more)May 10 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Icahn Says He Has a Large Position in Rubbermaid Maker Newell, Calls Stock ‘Undervalued’ (CNBC) Billionaire Carl Icahn said he has a large......
(read more)March 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Paul Tudor Jones, Who Called the October 1987 Crash, Predicts Inflation Surge, Bond Price Plunge (CNBC) Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund manager who called......
(read more)March 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Och-Ziff Hedge Fund Had $7.6 Billion in Outflows Last Year (Bloomberg) Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC saw $7.6 billion in client withdrawals last......
(read more)February 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Fund Bridgewater Makes $22 Billion Bet Against European Firms (Reuters) LONDON/FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bridgewater Associates has shown......
(read more)February 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
One of Sears’ Biggest Defenders Just Revealed Why He Abruptly Cut Ties With the Company (Business Insider) Hedge fund manager Bruce Berkowitz came......
(read more)February 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
