Women live longer, make less money, and take care of loved ones more often than men. Couple these facts with countless studies on investor behavior that show that women approach...
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May 20 - News
If you ask the right people, you'll hear that stocks are cheap because the equity risk premium has skyrocketed.
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May 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX), QUALCOMM, Inc.
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May 10 - Hedge Funds
When turnaround trends take place in industries that have been considered boring or unappealing for extended periods of time, such events can be rather explosive.
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May 9 - News
This month is an important one for Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), particularly as it pertains to one of many lawsuits concerning deteriorating mortgage-backed securities and...
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May 3 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) plunged nearly 3% on May 2, 1930, the day after President Herbert Hoover stridently assured the public that the worst...
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May 2 - News
After the last economic crisis, investors have found it hard to trust insurance companies. Some said they were too big to fail, while others, too big to ignore.
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May 2 - News
Billionaire and hedge fund manager David Tepper was recently reported to be buying shares of Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET). Mr.
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May 2 - Hedge Funds
iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) – Shares in the maker of home robots such as the Roomba vacuum cleaner and defense and security robots for military uses are soaring on Wednesday...
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April 24 - News
Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) – Shares in insurance, annuities and employee benefits provider, Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), are popping on Tuesday after the company raised its quarterly...
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April 23 - News
When megainsurance company Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) finally closed the sale of its retail banking operations to General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)'s GE Capital this past January...
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April 11 - News
For years, long-term care insurance seemed like the ideal solution to one of the biggest concerns of an aging population.
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March 25 - News
Billionaire hedge-fund manager David Tepper runs Appaloosa Management, the $15-billion multi-strategy hedge fund.
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March 18 - Hedge Funds
Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won't just fall into your lap.
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March 18 - News
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 term.
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March 12 - News
I like to analyze what prominent investors buy or sell in the last reported quarter. In this article I detail what Appaloosa Management bought in the past months.
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March 1 - Hedge Funds
Earnings season is now starting to wind down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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February 19 - News
Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), with a history of over 140-years has grown to become a leading global insurance provider to over 90 million customers in over 50 countries.
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February 15 - News
The first thing that pops up in my mind whenever I read about Lombardia Capital Partners is that it is a successful 100% employee-owned investment firm.
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February 13 - Hedge Funds
A fledgling industry just a year ago, the mortgage servicing business is now red-hot, fueled by big banks shedding mortgage servicing rights in an attempt to stay ahead of new...
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February 4 - News
Founded in 1999 by Randall and Herbert Abramson, Trapeze Asset Management is a medium-sized hedge fund based in Toronto, Ontario.
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December 16 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Israel Englander founded Millennium Management in 1989 and prior to that, obtained his undergraduate degree from NYU.
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December 12 - Hedge Funds
Apple Inc.
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December 10 - Hedge Funds
Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB) is another new pick in Andreas Halvorsen’s portfolio, valued at $139 million at the end of the third quarter.
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November 30 - Dividend Stocks
Investors have generally been looking down on the financial sector for some time, but our review of recent 13F filings by hedge funds and other notable investors generally shows...
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November 23 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund whiz David Einhorn gave a presentation at the Great Investor's Best Ideas investment symposium in Dallas on Tuesday.
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November 1 - Hedge Funds
Michael Platt, the co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management, was on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers" today making the case that "Europe has no credible plan for growth...
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October 24 - Hedge Funds
In an era of “Too Big To Fail”, Credit Default Swaps and “Synthetic” financial products, a financial services company with a “good housekeeping” seal on its balance...
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October 23 - Stock Analysis
In the corporate headquarters of retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), April 21 was a day of utter fear.
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October 23 - Stock Analysis
The European Union could be destroyed by the "nightmare" euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George...
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October 16 - Hedge Funds
What are the cheapest large-cap dividend stocks in the market right now? The following is a list of six stocks that are very cheap on an earnings basis and have dividend yields...
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September 21 - Stock Analysis
Leon Cooperman knows his way around the markets. Cooperman is the founder and CEO of Omega Advisors, a hedge fund with a portfolio valued at several billion dollars.
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November 1 - Hedge Funds
Richard Arney, head of hedge funds at BlackRock Alternative Investors, spoke to Bloomberg Television’s Susan Li in Hong Kong today about recent market swings and its implications...
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October 27 - News
Hedge-fund manager Paulson & Co. is facing opposition to a deal with insurance giant MetLife Inc.
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October 26 - News
Stock prices can be depressed for prolonged periods of time. Investing in these out of favor stocks might be extremely profitable if investors aren’t too early.
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April 25 - Hedge Funds
After learning the asset management business at Goldman Sachs, Leon Cooperman started Omega Advisors in 1991.
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February 11 - Hedge Funds