Warren Buffett and Lou Simpson Are Bullish On These Stocks
Lou Simpson, a former understudy of Warren Buffett, is the manager of SQ Advisors. Simpson has enjoyed great success running GEICO, returning an average...
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Billionaire Julian Robertson’s New Stock Picks Include Monsanto Company (MON), McGraw Hill Financial Inc (MHFI)
In May, billionaire Julian Robertson- well known as the founder of Tiger Management and mentor to several “Tiger Cubs” who have since become successful...
Apple Inc. (AAPL), Moody’s Corporation (MCO), and McGraw Hill Financial Inc (MHFI): Billionaire Julian Robertson Traded iPhones for Tax Returns During Q1
The legendary Julian Robertson- who not only became a billionaire himself through his success at Tiger Management, but also groomed several “Tiger...
Akre Capital Management’s Stock Picks for 2013 Include Mastercard
Charles Akre’s Akre Capital Management has filed its 13F for the fourth quarter of 2012, disclosing many of its long equity positions as of the end...
A Board Member Bought About $50,000 Worth of IHS
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Jean-Paul Montupet, a Board member at IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS) purchased 500 shares of the stock on January 22nd...
ValueAct’s Jeffrey Ubben’s Top Stock Picks Include Adobe Systems
Jeffrey Ubben is an activist investor, but a patient one; rather than agitate for immediate change and use the media to increase pressure on management...
Hedge Fund Manager Charles Akre’s Top Stock Picks Include Mastercard
Chuck Akre has been managing money through one vehicle or another since 1989. For some time Akre operated the FBR Focus fund before relaunching as the...
Wal-Mart, DirecTV, and More: Warren Buffett’s Favorite Services Stocks
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway filed its 13F for the third quarter of the year in November, disclosing many of its long equity positions from the...
Nexen, Moody’s, and More: Billionaire Thomas Steyer’s New Stock Picks
Billionaire Thomas Steyer serves as a managing member of Farallon Capital Management, one of the largest hedge funds in the world. Farallon’s fundamental...
Invest For Kids Conference: ValueAct Gives This Credit Rater High Marks
At the 2012 Invest for Kids conference, Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital made two financial stock recommendations, with one being the credit rating company...
Is Morningstar a Good Addition to Your Portfolio?
As one of the world’s most reliable providers of investment analysis covering everything from equities to mutual funds, Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ...
Warren Buffett News: Warren Buffett Reloads The Elephant Gun
Warren Buffett reloads the elephant gun (TheAge) Warren Buffett may well be loading Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) “elephant gun”...
Hedge Fund News: John Burbank, Steven Cohen, Telus Corp
Passport To Wind Down Materials Hedge Fund After 31% Loss (Bloomberg) Passport Capital LLC, the $3.4 billion hedge fund founded by John Burbank, plans...
Top of the Morning – $JNJ Sales Up But Profits Down
Yahoo Tops Expectations (FT) Yahoo’s profits fell 26 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 compared to a year before but still beat analysts low expectations...
Ping Capital Falls, Lone Star Fined, Soros Conviction Stands
Fitch Cuts Spain’s Credit Rating (Bloomberg) Spain had its credit rating cut two levels by Fitch Ratings, which cited the “intensification”...
Sean Parker Has New Startup
WaMu Reorganization Plan Rejected (Businessweek) Washington Mutual Inc., former owner of the biggest U.S. bank to fail, must try to settle differences...
Italy Downgraded, Bernanke Says No Quant Easing
Moody’s Downgrades Italy Credit Rating (Reuters) Moody’s downgraded Italy’s credit rating three notches, bringing it from an A2 to an Aa2, which...
Moody’s May Downgrade French Banks
Reuters says major French banks might be downgraded by Moody’s, a move that would further increase the tension in the financing markets. Citing people...
This is How David Einhorn Shorts Stocks
Our friends at Santangel’s Review published David Einhorn’s interview with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. In the interview Einhorn revealed...
Warren Buffett’s Stock Sales: Our Favorite Holding Period is Forever?
Warren Buffett says “our favorite holding period is forever” and yet he sold eight stocks during the fourth quarter of 2010. It was surprising...
Ten Stocks Recommended by Top Hedge Fund Managers
Most investors are interested in what hedge fund managers recommend today, Insider Monkey, your source for free insider trading data, pays more attention...
Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn on Financial Reform
Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn is no stranger to financial companies. He revealed Lehman Brothers’ financial shenanigans long before its collapse...
David Einhorn: Big Banks Pickpocket Pension Funds
David Einhorn was the guest on Bloomberg’s “In The Loop” program last Friday for two hours. Most of what he said about the European debt crisis...
