Daniel Loeb’s Hedge Fund Wants Centene to Consider Selling Itself (The Wall Street Journal) Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC has built a stake in Centene......
(read more)May 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX) (The Motley Fool) What happened: Shares of Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX), a specialty generic pharmaceutical company, are getting......
(read more)February 27 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The top 15 online shopping sites in America generate billions of dollars in sales every year and are expected to dominate the market in the years to come......
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Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) stock fell 7.73% on Friday to $19.69 after rival J C Penney Company (NYSE:JCP) warned of poor performance in the third quarter......
(read more)November 1 - Market Movers, News - Comments
With half of 2017 already gone, it is high time to watch out for the 10 Best Blue Chip Dividend Stocks in 2017. A blue chip company is generally considered......
(read more)July 20 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
1. U.S. Stock Market: “U.S. and European stocks fell on Thursday, along with the U.S. dollar, while U.S. Treasury yields reversed earlier declines......
(read more)May 11 - Commodities, Futures/Forex, Gold, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
The 10 biggest companies that support Trump are mostly composed of giant retail stores based in the U.S. This is because despite the U.S President’s......
(read more)April 22 - Lists, News - Comments
It’s another quiet day on Wall Street as all three major index futures are modestly in the green. In addition, crude futures are up 0.9%. In this......
(read more)March 16 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Rob Citrone is the founder of Connecticut based hedge fund Discovery Capital Management, which had a 13F portfolio value of $4.71 billion as per their......
(read more)December 4 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
M&A activity continues to be robust, after several major companies announced their intentions to tie the knot today, which has helped push the markets......
(read more)October 31 - Market Movers, News - Comments
After two sharp down days in the previous three trading sessions, the bulls are back in charge on Wednesday. In the middle of the morning, the Dow is......
(read more)September 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The retail sector has not had the best of years, with indexes like the SPDR S&P Retail (ETF) (NYSEARCA:XRT) up by 0.65% since the start of the year......
(read more)September 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Dividends are a shareholder’s best friend. Not only do dividend stocks have wider moats than the average stock, but studies have also shown that......
(read more)September 9 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
US stocks are in the green on Thursday, as investors react to a wave of strong earnings reports from the retail sector. A small decline in weekly jobless......
(read more)August 11 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
Hedge fund Greenlight Capital, co-founded by well-known money manager David Einhorn in 1996 with $900,000 from friends and family, suffered its worst......
(read more)July 27 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Wall Street is in an optimistic mood as all three indexes are considerably higher than yesterday’s close. The Dow Jones is S&P 500 and NASDAQ......
(read more)June 23 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s a red day on Wall Street as all three indexes have opened in the red. The S&P 500 is off 0.7%, the Dow is down 100 points, and the NASDAQ......
(read more)June 16 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
A study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, released in 2014, concluded that retail was the main pillar of growth for the U.S. economy. According......
(read more)June 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
It’s been a rather quiet Friday on Wall Street as the NASDAQ has inched up, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones are slightly in the red. Among the......
(read more)May 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Disappointing earnings have pushed US stocks lower this morning, but the decline did not last long. The EIA’s weekly inventory has shown a reduction......
(read more)May 11 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
David Einhorn‘s Greenlight Capital had a disastrous 2015 as the fund posted losses to the tune of 20%. This marked the second losing year in the......
(read more)April 16 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Ira Sohn Investment Conference is one of the most awaited events that aside from supporting an important cause, ending childhood cancer, also has the......
(read more)April 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
If there is one topic that has been continuously discussed in business news since the beginning of this year, it has to be the underperformance of the......
(read more)April 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
If one starts a discussion on activist investors or their campaigns today, there is only a slim possibility that the name Starboard Value LP won’......
(read more)April 8 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Billionaire Ray Dalio‘s Bridgewater Associates has created more wealth for its investors than any other hedge fund in history. Since the fund has......
(read more)April 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While investors like Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn make headlines every other day, Ray Dalio shies away from the limelight despite being the manager......
(read more)March 31 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Though the broader market is undergoing a correction this year, there are a few stocks which have managed to perform remarkably well despite the slump......
(read more)March 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
David Einhorn founded Greenlight Capital in 1996 with $900,000, some of which was borrowed from friends and family. Now, his fund is a financial titan......
(read more)February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In its latest letter to investors, David Einhorn‘s Greenlight Capital said that its funds lost 3.8% in the fourth quarter of 2015 – net of fees......
(read more)January 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The U.S stock market is trading slightly in green territory despite declining oil prices caused by fears about the state of China’s economy. Amid......
(read more)January 11 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Mark T. Gallogly‘s Centerbridge Partners held an equity portfolio with a market value of $1.72 billion at the end of September according to the......
(read more)December 11 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Tricadia Capital Management, led by Michael Barnes and Arif Inayatullah, disclosed recently filed its latest 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission......
(read more)November 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The U.S. stocks managed to regain the ground lost during the first hours of trading today and have turned positive around noon. There are, however, some......
(read more)November 11 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL), and Macy’s, Inc......
(read more)October 26 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The FMCG (or fast moving consumer goods) industry, also known as the packaged goods or consumer non-durables sector, is largely considered a sector that......
(read more)October 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has launched another salvo in its continuing battle with other retail giants, including Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT),......
(read more)September 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Over the decades, companies have developed a long-lasting practice of spinning-off their real estate assets into independent, publicly-traded Real Estate......
(read more)September 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With the data from the latest round of 13F filings now gathered and processed, we’ve identified five stocks that received a large influx of cash in......
(read more)August 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Jeffrey Smith’s Starboard Value LP has filed its 13F with the SEC for the reporting period of June 30, 2015. The investor is known for his activist......
(read more)August 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Senator Investment Group, which is led by former Merrill Lynch colleagues, Douglas Silverman and Alexander Klabin, recently filed its 13F form with the......
(read more)August 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
At an investment conference taking place in New York today, three prominent activists that we track at Insider Monkey shared their latest thoughts on......
(read more)July 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital has filed its 13F with the SEC for the reporting period of March 31. Einhorn is known for his long/short equity investments......
(read more)May 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
One of the top gainers in Monday intraday trading is Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc (NYSE:PNK). The stock of the casino operator spiked by 20% at the beginning......
(read more)March 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
According to a Brandwatch study, key retail brands in the U.K. and U.S. markets are unable to listen to and respond to the audiences of Facebook Inc (......
(read more)February 17 - News, Tech - Comments
Retailers are supposed to be feasting in the holiday season, but this not always the case, as some of these retailers get it completely wrong in the holiday......
(read more)December 16 - News - Comments
The future looks very bright for Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M), according to the company’s CEO, Terry Lundgren. While on an interview on CNBC he explained......
(read more)November 29 - News - Comments
J C Penney Company Inc. (NYSE:JCP) financial woes could slowly be creeping in as the company continues to register a slowdown in sales across its stores......
(read more)November 9 - News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Apple Pay will hit the stores tomorrow and all the details related to how the new payment method will function are already available. According to abcNews......
(read more)October 19 - News - Comments
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced its intentions of getting Project Wing, a potential self-flying aircraft delivery service, from research to product......
(read more)August 29 - News, Tech - Comments
Mark Sebastian, Chief Operating Officer at Optionpit.com has said in a segment on Bloomberg TV that the S&P 500 will have only “one-off sell-off......
(read more)August 28 - News, Options, Tech - Comments
