Hedge Fund Week in Review: Activist Action
Here are the eleven most important moves made in the hedge fund world this week. Bill Ackman reduced his Herbalife short significantly, replacing it...
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Ken Griffin, Citadel Own +5% Stakes In BJ’s Restaurants & Repros Therapeutics
Ken Griffin, Citadel: This Tuesday morning in the hedge fund universe began amid some bullish moves made by Ken Griffin and his hedge fund Citadel...
Big Investors Are Buying Aeropostale Inc (ARO), News Corp (NWSA) & More
The most comprehensive look at the portfolios of hedge funds and other major investors comes in the form of quarterly 13Fs, which we use to help us develop...
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’...
Hedge Funds Are Buying J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) And More
There are a number of methods for tracking investment activity from hedge funds and other major investors. These market players file 13Fs on a quarterly...
Billionaire Ken Griffin Thinks Apple Inc. (AAPL) Is Cheap. What About His Other Picks?
Many investors and market watchers claim that quarterly 13Fs from hedge funds are of limited use to mom-and-pop traders. However, we have done extensive...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) & More: The Smart Money’s Top 10 Retail Plays
In August, hundreds of hedge funds and other major investors filed their 13Fs for the second quarter of 2013 (disclosing many of their long equity positions...
Apple Inc. (AAPL), Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM): Meet The Stocks Hedge Funds Are Dumping Like Crazy
We maintain a database of quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors. There are a variety of uses for this information...
Is Lululemon Athletica inc. (LULU) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?
Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) investors should know that the world’s most prominent hedge funds have turned a bit bullish on Lulu of late...
Ken Heebner’s Top Stock Picks: Citigroup Inc. (C), Morgan Stanley (MS), and More
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including Ken Heebner’s Capital Growth Management. According...
Warren Buffett Is Bullish on General Motors Company (GM) and Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (SU)
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is one of the most closely followed investors in the market due to its remarkable track record and its long-term...
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Is Confident In Apple Inc. (AAPL), Discover Financial Services (DFS)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group, as part of our work developing...
Billionaire David Tepper Sold Some Apple Inc. (AAPL) For Citigroup Inc. (C) Last Quarter
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management. We have found that the most...
Jeffrey Smith & Starboard Value Still Love The Office Depot Inc (ODP)
Earlier in August, Starboard Value, the value and activist hedge fund managed by Jeffrey Smith, filed its 13F with the SEC for the second quarter of 2013...
Insiders Making Moves: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK), ADT Corp (ADT) & More
Our database shows that insiders have recently going crazy about stocks ranging from natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) to...
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Reports 4.8% Stake In Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc (PNK)
A 13G filed with the SEC has reported that billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group owns 2.8 million shares of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc...
Should You Imitate The Insider Purchase At Safeway Inc. (SWY)?
Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) senior vice president David Bond purchased 5,000 shares of the company’s stock on July 22nd, according to a Form 4 filed with...
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel’s Long Term Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
In May, billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the SEC, disclosing many of its long equity...
Renaissance Technologies’s Long Term Stock Picks Include McDonald’s Corporation (MCD)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including Renaissance Technologies, the highly successful hedge...
Billionaire Stephen Mandel’s Long Term Stock Picks Include Priceline.com Inc (PCLN)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire and Tiger Cub Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine...
A VeriFone Systems Inc (PAY) Insider’s Trust Bought About 28,000 Shares
On July 10th, a family trust connected to VeriFone Systems Inc (NYSE:PAY) Board member Jeffrey Stiefler purchased 27,900 shares of stock at an average...
Is Target Corporation (TGT) A Good Stock to Buy?
Many discount retailers got off to a slow start at the beginning of this fiscal year, and Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), whose fiscal Q1 ended in early...
David Blood and Al Gore’s Top Picks Include QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM)
In May, Generation Investment Management, a hedge fund co-managed by David Blood and former Vice President Al Gore, filed its 13F for the first quarter...
Ron Gutfleish’s Top Stock Picks Include Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including Ron Gutfleish’s Elm Ridge Capital. We have found that these filings can be useful...
Kahn Brothers’s Top Stock Picks Include Citigroup Inc (C)
In May, Kahn Brothers, a hedge fund which has been managed by Irving and Thomas Kahn since 1978, filed their 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the...
Billionaire Glenn Dubin’s Small Cap Picks Include United Rentals, Inc. (URI)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds as part of our work researching investment strategies, and have found that the most popular...
Billionaire Kerr Neilson’s Small Cap Picks Include SINA Corp (SINA)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Kerr Neilson’s Platinum Asset Management. We use the information...
Billionaire Israel Englander’s Small Cap Picks Include Hillshire Brands Co (HSH)
Our analysis of hedge funds’ 13F filings over time has found that their most popular small cap stocks earn an average excess return of 18 percentage...
Insiders Have Bought Hess Corp. (HES), Questcor (QCOR), and More
One implication of the principle of diversification is that company insiders- who, in a way, are already “invested” in the company as it is a source...
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s +3% Yielders Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group. Even though the information...
Should You Join Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel In PNC Financial Services (PNC)?
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other notable investors file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity positions...
Billionaire David Shaw’s High Upside Potential Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire David Shaw’s large hedge fund D.E. Shaw...
What Does Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel See In Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC)?
In May, billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013, disclosing many of its long positions in U.S...
What Does Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel See In Visa Inc (V)?
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group (see Griffin’s stock...
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens And Insiders Like Apache Corporation (APA) and More
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders narrowly outperform the S&P 500 (read our analysis of studies on insider trading). Our explanation for...
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens’s New Stock Picks Include Apache Corporation (APA), Tesoro Corporation (TSO)
Success in the oilfield made T. Boone Pickens a billionaire, and he currently manages a good deal of his own money alongside that of clients in his hedge...
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Cheap Stock Picks Include Apple Inc. (AAPL)
We have been going through the most recent round of quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds such as billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group...
Billionaire Israel Englander’s Energy Stock Picks Include Apache Corporation (APA)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire Israel Englander’s hedge fund Millennium...
Billionaire David Shaw’s Small Cap Picks Include AOL, Inc. (AOL)
Several weeks after the end of each fiscal quarter, hedge funds such as billionaire David Shaw’s D.E. Shaw file their 13Fs with the SEC, disclosing...
Has Billionaire Ken Griffin Found Alpha In Small Caps Such As Hillshire Brands Co (HSH)?
We have found that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds- as determined by an analysis of 13F filings- outperform the S&P 500 by an...
Billionaire Stephen Mandel’s New Stock Picks Include H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire and Tiger Cub Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital. There are multiple...
Tiger Cub Lee Ainslie Loves Apple Inc. (AAPL) & More
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including Tiger Cub Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital. We have found that 13Fs can be useful...
Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc (GOOG), and More: The Most Popular Tech Stocks Among Hedge Funds
We have gone through our database of hundreds of 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for the first quarter of 2012, which disclose...
Billionaire Dan Loeb’s Top Stock Picks Include American International Group Inc (AIG)
Third Point, an activist and value hedge fund managed by billionaire Dan Loeb, filed its 13F with the SEC in mid May. The information in this filing,...
Billionaire Andreas Halvorsen’s Top Stock Picks Include The Boeing Company (BA)
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other notable investors file 13Fs with the SEC to publicly disclose many of their long equity...
Billionaire Bruce Kovner’s Top Stock Picks for Q2 Include General Motors Company (GM)
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....
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Has Been Buying The Walt Disney Company (DIS), Selling The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors as part of our work researching investment strategies (we have...
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens Likes Apache Corporation (APA), Doesn’t Like Oilfield Services
We track a number of notable investors in our database of 13F filings, including top hedge funds, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway- and billionaire...
Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Trades for Q2 Include Buying Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with assets under management of over $100 billion...
Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Top Picks Include Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL), Intel Corporation...
