David Cohen and Harold Levy co-founded a hedge fund called Iridian Asset Management, back in 1996, aiming to benefit from market fails at times of corporate......
(read more)February 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After swooning in early-August, energy stocks are building up steam again as crude oil prices rebound. Brent prices have jumped by 10% over the past two......
(read more)September 4 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Smart investors actively track the moves made by the titans of the hedge fund world, such as billionaire activist investor Paul Singer of Elliott Management......
(read more)March 6 - Activism, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In 1994, Charles E. Davidson and Joseph Jacobs co-founded Wexford Capital, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund that currently has around $7.0 billion......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After having been range-bound for more than three months, crude futures have recently shown substantial volatility, having fallen below the pivotal $50......
(read more)March 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Cohen’s Fund Returned A Measly 1% Last Year (Bloomberg) Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management returned about 1 percent in 2016, the second-worst......
(read more)January 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Barry Rosenstein is the founder and portfolio manager of activist hedge fund JANA Partners. He founded the event-driven fund in 2001 and follows......
(read more)December 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
If one were to come up with a list of the most successful activist investors in the world, Paul Singer‘s name would surely have a hallowed place......
(read more)December 20 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News, Options - Comments
Platinum Partners’ Executives Charged With $1 Billion Securities Fraud (The Wall Street Journal) Top executives of hedge fund Platinum Partners were......
(read more)December 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Oil prices have rallied in recent weeks as OPEC successfully put aside its geopolitical differences and agreed to cut production. On the back of the decision......
(read more)December 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Brexiteer Odey’s Fund Loses 369 Million Euros (Reuters) Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey lost about 369 million euros (313.03 million pounds) in......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Funds - 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
Soroban Capital Partners was founded by Eric W. Mandelblatt in 2010 as an activist investors focusing on equity and debt markets. Mandelblatt and Soroban......
(read more)August 31 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After a nightmare two years during which oil prices fell from $100 to as low as $26 per barrel, there is finally some optimism among people in the energy......
(read more)August 20 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Crude oil prices plunged massively in the 20-month period leading up to the end of the March quarter on fears that global crude supplies were surging......
(read more)June 2 - Commodities, Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire hedge fund managers such as Jim Simons and David Einhorn have become exceptionally rich thanks to their investing abilities over the long-......
(read more)June 1 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) is America’s fourth largest refiner with crude oil refining capacity of approximately 1.8 million barrels per......
(read more)May 21 - Commodities, News - Comments
For investors who want to invest in the oil and gas space without worrying about the extreme volatility that has been a hallmark of the space in the past......
(read more)April 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
D E Shaw is a renowned New York-based quant hedge fund founded by computer scientist and computational biochemist David E. Shaw in 1988. Mr. Shaw holds......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX), and Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) are trending......
(read more)October 30 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Jorge Paulo Lemann’s 3G Capital has recently submitted its 13F filing for the second quarter, which revealed a $1.32 billion equity portfolio with......
(read more)August 31 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After witnessing a huge fall from over $100 in July of last year to the low-$40 range in the early part of 2015, crude prices saw a brief rally and stabilized......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Shares of Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) rose as high as 10.81%, after its sponsored Master Limited Partnership (MLP) MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX) announced......
(read more)July 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
John Griffin’s Blue Ridge Capital had a great start to the year, as its 45 long positions in stocks with a market cap above $1.0 billion returned 6.......
(read more)April 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Eric Mindich‘s Eton Park Capital is preparing to dip its fingers in the energy industry after last year’s relatively successful evasion,......
(read more)March 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
D E Shaw, the large hedge fund founded by David Shaw, is an interesting study in that its positions are constantly changing. Rarely does it stand pat......
(read more)February 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Although the current market might be overvalued, Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) and Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) still have a considerable......
(read more)September 12 - Economy, News - Comments
Tracking insider purchases is very important to our investment strategy. This is why, in this article, I will look into three companies in the Oil &......
(read more)March 13 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Bocage Capital, founded by Kurt Billick, was launched in 2010 and is based in San Francisco. It is a market neutral commodity fund, which uses a bottom......
(read more)March 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Stan Druckenmiller is a billionaire, and was the long-time manager of Duquesne Capital. Now, he oversees a family office, but his investing strategy is......
(read more)February 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In its latest 13F, Christopher C. Grisanti’s hedge fund Grisanti Brown & Partners, revealed its holdings in its equity portfolio, for the fourth......
(read more)February 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In the eyes of many of your fellow Imperial Oil Limited (USA) (NYSEAMEX:IMO) investors, hedge funds are perceived as overrated, old financial tools of......
(read more)September 11 - News - Comments
Compared to the international benchmark — Brent crude oil — cheap U.S. oil was a boon for refiners for many quarters. As their input costs......
(read more)September 10 - News - Comments
Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes — just in case......
(read more)September 10 - News - Comments
There was more bad news for TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP)’s troubled Keystone XL pipeline last week. The fate of the project is likely......
(read more)September 3 - News - Comments
In an effort to make America less dependent on foreign oil, the government mandates the use of biofuels. When a gallon of renewable fuel is created it......
(read more)September 3 - Commodities, News - Comments
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock’s current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends. That......
(read more)September 3 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
If you were to ask many traders, hedge funds are perceived as delayed, outdated investment vehicles of a period lost to current times. Although there......
(read more)August 23 - News - Comments
Insider Monkey tracks quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Dan Loeb’s Third Point. We’ve found that these filings......
(read more)August 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
If Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) insiders are generally bullish, should you be? Well, let’s look at hedge fund data too. In the financial......
(read more)August 22 - News - Comments
If a stock’s richest investors are buying a stock, shouldn’t you at least pay attention? That’s the story we face with Marathon Oil......
(read more)August 22 - News - Comments
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) has seen mixed sentiment from two of the indicators we track. For all intents and purposes, let’s take a look at the details......
(read more)August 22 - News - Comments
After making billions in the oilfield, T. Boone Pickens began investing in the public markets (primarily in energy) and issues quarterly 13F filings through......
(read more)August 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
For the past few years, there’s been an anomaly in the global oil industry. Brent crude oil, which comes from the Middle East, Africa and Europe......
(read more)August 14 - News - Comments
Goldman Sachs strategist David Kostin recently released a list of Goldman’s top 40 most undervalued stocks, as dictated by Goldman’s internal......
(read more)August 13 - News - Comments
Appraising a company on the basis of a single earnings report could be misleading. Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC)‘s second-quarter results......
(read more)August 12 - News - Comments
During the past month, petroleum-refining companies have rallied: Shares of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) rose by nearly 3.8%. Based on the......
(read more)August 12 - News - Comments
Insider trading activity has been heating up a bit as earnings season winds down. While insiders sell shares for a number of reasons, we like to pay attention......
(read more)August 8 - Insider Trading - Comments
A big part of my job as managing editor of StreetAuthority involves talking with our premium newsletter experts to get a sense of what they like in the......
(read more)August 6 - News - Comments
Eight hundred million dollars. That’s how much money Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) estimates it will cost to comply with the United States......
(read more)August 5 - News - Comments
