Hedge Fund News: Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman & John Paulson
Hedge Funds May Rebound and Spoil Buffett’s Bet (WSJ) Timing isn’t everything, but it sure helps. Six years ago, Warren Buffett, chairman...
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John Paulson’s Favorite Themes Are Discount Retail, Domestic Energy and FedEx
While John Paulson’s name is synonymous with outsized bets on mortgage-backed securities and gold, he also runs a fairly large equity portfolio at Paulson...
Ken Griffin Prefers Biotech to Large-Caps Like Apple & Priceline
We have gone through Citadel’s most recent 13F compared to the previous one (see a history of Citadel’s stock picks) and here’s what we noticed...
Clint Carlson’s New Favorites Include Bunge & WellPoint
Clint Carlson of Carlson Capital has also shared his big bets from this fall. In a recent SEC filing, Carlson revealed his biggest bet is Bunge Ltd (NYSE...
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin’s Retail Moves, Marc Faber & Darren Read
Citadel, Tiger Cubs Turn to Retail Stocks (InstitutionalInvestorsAlpha) A growing number of managers of very large, well-known hedge fund firms have been...
Is This the End of Steven Cohen’s Insider Trading Battle?
Steven Cohen insider trading: It’s no secret that Steven Cohen and SAC Capital are going through a rough patch, mainly because of the insider trading...
Omthera Pharmaceuticals Inc (OMTH), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ONXX): 3 Big Biotech Buyouts of 2013
The Chinese calendar says 2013 is the year of the snake, but the market says it’s the year of biotech. Major biotechnology ETFs and indices have...
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (GSK), Pfizer Inc. (PFE): Theravance Inc (THRX) Gets Big Win for New COPD Drug
Trading of biopharmaceutical company Theravance Inc (NASDAQ:THRX) was halted on Tuesday. A major decision hung in the balance as the U.S. Food and Drug...
Theravance Inc (THRX), GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (GSK): Investors Should Brace for a Busy Week From the Biotech Sector
With second-quarter earnings season now in the books and about a month to go before third-quarter earnings kicks off, biotech savvy investors are in for...
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP), Perrigo Company (PRGO), Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG): Shorts Are Piling Into These Stocks. Should You Be Worried?
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long...
Hedge Funds Are Crazy About Alkermes Plc (ALKS)
What’s a smart Alkermes Plc (NASDAQ:ALKS) investor to do? In the financial world, there are plenty of indicators shareholders can use to watch...
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), Tibco Software Inc. (TIBX): What This 758% Gainer Has Been Buying
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a...
Perrigo Company (PRGO), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): Is This Health Care Stock Underrated?
Shares of Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO), one of the world’s largest health care suppliers, slid with the broader market on Aug. 15 after the company...
Do Hedge Funds and Insiders Love Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN)?
Now, according to many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are seen as useless, old investment tools of a period lost to current times. Although there...
Hospira, Inc. (HSP): Hedge Funds Are Bearish and Insiders Are Undecided, What Should You Do?
To the average investor, there are a multitude of gauges shareholders can use to analyze their holdings. Two of the most useful are hedge fund and insider...
Micron Technology, Inc. (MU), Theravance Inc (THRX): Here’s What Superinvestor Seth Klarman Has Been Buying
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a...
Hedge Funds Are Buying Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX)
What do hedge funds think about Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX)? At the moment, there are tons of gauges investors can use to track Mr. Market...
Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp (USA) (KOG), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): Here’s What Billionaire John Paulson Has Been Buying
Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a...
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), Actavis Inc (ACT): Billionaire James Dinan Liked Pharmaceuticals Last Quarter
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors are required to file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long...
Perrigo Company (PRGO), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): This Deal Could Shake Up the Generic Drug Business
Many market-watchers are scratching their heads about the pharmaceutical industry’s latest blockbuster deal. Although it had been expected to make...
Perrigo Company (PRGO), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): Will This Be the Next Irish Biotech Acquisition?
Perrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO)’s acquisition of Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) for $8.6 billion has been widely criticized by many as a way for...
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), Perrigo Company (PRGO): Examining an Acquisition That Benefits This Global Healthcare Supplier
Recently, Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) ended the fight against bids from Royalty Pharma. Previously, Royalty Pharma had raised its all-cash...
Perrigo Company (PRGO), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): This Merger Adds Value Multiple Ways
2013 is turning out to be a stellar year for Mergers and Acquisitions. There have been a number of M&A deals in healthcare and technology sectors....
Dell Inc. (DELL), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): You’re a Bad Investor. Here’s How to Get Better.
The chances are good that you’re a bad investor. I’m sorry if that comes as an unpleasant surprise, but if you have any doubt about it, I...
Perrigo Company (PRGO), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): Is This Acquisition a Game Changer?
A patented drug is a cash cow for drug manufacturers. There are two ways to have a patented cash generating drug on a pharmaceutical company’s pipeline...
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), Perrigo Company (PRGO): Strange Biotech Bedfellows
When I interviewed Alkermes Plc (NASDAQ:ALKS)‘ CEO Richard Pops last year, he described the relocation of the company’s headquarters to Ireland...
Perrigo Company (PRGO) to Buy Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN) for $8.6 Billion
After months of fighting off the advances of unwanted suitor Royalty Pharma, Irish biotech Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) finally got an offer...
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): The Biggest Insider Trade in History
By now you’ve probably at least heard of SAC Capital, the massive hedge fund founded and run by the eponymous Steven A. Cohen. It was indicted on...
Hedge Fund News: Paul Singer, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C...
What’s Next for Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN)?
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN)’s board unanimously rebuffed a $6.7 billion takeover offer from Royalty Pharma in early June and hired Citigroup...
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX), Hospira, Inc. (HSP), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): 3 Pharma Companies to Buy for the Long Run
According to IMS health report, the global pharmaceutical industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% in the next five years to reach $1.20 trillion...
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS), MannKind Corporation (MNKD): Three Biotech Companies to Watch This Summer
The news flow from biotech companies might slow down during the summer, but it won’t stop. In fact, a few biotechs are expecting news that could...
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), Alkermes Plc (ALKS): The FDA Might Pull This Drug From the Market (and Why It Doesn’t Matter)
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating two deaths that occurred after patients were injected with Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY)‘s antipsychotic...
Is Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN) Pushing Its Luck?
Recently Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN)‘s shareholders voted against management’s proposal to invest $1 billion in Theravance Inc...
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB): Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN) Likely To Receive Higher Takeout Bids
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) has been in the news over the past few months because of a hotly contested battle with Royalty Pharma. The battle...
Bristol Myers Squibb Co (BMY), Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MNTA): White Collar Criminals Love Biotech Stocks
It’s understandably very tempting for people with inside information to trade biotech stocks. With the potential for overnight doubles and triples...
Dynavax Technologies Corporation (DVAX), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): This Week in Biotech
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 29% over the trailing-12-month period, it’s evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the...
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK): Another Alzheimer’s Disease Failure
Be it efficacy or safety, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE:LLY) just can’t win with its Alzheimer’s disease program . The latest drug to bite the...
Hedge Funds Are Buying Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN)
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) has seen an increase in enthusiasm from smart money of late. In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are...
BP plc (ADR) (BP), Oracle Corporation (ORCL): Value Investor Seth Klarman’s Shakeups
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group, led by the famed value investor and author of Margin of Safety, recently revealed its public equity portfolio in...
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (GSK), Sanofi SA (ADR) (SNY), Theravance Inc (THRX): This Week in Biotech
With the SPDR S&P Biotech Index up 38% over the trailing-12-month period, it’s evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the...
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Omega Advisors, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Herbalife Ltd...
Theravance Inc (THRX), GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (GSK), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): Who Benefits From This Market Moving Biotechnology Partnership?
Back towards the end of April 2013, Theravance Inc (NASDAQ:THRX) surprised everyone when it announced plans to split into two separate companies. The...
Theravance Inc (THRX), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN), GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) (GSK): Biotech Companies Breaking Up
If pharmaceutical companies can break up, why not biotech companies? Following in the footsteps of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) spinning out its drug...
Why Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN) Shouldn’t Take Royalty Pharma’s Sweetened Bid
After years of being plagued by a waning stock price, FDA regulatory issues and safety concerns over its blockbuster drug, its finally good to be Elan...
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB): What Goes up Must Come Down
Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) is one of those rare companies in the healthcare sector whose stock has relentlessly outperformed the broader market continuously...
Hedge Fund News: Ray Dalio, David Einhorn, Groupon Inc (GPRN)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN...
Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB), Sanofi SA (ADR) (SNY), Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (ELN): The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread Has Arrived for MS Patients
Last November, I examined five experimental drugs that appeared as if they had all of the tools necessary to become life-changing blockbusters from a...
Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (TEVA): Decision Looms on New Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Will good news from Europe echo on this side of the Atlantic within the next few days? Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) is certainly hoping so. The biotech...
Hedge Funds Aren’t Crazy About Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) Anymore
Elan Corporation, plc (ADR) (NYSE:ELN) was in 22 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of December. ELN shareholders have witnessed a decrease in activity...
