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 (......
(read more)May 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We hate to say this but, we told you so. On February 27th we published an article with the title Recession is Imminent: We Need A Travel Ban NOW and predicted......
(read more)April 23 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Coronavirus is probably the #1 concern in investors’ minds right now. It should be. On February 27th we publish an article with the title “Recession......
(read more)March 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged in 2019. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft......
(read more)December 25 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged through November 22nd. Among them, Facebook......
(read more)November 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We can judge whether The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) is a good investment right now by following the lead of some of the best investors......
(read more)October 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Stanley Druckenmiller on Budget Deal: Politicians will Act this Way Until the Markets ‘Revolt’ (CNBC) Billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller......
(read more)July 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Legendary investors such as Jeffrey Talpins and Seth Klarman earn enormous amounts of money for themselves and their investors by doing in-depth research......
(read more)June 10 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
“October lived up to its scary reputation—the S&P 500 falling in the month by the largest amount in the last 40 years, the only worse Octobers......
(read more)March 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Is The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) a good place to invest some of your money right now? We can gain invaluable insight to help us answer......
(read more)December 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Do you know which are the 16 biggest commercial banks in New York City? Let’s start with what is a commercial bank. A commercial bank is an institution......
(read more)February 2 - Lists, News - Comments
Before we spend many hours researching a company, we’d like to analyze what hedge funds and billionaire investors think of the stock first. We would......
(read more)December 1 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Financial stocks have had a volatile year, as the market has constantly speculated about the timing of an interest rate hike out of the Federal Reserve......
(read more)November 29 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is one of the best-known activist hedge funds in the world, managing about $13.8 billion in assets. In its latest......
(read more)November 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The $3 trillion hedge fund industry that was once dear to almost every other investor seems to be in shambles as elite investors pull out massive money......
(read more)November 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Mario Gabelli, who manages around $37.5 billion through his hedge fund GAMCO Investors, was one of the few Wall Street titans who had predicted......
(read more)November 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With the US elections over, the markets around the world plunged being “stunned” by the victory of Donald Trump, who defied all odds. Nevertheless......
(read more)November 9 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Given that various leading hedge fund managers gathered at the Invest For Kids Chicago conference on October 27, Insider Monkey has put together a list......
(read more)October 30 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Keeping tabs on insider trading behavior represents a crucial part of some investors’ security analysis process. After all, past research shows that......
(read more)October 27 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Marcato Capital Management is a San Francisco-based hedge fund sponsor that Richard McGuire founded in 2010, after leaving Bill Ackman‘s Pershing......
(read more)August 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With the latest quarterly 13F filings having been released, Insider Monkey has done the hard work of parsing through the position changes among the......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The market is mixed on Thursday with Dow Jones and S&P 500 slightly in red, while NASDAQ has inched up since the opening bell as companies continue......
(read more)July 21 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
How are banking stocks usually reacting to an interest-rate hike? While one rule of thumb says most bank stocks tend to outperform following an interest......
(read more)June 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Scion Asset Management, the second hedge fund founded by Dr. Michael Burry of ‘Big Short’ fame, made its US equity portfolio highly concentrated......
(read more)May 31 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
The legendary investor Mario Gabelli is one of the first advocates and practitioners of value investing. He founded GAMCO Investors in 1977. Deducing......
(read more)May 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Since being established in November 2005, the activist fund Trian Partners has worked with the management teams of a number of under-performing companies......
(read more)May 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway outperformed the S&P 500 by 11.1% per year from 1965-2015, generating an overall gain of 1,598,284% compared......
(read more)May 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The dollar value of insider selling in April was the second-lowest monthly total in the past 12 months, which may serve as a promising indicator for......
(read more)May 3 - Commodities, Insider Trading, News - Comments
Famed activist investor Nelson Peltz founded Trian Partners in 2005 and has built it into a financial powerhouse that oversees more than $12 billion......
(read more)April 30 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway outperformed the S&P 500 by 11.1% per year from 1965-2015, generating an overall gain of 1,598,284% compared......
(read more)April 26 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The ensuing volatile markets have cast a serious dent in the portfolios of most hedge funds. However, John Horseman‘s London-based hedge fund, Horseman......
(read more)February 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With the Federal Reserve having raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, many investors are rotating into banking stocks, many of which stand......
(read more)December 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Professional money managers are quick to judge when things start to turn sour for a particular company. Generally, it would do retail investors well ......
(read more)December 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge funds run by legendary names like Nelson Peltz and David Tepper make billions of dollars a year for themselves and their super-rich accredited investors......
(read more)November 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Mario Gabelli‘s GAMCO Investors is one of the funds that has been consistently beating the S&P 500 over the long term, since its inception in......
(read more)October 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
John Horseman founded Horseman Capital, a London-based long/short equity hedge fund, about a decade-and-a-half ago. The fund has grown by leaps-and-bounds......
(read more)October 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The broader market sell-off that occurred during the third quarter lowered the valuations of most U.S-listed companies, which became a more attractive......
(read more)October 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors identified some sectors which may offer opportunities for investors in a discussion on Fox Business Network. Speaking......
(read more)October 6 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The Federal Reserve’s decision not to go for a rate hike on Thursday has surely put downward pressure on the banking industry. Interest rates continue......
(read more)September 21 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The financial services sector is up by nearly 11% year-to-date, according to Morningstar data. The banking industry has contributed somewhere between......
(read more)September 4 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors is arguably one of the most revered value investors on Wall Street today. GAMCO Investors recently filed......
(read more)August 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
We have extricated the top five companies that have the blessings of two of the best value investors in business today, Donald Yacktman (pictured) and......
(read more)June 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In the latest development regarding Richard McGuire‘s Marcato Capital Management and the recent target of its activism, Sothebys (NYSE:BID), the......
(read more)June 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Scanning through the equity holdings of Donald Yacktman‘s Yacktman Asset Management as of the latest 13F reporting period, we studied his top......
(read more)May 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
GAMCO Investors, a fund run by billionaire Mario Gabelli, is one of more than 700 funds that we track at Insider Monkey. The fund has beaten the S&......
(read more)May 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Incorporated in 2001, Horseman Capital Management, a London-based fund managed by John Horseman has recently issued its 13F filing for the end of the......
(read more)April 29 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Mick McGuire‘s Marcato Capital Management has released a damning presentation on Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK) as it continues to push......
(read more)April 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Activist investor Mick McGuire of Marcato Capital Management on Tuesday sent a letter to the lead director of Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK)......
(read more)March 10 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Nelson Peltz‘s Trian Partners has recently reported increasing its activist stakes in two companies: Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK) and......
(read more)March 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Richard McGuire’s Marcato Capital has made two important filings with the SEC in recent days, both of which we’ll cover in this article. Firstly,......
(read more)February 23 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
