To say that the financial crisis devastated the banking sector would be putting it about as plainly as possible.
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March 31 - Lists, News
For a very long-time Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been dominating the hedge fund popularity rankings. Things changed a bit recently. Apple Inc.
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February 23 - Hedge Funds, Lists, News
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller is the founder and CEO of the Duquesne Family Office.
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February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Do you know which are the 16 biggest commercial banks in New York City? Let’s start with what is a commercial bank.
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February 2 - Lists, News
What is the best financial stock to buy right now? With the Fed recently raising rates for the second time, it may be a good idea to check out some companies like Bank of America...
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December 18 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing
Omega Advisors is a New York-based hedge fund founded by billionaire Leon Cooperman in 1991.
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December 3 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Chou Associates Management Inc. aims to provide long term growth of capital. The fund mainly invests in the US securities and has fairly diversified portfolio.
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Is Citigroup Inc.
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November 23 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge funds' returns are declining mainly due to the losses returned from short positions.
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November 21 - Hedge Funds, News
There were 659 hedge funds in our system whose 13F portfolios on June 30 consisted of at least five long positions in billion-dollar companies.
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November 16 - Hedge Funds, News
Moore Capital Management, the New York-based asset management firm founded by billionaire trader Louis Bacon, recently revealed its U.S equity portfolio as of the end of September...
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November 16 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Options
Despite the fact that it's M&A Monday as Wall Street is again in deal-making mode, the broader markets are quiet as all three major indexes are close to flat.
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November 14 - News
Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) more than tripled its quarterly dividend earlier this year, but few people can forget the terror of the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
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October 28 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis
Seeing as how the third quarter is in the rear-view mirror, many hedge funds have released their latest investor letters to describe their performance during the three-month ...
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October 27 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News
“The market has really divided into two groups,” Richard S. Pzena of Pzena Investment Management explained on CNBC last week.
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October 27 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
In this article, we will take a closer look at five big banks: Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (...
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October 15 - Earnings Report, News
The markets are in the green today amid stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings being issued from several finance and banking sector stocks, as well as healthy retail sales...
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October 14 - Market Movers, News
In this article, we examine the reasons why eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), and Banco Santander...
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October 10 - News
Founded in 1997 by Jeffrey Gendell, Tontine Asset Management was once among the most revered names in the hedge fund Universe.
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September 26 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Diamond Hill Capital was founded by Ric Dillon back in 2000 and is currently co-managed by Ric Dillon and Chuck Bath.
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September 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Crude futures are again in the red this morning as sentiment around the commodity remains sluggish.
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September 16 - Commodities, Market Movers, News
Interest rate-sensitive financial stocks are in the spotlight today after previously-dovish Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said that "a reasonable case can be...
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September 9 - Market Movers, News
Louis Bacon founded Moore Global Investments in 1989 and has been running the fund ever since. Moore Global employs a global macroeconomic approach to investment and manages ...
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September 2 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Among the companies that are making headlines on the last day of the trading week are Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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September 2 - Market Movers, News
With the U.S.
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August 31 - Hedge Funds, News
Clint Carlson opened the doors to his Dallas-based Carlson Capital in 1993, after spending years cutting his teeth as the head of risk arbitrage for the investment arm of the ...
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August 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
It's the beginning of another week and crude futures are more than 2% in the red, dragging down the major U.S.
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August 22 - Market Movers, News
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with roughly $27 billion in assets under management.
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August 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Note: This article's title and content have been changed since its original publication.
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August 11 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Last week’s dollar volume of insider buying slightly increased relative to the volume recorded for the previous five-day period, but still remained at a low level.
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July 25 - Insider Trading, News
The UK's electorate decision to leave the European Union in late-June came as a shock for many market participants and led to an immediate bloodbath in the financial markets.
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July 23 - Hedge Funds, News
It's been a busy week for banking stocks as many have reported earnings results for their latest fiscal quarters.
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July 16 - Earnings Report, Economy, News
Crude futures are well in the green this morning as traders look forward to the upcoming Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) rig count release.
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July 15 - Market Movers, News
The Dow Jones Index and the S&P 500 are in record territory this afternoon as traders bid up stocks on the back of solid earnings results from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM).
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July 14 - Market Movers, News
It's a green day on Wall Street as the Dow and S&P 500 are in record territory, while crude and Nasdaq futures are positive.
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July 12 - Market Movers, News
It's a good day to be a bull on Wall Street as all three indexes and crude futures are in the green. Today's ADP jobs report came in ahead of expectations and traders are optimistic...
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July 7 - Market Movers, News
Crude futures are off sharply today as fears that Brexit will lower demand for the commodity resurface. Not surprisingly, all three indexes are also lower this morning.
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July 5 - Market Movers, News
The world's banking giants that also operate in the United States are making headlines today, after the Federal Reserve announced the results of its second round of stress tests...
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June 30 - Market Movers, News
Brexit bombshell battered markets around the world on Friday. The FTSE 100 nosedived by around 8% after the opening, but has recovered in the last hours of trading.
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June 24 - Market Movers, News
Julian Robertson of Tiger Management, the billionaire hedge fund manager and an early pioneer of the hedge fund industry, has seeded dozens of hedge fund managers, usually referred...
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June 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Although the Federal Reserve didn't hike rates yesterday, the markets are still on edge given the Brexit vote on the 23rd. All three indexes and crude futures are in the red...
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June 16 - Market Movers, News
According to Institutional Investor, nearly half of the entire hedge fund industry lost money in 2015 and some funds managed by billionaires, such as Daniel Loeb's Third Point...
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June 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
It's been a pretty quiet morning on Wall Street so far, as all three indexes are pretty much flat. The Dow is off by 36 points, the S&P 500 is up by 0.06% and the Nasdaq is 0...
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June 14 - Market Movers, News
Scion Asset Management, the second hedge fund founded by Dr.
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May 31 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
D. E. Shaw & Co. was founded in 1988 by David E. Shaw, who was a pioneer in the field of computational finance.
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May 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Kahn Brothers Group is a New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Irving Kahn, Thomas Graham Kahn and Alan Kahn in 1978.
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May 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Founded in 2000 by Ric Dillon, Diamond Hill Capital employs a value investing approach to stock picking and had approximately $18 billion in assets under management at the end...
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May 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Springhouse Capital Management is a Westport, Connecticut-based long/short equity hedge fund.
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May 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Robert Rodriguez and Steven Romick's First Pacific Advisors LLC recently published its first quarter commentary for investors of the FPA Crescent Fund, revealing its current...
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May 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News