Managed by Tom Sandell, Sandell Asset Management considerably increased its stake in Meritor Inc (NYSE:MTOR). The fund currently owns 5.20% of the...
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April 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Paul Glazer‘s New-York based hedge fund, Glazer Capital has reported a new 7% passive stake in Pacer International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACR) in a SEC...
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March 10 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Springbok Capital is a long/short equity hedge fund that employs a fundamental-value strategy. It was founded in 2004 –headquarter in New York- by Gavin...
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March 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds - Comments
In the latest 13F, Sandell Asset Management, led by Tom Sandell, revealed its holdings in its equity portfolio, for the fourth quarter of last year. The...
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
What’s a smart Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (NYSE:MTD) investor to do? At the moment, there are dozens of methods investors can use to analyze...
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September 9 - News - Comments
At the moment, there are tons of methods market participants can use to watch the equity markets. A pair of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Is Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) going to burn these hedge funds? To many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are assumed to be overrated, outdated...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Is Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE) a buy? In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are many metrics shareholders can use to track publicly...
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August 23 - News - Comments
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO)’s richest investors are very, very bullish. Here’s what we mean by that. To the average investor,...
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August 22 - News - Comments
Mike Lippert, the portfolio manager of Baron Opportunity Retail Fund, has managed to generate outstanding returns in the past ten years. This fund gets...
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August 8 - News - Comments
After divesting from Hewett-Packard in 1999, Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has rapidly expanded its reach and now has clients across the communications...
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July 16 - News - Comments
John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager, is known for maintaining an impressive strength during the sub-prime crisis of 2008. His firm, Paulson...
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July 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long...
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July 2 - News - Comments
On April 15, Thermo fisher announced its acquisition of Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE) for $13.6 billion plus approximately $2.2 billion in net...
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June 19 - News - Comments
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is far from a household name among most investors. But millions of investors who use S&P 500 index funds as part of...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Patient-specific pharmacology used to be a futuristic dream for researches and physicians, but the Human Genome Project has placed the framework for this...
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May 31 - News - Comments
Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE) was in 45 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. LIFE shareholders have witnessed...
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May 28 - News - Comments
Is Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) a splendid investment now? Investors who are in the know are betting on the stock. The number of bullish hedge...
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May 24 - News - Comments
Houston, we have a problem! According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are only five known coronaviruses that can infect humans...
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May 14 - News - Comments
The rumors have finally been put to rest. After three months of a bidding war, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) ultimately beat other contenders...
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May 1 - News - Comments
The big news in the medical service and device sector is the speculated buyout of Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE). However, I believe investors...
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April 22 - News - Comments
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) announced today that it will acquire genomics company Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE) in a $13.6 billion...
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April 15 - News - Comments
Just the other day I remarked how often the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) got saved by late-afternoon rallies that limited the...
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April 10 - News - Comments
Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) has experienced a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds of late. In the 21st century investor...
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April 8 - News - Comments
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a variety of purposes. For one, we have discovered that the most popular small cap...
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March 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Stop me if you’ve heard this joke before: “Two political parties walk into a bar; both point the finger at each other for the country’...
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March 6 - News - Comments
Occasionally some of my friends ask me why I am hedged and market neutral in my investing. My answer is always the same. I invest for the long term, and...
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February 22 - News - Comments
I admit it’s sometimes difficult to look too far down the road when the market continues to head higher regardless of the economic news. My investments...
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February 22 - News - Comments
On this day in economic and financial history… After more than a decade of research and $3 billion in expenses, the Human Genome Project finally...
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February 15 - News - Comments
Life is getting a little better. That’s the overall message in the latest quarterly results that Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE) reported...
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February 5 - News - Comments
North Run Capital, which is managed by Thomas Ellis and Todd Hammer, filed its 13F for the third quarter of 2012 with the SEC earlier this month. These...
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November 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Los Angeles-based Empyrean was launched in 2004 by Michael Price and Amos Meron. It uses a combination of event-driven investment strategies and fundamental...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Moore Capital founder to protect more land (PIOnline) Hedge fund manager Louis Bacon has promised to donate the largest single conservation easement in...
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July 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
John Paulson is the most successful hedge fund manager of the past four years. He made $4 billion by betting against subprime mortgage investments in...
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August 17 - Uncategorized - Comments
Larry Robbins’ Glenview Capital Management returned 82.7% in 2009 after losing 50% in 2008. Glenview’s overall return between 2001 and 2010 was 301...
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July 29 - News - Comments
Most investors aren’t happy about the performance of their investments over the last decade. Some of those who gained couldn’t even beat the inflation...
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April 6 - News - Comments
Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital was extremely bullish about Hewlett-Packard during the third quarter. They bet $400 Million on HPQ, making it the second...
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February 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Most investors are interested in what hedge fund managers recommend today, Insider Monkey, your source for free insider trading data, pays more attention...
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February 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Glenview’s Larry Robbins is one of the most optimistic hedge fund managers around. He predicts P/E multiples will expand by 45% by the end of 2013....
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December 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Lee Ainslie is a pure long/short equity investor. He doesn’t trade bonds, currencies, commodities or options. He buys what he thinks will beat the market...
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November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital bought nearly $400 Million worth of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares in the third quarter. HPQ was David Tepper’s biggest...
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November 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments