Hedge Fund News: T Boone Pickens, Edward Lampert & BlueCrest Capital Management
PICKENS: I Think Mitt Romney Is Thinking About Running Again (BusinessInsider) Last Friday morning, billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens was in...
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Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Daniel Benton & Ken Griffin
Tiger Global Posts Big Drop in September (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) Tiger Global Management, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Tiger Cub...
Hedge Fund News: Wilbur Ross, Bill Ackman & George Soros
Wall Street Plays 2016 Dating Game as Christie Stumbles (BusinessWeek) Billionaire Wilbur Ross invited Paul Ryan over for lunch. Goldman Sachs Group,...
Invest Like The Super-Rich With This 7.2% Yielder
Ever wonder how the super-rich manage their investments and retire on that private island with afternoon mojitos? A big part of it is investing in the...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, TiVo Inc. (TIVO), Alere Inc (ALR)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ:TIVO), Alere Inc (NYSE:ALR), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI...
Hedge Fund News: Whitney Tilson, Marc Lasry, BlackRock Inc.
Whitney Tilson Wins as Disney (DIS) Gives Netflix (NFLX) its Stamp of Approval (StreetInsider) Hedge fund investor Whitney Tilson is standing a little...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Carl Icahn, Halcon Resources Corp
One-Time Hedge Fund Wiz Faces Second Abysmal Year (CNBC) One of the hedge funds run by John Paulson, whose prescient bets against housing where chronicled...
Hedge Fund News: James Simons, David Einhorn, Office Depot Inc
Mysterious Hedge Fund Gets Even More Mysterious (CNBC) Renaissance Technologies is one of the most mysterious hedge funds in the world. With over $15...
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Andrew Lo, Netflix
Bad Cohen optics (NYPost) Hedge-fund titan Steven Cohen is casting a shadow over the government’s last outstanding insider-trading trial. Only one person...
MLPs Are Getting Crushed
Investors knew that the results of the election would bode well for some asset classes and be a hindrance for others, and it appears that one of the losers...
Time To Buy Oil?
The past few weeks have been rough on crude oil, as the massive commodity has been seeing a major decline in price. But with a sudden drop, this fossil...
Gold and Silver ETFs Soar After Obama Re-election
Late Tuesday night, it was announced that Barack Obama had won his re-election campaign, and will spend four more years in the White House. Wall Street...
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Greg Coffey, Marc Leder
Navistar misfire raises yields (JournalGazette) Navistar International Corp (NYSE:NAV) bond yields are rising while those of other U.S. junk-rated truckmakers...
Jim Rogers: Money Printing Will Run Amok
After Tuesday’s election results, analysts of all kinds are weighing in on how they think the next four years will go. With Barack Obama winning his...
Hedge Fund News: Paul Singer, Nelson Peltz, James Dinan
Union Hits Out at Vulture Fund Swoop on Tall Ship (MarineLink) The detention of the ship was ordered on application to a court by Elliott Capital Management...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Thomas Steyer, Paul Singer
Obama Wins; Dollar Falls; George Soros Happy (Gather) President Obama wins his re-election bid. The dollar fell and the Euro rose upon the news, as concerns...
Vote For Obama Or Romney With These Commodities
Tomorrow will mark the battle for what could be the 45th President of the United States. Barack Obama will square off against Mitt Romney with the goal...
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, John Burbank, BarclayHedge
SAC Re bolsters team with four appointments (Artemis) SAC Re the Bermuda based Class 4 reinsurer backed by Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund...
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Julian Robertson, Blackstone
California billionaire moves on from hedge fund, to clean energy (Muckety) Tom Steyer’s announcement last week that he would step down from the hedge...
These 3 Energy Stocks Could Soar if Romney Wins the Election
Major political events can have a powerful effect on the market, particularly oil stocks. And with the presidential election only two weeks away, a big...
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Carl Icahn, Citigroup
Greenlight’s Einhorn questions Fed “spending spree” (Reuters) Hedge fund manager David Einhorn raised concerns about the U.S. central...
Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, Phil Falcone, Citigroup
Hedge Funds Hot for Ailing Greece’s Debt (WSJ) One of the hottest trades of the past few months has been the bonds of a country so shaken by economic...
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Mitt Romney, BlueCrest
John Paulson Doubles Down (WSJ) Hedge-fund manager John Paulson famously made nearly $4 billion in 2007 correctly betting that the housing bubble, fueled...
Hedge Fund News: GLG Partners, Man Group, George Soros
Veritas – How the hedge fund universe loses another ‘star’ (InvestmentEurope) You could not blame GLG Partners co-founder Noam Gottesman...
Obama Won the Second Debate, Here’s How to Play It
One of the best things about the fall of a presidential election year is the televised debates between the incumbent commander-in-chief and his challenger...
Time To Buy Coal?
When it comes to the fuel of the future, many have been touting the advantages of natural gas for our economy, while others point to alternative energies...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, John Paulson, SkyBridge
Soros Demands Germany Stop Euro Destroying Europe (CNBC) The European Union could be destroyed by the “nightmare” euro crisis, and Germany...
4 Investing Opportunites From the Inside Commodities Conference
Index Universe’s Inside Commodities conference took place in Chicago this week, and we were lucky enough to get passes to hear the likes of Dennis Gartman...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Seth Klarman, Carl Icahn
George Soros Buys Convertible Bonds In Digital River (ValueWalk) George Soros’, Soros Fund Management, a hedge fund management company, which he founded...
Schiff Refutes “Stellar” Jobs Numbers
Friday’s employment data had a number of people in an uproar. After Mitt Romney scored a victory in the first Presidential debate, many thought that...
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, George Soros, Ron Paul
How to Short Like David Einhorn (Minyanville) I recently came across an old transcript of a David Einhorn speech at the Value Investing Congress in 2006...
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, Paul Singer, David Harding
What Will Happen to Wall Street if Romney Wins in November? (Minyanville) During the first presidential debate, a Yahoo Finance poll found that 80% of...
Hedge Fund News: Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Bill Ackman
Rogers takes on Dr Doom over China (InvestmentWeek) Veteran investors Jim Rogers and ‘Dr Doom’ Marc Faber have clashed over the merits of...
Warren Buffett News: Big Bird Can Make It Rain On His Own
TheDC Opinion: Big Bird can make it rain on his own (DailyCaller) Big Bird is a billionaire. A Warren Buffett, Eric Schmidt, Steve Jobs billionaire, which...
Bain Capital’s Bet Against Romney
As debate season heats up, we had an interesting takeaway from the first 2012 Presidential debate yesterday. Obama failed to mention anything about Romney...
Thumbs-up from Romney sparks bullish activity in Arch Coal calls
Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI) – Shares in Arch Coal, Inc., which traded down to their lowest levels of the past decade during the month of July, caught...
Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Dan Loeb, Nouriel Roubini
Hedge fund Tiger Global up 22.4 pct in first 9 mos (Reuters) Tiger Global, one of the world’s best-performing hedge funds, ended the third quarter...
Faber: Romney’s Fed Chairmen Will Print Trillions
By now everyone is familiar with Ben Bernanke and his money printing strategies for solving an economy in crisis. His ideals concerning increasing the...
Hedge Fund News: Leon Cooperman, Steven Cohen, Apple
Apple has quietly created the world’s largest hedge fund worth $117 billion (Sys-Con) Apple is not only the most profitable company in the world, but...
Hedge Fund News: Nelson Peltz, George Soros, Jim Rogers
Nelson Peltz Is Still Scaring Companies (BusinessWeek) Mark Fetting, chief executive officer of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM), was out of time. His biggest...
Hedge Fund News: Chris Hansen, Ray Dalio, Lookers
New arena heads for Seattle City Council approval Monday (SeattleTimes) Seattle City Council members this summer said they wouldn’t approve a $490...
How a Romney Presidency Could Destroy Alternative Energy Investing
For the next two months, all anyone will be talking about is who will win the November election and how that will impact our nation. From our economic...
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, Ricky Sandler, Louis Bacon
Secret Footage of Romney Was Filmed at Estate of Sex Party-Throwing Hedge Fund Manager (GAWKER) You know that really damaging hidden camera footage of...
Hedge Fund News: Marc Faber, David Abrams, Ray Dalio
Marc Faber: If I Were Bernanke, I Would Resign (CNBC) Central bankers are “counterfeit money printers” and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should...
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Dan Loeb, BlackRock
Farallon Founder Talks Green Energy At Dem. Convention (Finalternatives) While most hedge fund managers are backing President Barack Obama’s opponent...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Steven Cohen, John Paulson
Soros tells Germany to lead or leave euro (IFAMagazine) Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros made some bold statements in an interview...
Hedge Fund News: Lee Ainslie, Nelson Obus, Leon Cooperman
Maverick Capital Partner to Leave (WSJ) Maverick Capital Ltd.’s Steve Galbraith, who left a top investment-strategist post at Morgan Stanley MS +...
Warren Buffett News: A New Lease On Life
A new lease on life (TheSunChronicle) Corporate and city leaders hailed a reinvigorated LeachGarner as a reaffirmation of tradition and an investment...
Warren Buffett News: Investing in the Smartphone Revolution
Investing in the Smartphone Revolution (InvestingDaily) Warren Buffett once said, “Don’t invest in something you don’t understand.” I beg to differ...
Hedge Fund News: Marc Lasry, Bill Gross, John Paulson
Looking back on Avenue’s falling assets and Soros’ summer soap opera (Absolutereturn-Alpha) One year ago Assets at Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group...
