Billionaire Ken Griffin Tries WhiteWave’s Soy Milk
According to a 13G filed with the SEC, Citadel Investment Group owned 1.2 million shares of The WhiteWave Foods Co (NYSE:WWAV), giving it 5.4% of the outstanding shares of the...
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Jim Cramer and Billionaire David Tepper Like Apple Inc. (AAPL) and More
Last month, Appaloosa Management filed its 13F with the SEC for the third quarter of 2012.
Bullish Billionaire David Tepper Is Buying AIG, Goodyear, and More High Beta Stocks
In a recent interview on CNBC, David Tepper, who runs hedge fund Appaloosa Management, came off as very bullish on the U.S. stock market.
Billionaire Steve Cohen’s Retail Stocks: Tiffany, Kors, and More
SAC Capital Advisors, managed by billionaire Steve Cohen, filed its 13F for the third quarter of 2012 last month.
Hedge Funds Bought Brinker, Navistar, and More
When hedge funds or other major investors acquire more than 5% of the outstanding shares of a stock, or make significant changes to their position, they must file fairly quickly...
Clorox, Fortune Brands, and More Had Insiders Buy Shares
Sales of stock by insiders can indicate that the insiders are negative about the company’s prospects, but not always; it is rational to diversify, and if an insider already ...
Insiders Are Going Shopping at Francesca’s
Our database of insider trading filings shows three insiders at Francesca’s Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:FRAN) buying the stock on December 12th at prices generally between $23.20 ...
Billionaire Ken Griffin Bought Brinker International
A 13G filed with the SEC has disclosed that Citadel Investment Group, which is managed by billionaire Ken Griffin, owns just over 4 million shares of Brinker International, Inc...
Halliburton and More: Goldman Says These Stocks Have Upside In 2013
A research team at Goldman Sachs has released a list of stocks which they think have the highest upside when comparing the current price to the team’s price target.
Was Einhorn Right on Apple Inc. (AAPL), Martin Marietta, and More?
Greenlight Capital has become one of the most famous hedge funds in the current financial world.
Steadfast Hopes For Something Good in Pandora’s Box
A 13G filed with the SEC has disclosed that Steadfast Capital Management crossed the 5% ownership threshold in Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) in late November and most recently owned...
An Insider Bought Cardtronics
According to a filing with the SEC, Mark Rossi, who sits on the Board of Directors of Cardtronics, Inc.
Freeport McMoRan Is Now An Oil And Gas Company, Too
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Hedge Funds Have Bought Halcon, ArthroCare, and More
We like to track hedge fund filings because even though hedge fund managers are buying so many stocks that an investor can’t copy them in every case, the views of these investors...
Juniper Networks Had An Insider Buy More Stock
John Lawrie, a Board member at Juniper Networks, Inc.
Billionaire Ken Griffin Likes Halcon for Oil and Gas
Citadel Investment Group, a large hedge fund managed by billionaire Ken Griffin, has acquired 11.2 million shares of oil and gas company Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK).
Andreas Halvorsen and VIking Global’s Top Dividend Stocks (Part II)
Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB) is another new pick in Andreas Halvorsen’s portfolio, valued at $139 million at the end of the third quarter.
Comcast, Toyota, and More: Billionaire Ken Fisher’s New Stock Picks
Billionaire Ken Fisher manages Fisher Asset Management and also runs a regular investing column for Forbes, which an internal review at the magazine has found tend to produce ...
Hedge Funds Bought Zillow, DaVita, and More
While the most complete information about hedge fund ownership comes from 13F filings, this data only comes out six to seven weeks after the end of every quarter meaning that ...
MUR, KRFT, NXY, SYMC, WCC: Billionaire Dan Loeb’s New Stock Picks
Dan Loeb’s Third Point has over $4 billion in assets under management, as Loeb’s mix of activism- often quite hostile to current management, as was recently the case at Yahoo...
AT&T, PepsiCo, Verizon: Hedge Funds Are Dumping These Stocks
Our database of 13F filings allows us to see how many hedge funds and other notable investors that we track own a particular stock, which in turn allows us to see which stocks...
Hedge Funds Have Been Buying These Five Stocks
The most up-to-date picture on what hedge funds are buying and selling- though it tends to be somewhat limited- comes in the form of 13D and 13G filings with the SEC.
How Did Hedge Funds’ Top Small Cap Picks Do?
Hedge funds spend lots of money hiring bright people to do exhaustive research on a broad universe of stocks- not just the megacaps that dominate financial journalism.
Insiders Are Loving Green Dot This Month
Insider purchases are generally a good sign for a stock.
Billionaire Ken Griffin Bought This Clothing Store
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) was down 32% for the year at the beginning of November, but a rally this month has left it down only 11% year to date.
Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Latest Stock Picks
Ken Griffin has worked himself up from trading options in his college dorm room to managing one of the largest hedge funds in the world.
Billionaire Nelson Peltz’s Latest Stock Picks
Trian Partners is an activist hedge fund headed by Nelson Peltz and his partner Peter May.
Microsoft (MSFT), Take-Two, Activision, EA: Billionaire Hedge Fund Managers Love Video Games
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) saw billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn recently increase his stake in the video game maker by 10%.
These Hedge Funds Have Their Cake, and Are Eating It Too
In the financial world, individual investors must often wonder how "big shot" hedge fund managers like Ken Griffin and Steven Cohen are able to consistently generate solid returns...
Hedge Funds Are Buying These Stocks
Usually, we have to wait until six to seven weeks after the end of a quarter to see what hedge funds have been buying.
Billionaire Ken Griffin Likes This Homebuilder
Throughout this year, even with modest economic and job growth, the housing market has appeared to be coming back and that has caused a number of stocks tied to housing and construction...
So Far, So Okay For Yahoo’s New CEO
It’s still early in her tenure but Marissa Mayer, new CEO of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), isn’t doing badly so far.
Is Lennar The Best Way to Profit From Homebuilding?
Fiscal cliff? Hard landing in China? Tell that to the American consumer.
Is Discover A Better Stock Than Visa And Mastercard?
Credit card stocks have been on a roll so far in 2012. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is up about 35%, and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) has increased in value by about 25%.
Is Deere a Good Stock to Buy?
There is a good deal of optimism, and certainly interest, among investors in companies tied to agriculture.
Will Hartford’s Yard Sale Help the Stock?
John Paulson’s Paulson & Co. owned 31 million shares of The Hartford Financial Services Grup Inc (NYSE:HIG) at the end of June.
Is Discover Financial Services (DFS) A Good Stock To Buy?
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)’s card doesn’t have as strong a brand in the eyes of consumers as those of its competitors such as Visa Inc (NYSE:V), Mastercard Inc...
Highland Capital Management’s Top Stock Picks
Highland Capital Management specializes in credit investments and has total assets under management of about $20 billion.
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Kenneth Griffin, Geoffrey Raynor
Oops, they did it again! Yet another trader with ties to hedge-fund titan Steven Cohen has gotten caught up in Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara’s widespread insider-trading...
Why is This Retailer George Soros’s No. 1 Stock?
In the financial world, individual investors have an array of analytical indicators at their fingertips, though the most under-appreciation metric out there may be hedge fund ...
Goodrich Tumbles 10% Even as Ken Griffin Discloses a 5% Holding
Ken Griffin, who earlier had a small position of 902,523 shares in Goodrich Petroleum, is upping his stake.
Hedge Fund News: Jamie Dinan, Julian Robertson, Steven Cohen
The marketing chief of Jamie Dinan’s York Capital Management has left the hedge fund giant to become CEO and president of KVO Capital Management, with the latter renaming itself...
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Man Group, Navistar International
New York hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon announced his intentions Friday to donate 90,000 acres of land in Colorado toward the creation of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation...
Hedge Fund News: Brevan Howard, Kenneth Griffin, Man Group
The head of a joint venture between Samena Capital and Reyl & Cie says the global crisis was tough, but produced good hedge seeding opportunities in Asia.
Hedge Fund News: John Burbank, Julian Robertson, Ray Dalio
Blackstone Group has raised its exposure to former Citadel trader Nick Taylor by putting up another $50 million to co-invest with his Asia-focused hedge fund, sources said, a ...
Pay for Hedge Fund Managers Falls 35%, Top 6 Average Just $1.7B
"Compensation for the highest-paid U.S.
Do Computerized Trading Platforms Yield an Unfair Advantage?
"Federal securities regulators are examining whether some sophisticated, rapid-fire trading firms have used their close links to computerized stock exchanges to gain an unfair...
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group Bullish on $AAPL $WFC $ETFC
Ken Griffin started trading stock options in 1986, between classes. By his sophomore year, he had enough to launch a convertible-bond arbitrage fund.
