Many prominent investors, including Warren Buffett, David Tepper and Stan Druckenmiller, have been cautious regarding the current bull market and missed...
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December 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
At the end of February we announced the arrival of the first US recession since 2009 and we predicted that the market will decline by at least 20% in (...
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November 10 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We know that hedge funds generate strong, risk-adjusted returns over the long run, which is why imitating the picks that they are collectively bullish...
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September 14 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The latest 13F reporting period has come and gone, and Insider Monkey is again at the forefront when it comes to making use of this gold mine of data....
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July 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In this article we will take a look at whether hedge funds think AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is a good investment right now. We check hedge fund and...
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June 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Exclusive: Citadel Turns 2020 Profit After Spotting Virus Risk Early (Reuters) BOSTON (Reuters) – Citadel, the Chicago-based hedge fund giant led...
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March 24 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Coronavirus is probably the #1 concern in investors’ minds right now. It should be. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession...
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March 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While the market driven by short-term sentiment influenced by the accomodative interest rate environment in the US, increasing oil prices and deteriorating...
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December 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged through the end of November. Among them, Facebook...
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December 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Is AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) a good investment right now? We check hedge fund and billionaire investor sentiment before delving into hours of research...
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October 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge Funds and other institutional investors have just completed filing their 13Fs with the Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing their equity...
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June 13 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
“Market volatility has picked up again over the past few weeks. Headlines highlight risks regarding interest rates, the Fed, China, house prices...
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March 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
NEWSHedge Fund Manager Ken Griffin Spends $238M for Penthouse at 220 Central Park South (TheJewishVoice) The phrase “sky high” used to refer only...
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March 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire hedge fund managers such as Steve Cohen and Stan Druckenmiller can generate millions or even billions of dollars every year by pinning down...
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December 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
If you are an investor in one of the 76 best insurance dividend stocks to invest in, you’re regularly collecting dividend payments from your investment...
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July 12 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
My goal is to purchase quality companies that grow earnings and dividends at an attractive price. Most members of the dividend champions list exhibit...
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February 8 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Before we spend days researching a stock idea we’d like to take a look at how hedge funds and billionaire investors recently traded that stock....
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
I usually look at dividend growth stocks and their dividend increases every week, as part of my portfolio monitoring process. In this weekly review,...
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October 31 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) has a long operating history, and is a giant in the insurance industry. Today, it provides insurance products to more than...
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October 23 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The markets have started the week in a record-setting mood, following stronger than expected employment data out of the U.S and increased political stability...
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July 12 - Market Movers, News - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is one of only 2 insurance stocks in the Dividend Aristocrats Index. The company is the global leader in cancer insurance...
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May 17 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is a well-known insurance company that has proven to be a very reliable dividend payer over the years. The company has increased...
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December 30 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
As already mentioned in a previous insider trading article, the volume of insider selling in November reached a whopping $7.6 billion. This represents...
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December 11 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Between June 25 and October 30th the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) lagged the larger S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 14 percentage points as investors worried...
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November 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is the global leader in cancer insurance. The company sells supplemental life, health, and accident insurance. Elite hedge...
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November 4 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Shares of KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE:KKR), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM), Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ:BGFV), AFLAC Incorporated (...
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October 28 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
Dividend Champions with low payout ratios and small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend Champions are stocks...
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October 15 - Dividend Stocks - Comments
Introduction Of all of the many sound investing principles that legendary teacher and investor Ben Graham put forward, he believed that his concept of...
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September 19 - News - Comments
Insurance companies enjoy a two-sided business model, which explains their popularity with investors. Not only do they collect premiums on the policies...
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September 13 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The insurance industry is quite risky and competitive. However, investing in the sector can be remarkably profitable when it comes to well-run companies...
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September 13 - News - Comments
This past week has been fairly brutal to stocks as the situation in Syria deteriorated and American saber-rattling suggested that a military intervention...
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September 4 - News - Comments
Is Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) a good investment? If you were to ask many of your peers, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, old investment vehicles...
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August 29 - News - Comments
Is AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) a buy? To many investors, hedge funds are viewed as bloated, old financial vehicles of an era lost to time. Although...
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August 27 - News - Comments
In today’s marketplace, there are tons of gauges investors can use to analyze stocks. Some of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading...
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August 27 - News - Comments
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you’d like to add some financial stocks to your...
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August 20 - News - Comments
The cause of the financial crisis of 2007 -2008, also known as the Great Recession of 2008, is attributed to many different theories. However, one of...
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August 20 - News - Comments
You may have read in the news lately about the US dollar being “strong.” When the US dollar is strong, it has favorable exchange rates on...
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July 30 - News - Comments
Financial stocks have been fantastic bets throughout the recovery, but some look to have more room to run than others. The Select Sector Financial Slct...
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July 30 - News - Comments
Call me an optimist, but it seems like the market isn’t giving enough credit to AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL)’s management. At the present time...
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July 25 - News - Comments
After digesting the government data concerning jobs, which was seen as a positive with June non-farm payrolls reported at 195,000 versus the consensus...
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July 15 - News - Comments
When a celebrity messes up there’s usually a hefty price to pay. Paula Deen’s racial slur cost her dearly in corporate sponsorships. Paula...
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July 15 - News - Comments
Everybody loves “easy” money. We can’t help it. The good news is that when you are a shareholder of a dividend-paying company, you get...
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July 5 - News - Comments
American insurers not only need to increase customers by selling more policies, but also need to earn from their investments. A fluctuating underwriting...
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July 2 - News - Comments
This is part 2 (click here to view part 1) of a series of articles on companies within the dividend achievers index that I consider to be the “...
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June 19 - News - Comments
According to a research by MarketLine, the global insurance sector is expected to reach $5.1 trillion in 2015. This growth will be mainly driven by the...
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June 13 - News - Comments
Last week’s new U.S. corporate bond issues rolled in at a little more than $17 billion — a pickup in activity from the previous week but well...
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June 11 - News - Comments
The real-money Inflation-Protected Income Growth portfolio rose in value by a bit more than $245 since last week’s update to end the week at $34...
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June 10 - News - Comments
Investors are always looking for new strategies to beat the market over time and build wealth to ensure their financial futures. Unfortunately, many investors...
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June 7 - News - Comments
Ask most people about AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), and they’ll automatically start talking about the company’s duck commercials. But those...
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June 5 - News - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) was in 28 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. AFL has seen an increase in hedge fund sentiment of late. There...
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May 30 - News - Comments