Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital is a pretty successful investor. Not only has he built up his fund to have an equity portfolio of $17.20 billion since founding ValueAct in 2000...
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December 20 - Hedge Funds, News
Earlier this week, several fundamental events took place in the energy sector, which is most likely to affect not just some individual stocks, but the performance of the whole...
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December 20 - Commodities, News
With many investors expecting the Fed to raise rates this week and the high yield bond market beginning to show signs of rolling over, several new and pending merger stocks are...
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December 14 - Market Movers, News
Based on the fact that hedge funds have collectively under-performed the market for several years, it would be easy to assume that their stock picks simply aren't very good.
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
ValueAct Capital, led by Jeffrey Ubben, recently submitted its latest 13F to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting period of September 30.
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November 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), and Campus Crest Communities Inc (NYSE:CCG) are trending this morning, as noteworthy events affect...
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October 19 - Market Movers, News
Both the NASDAQ and S&P 500 are slightly in the green this morning as positive momentum continues to buffet the market.
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October 16 - Market Movers, News
Shares of Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB), Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE:ETE), Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) are off to a rocky ...
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September 28 - Commodities, Market Movers, News
Jorge Paulo Lemann’s 3G Capital has recently submitted its 13F filing for the second quarter, which revealed a $1.32 billion equity portfolio with 23% concentrated in the energy...
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August 31 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News
Noam Gottesman is a hedge fund billionaire who co-founded GLG Partners in 1995 under the Lehman Brothers International (Europe).
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August 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
In its most recent 13F filing with the SEC for the reporting period quarter ending June 30, Jeffrey Ubben's ValueAct capital revealed an equity portfolio worth nearly $19 billion...
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August 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Simon Sadler's Segantii Capital recently filed its 13F form for the reporting period of June 30 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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August 13 - Hedge Funds, News
Is Halliburton a good stock to buy now? A recent report from Wells Fargo’s Judson Bailey discussed the struggle of the offshore drilling industry and the affect it might have...
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June 28 - Hedge Funds, News
It is not every quarter that you get to spot drastic changes in the equity portfolio of Jeffrey Ubben's ValueAct Capital.
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May 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Tom Gayner’s Markel Gayner Asset Management, the investment division of Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL) has filed its 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the ...
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May 13 - Hedge Funds, News
South Ferry Capital Management, managed by John Reilly, has filed its Form 13F with the U.S.
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May 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Activist Jeffrey Ubben's 14 picks in companies with a market cap of $1 billion or more (his entire portfolio) delivered weighted average returns of 8.1% in the first quarter.
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April 12 - Hedge Funds, News
We recently updated Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital's performance for the first quarter of 2015 with the firm achieving returns of 8.4% in its 44 long positions in stocks with...
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April 8 - Hedge Funds, News
One of the key principles of smart investing is diversification.
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February 22 - Hedge Funds, News
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management has recently submitted its 13F filing with SEC, and it is anything but usual.
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, News
The percentage drop in stock prices of Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL),Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:GDP) and Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) was as eye popping as the pop...
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November 30 - Commodities, News
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)'s stock is anything but in good shape right now, however there is an extremely profitable options play with an almost negligible downside, that ...
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November 30 - News
Shares of BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) fell sharply lower this morning shortly after the news broke that the company had been found grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil...
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September 4 - News
Hugh Sloane's Sloane Robinson LLP recently disclosed its Form 13F for the second quarter of 2014.
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August 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Among the list of companies that released their earnings for the second quarter 2014 on July 21, 2014, included Hasbro, Inc.
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July 21 - Earnings Report, News
Springbok Capital is a long/short equity hedge fund that employs a fundamental-value strategy.
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March 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds
Stan Druckenmiller is a billionaire, and was the long-time manager of Duquesne Capital. Now, he oversees a family office, but his investing strategy is mostly the same.
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February 24 - Hedge Funds, News
In the current round of 13F filings, hedge funds and other institutional investors are disclosing their equity portfolios as held at the end of the last year.
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, News
SAC Capital, founded by Steven Cohen, in its latest 13F, revealed an equity portfolio worth $17.22 billion as at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013, down from $18.48 billion...
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, News
After the end of each quarter hedge funds disclose their most important long stock positions at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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December 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Stan Druckenmiller is a billionaire, and was the long-time manager of Duquesne Capital. Now, he oversees a family office, but his investing strategy is mostly the same.
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, News
It's easy to talk about peak oil in a theoretical sense and ignore the real changes that are already happening.
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September 23 - Commodities, News
Falling production volumes from existing oil wells, coupled with high oil prices, have increased the incentive for big oil companies to invest more in exploration during the past...
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September 18 - News
Indigenes of Bodo village in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria have rejected a settlement offer from Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A), for the oil spillage that has left...
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September 16 - Commodities, News
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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September 15 - Dividend Stocks, News
There are many ways to invest in the energy sector. You could buy shares of the companies that explore and extract oil and natural gas.
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September 12 - Commodities, News
California's Monterey shale is believed to hold 15 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil.
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September 11 - Gold, News
In the summer of 2008, David Patterson, who took over as New York governor following the ouster of Elliot Spitzer, imposed a two-year moratorium on fracking within the state's...
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September 10 - News
The United States may be on the brink of war with Syria and, in the process, also irritating some of our trade allies, yet two-in-five stocks in the Motley Fool CAPS database ...
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September 6 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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September 4 - News
The Dividend Aristocrats is a list of stocks that have increased their dividends annually for at least 25 years.
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September 3 - News
This year, oil and gas companies operating in the Marcellus and Utica Shale plan to hire at least 4,000 new employees.
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September 3 - News
There is no greater fear for an investor than to lose big money on an investment. This is why most investors sell first and ask questions later.
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August 27 - News
One of the big issues many have with fracking is the massive amount of fresh water required to frac each well.
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August 26 - News
Mexico has a problem. Its oil exports are falling, and the government needs to boost production.
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August 26 - Commodities, News
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity positions as of the end of the ...
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August 26 - Hedge Funds
To many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are viewed as overrated, old investment tools of a period lost to current times.
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August 25 - News
When someone talks about "the new normal," we assume that it denotes a new permanence that will dictate things for the rest of time.
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August 25 - Commodities, News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Goldcorp Inc.
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August 23 - News
Now, according to many market players, hedge funds are viewed as delayed, old financial vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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August 22 - News