The US stock market is trading higher on Monday on the back of rallying oil prices and speculations regarding a stimulus program by the Chinese government to prop up the country...
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August 15 - Earnings Report, News
Billionaire investing legend Donald Yacktman is increasingly pulling money out of U.S. equities. According to the latest 13F filing submitted by Mr.
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August 3 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
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 overseas.
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July 12 - Market Movers, News
Crude futures are down by 1.7% today and the major index futures are in the red after today's jobless claims report showed 264,000 claims, on the lower end of the consensus estimate...
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June 9 - Market Movers, News
Since being established in November 2005, the activist fund Trian Partners has worked with the management teams of a number of under-performing companies including The Wendy's...
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May 19 - Hedge Funds, News
It's the start of another trading week today and investors are buzzing over the news that Australian Craig Wright might be the founder of Bitcoin.
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May 2 - Market Movers, News
Some analysts and investors believe that value investing will achieve a comeback in the foreseeable future, as growth stocks have outperformed value stocks by a wide margin in...
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April 15 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
2016 has thus far been another disappointing year for stock market investors.
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February 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
It’s the first trading day of February and the stock market is in the red after the worst January since 2009.
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February 1 - Market Movers, News
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) is a holding in our Conservative Retirees dividend portfolio.
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January 6 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis
Most individual investors already know the value of monitoring activist investors, who generally make value-enhancing proposals or push for changes at struggling companies in ...
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December 11 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News
It seems that the masses and most of the financial media hate hedge funds and what they do, but why is this hatred of hedge funds so prominent? At the end of the day, these asset...
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Yacktman Asset Management, founded by Donald Yacktman in 1992, is one of the most well-known, value-focused hedge funds on the Street.
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November 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, News
Trian Fund Management L.P., co-founded by Nelson Peltz, recently disclosed its equity holdings as of September 30 with the SEC.
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November 16 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, News
Trian Fund Management L.P., co-founded by well-known activist investor Nelson Peltz in 2005, is considered as one of the fastest growing hedge funds in the industry.
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November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) is the largest food distributor in the world. The company distributes food products to restaurants and stores throughout the US (including Alaska...
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October 28 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis
Less than a week after disclosing a stake, Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners issued an amended 13D regarding SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), in which it reiterated its stake and announced...
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August 21 - Hedge Funds, News
Notorious activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners has initiated a 7% stake in the food distributor SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), as revealed in a new filing with the ...
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August 14 - Hedge Funds, News
A preliminary injunction blocking SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY)'s planned acquisition of US Foods Inc. was issued by a US court on Tuesday.
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June 24 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis
Deepak Gulati's Switzerland-based fund, Argentiere Capital recently disclosed its equity holdings as of the end of the first quarter in a filing with the SEC.
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April 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Kyle Bass’ Heyman Advisors had a very poor quarter that was characterized by its selloff of General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), a company in which Bass had previously declared...
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April 13 - Hedge Funds, News
In its latest filing, Donald Yacktman’s Yacktman Asset Management reported slightly trimming its position in SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY).
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February 11 - Hedge Funds, News
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) is a foodservice company that distributes its products to restaurants, health care and educational facilities, lodging establishments, summer camps...
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September 18 - News
United Natural Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:UNFI) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and after a good-sized pullback earlier in the year, the stock has climbed to set new...
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September 11 - Earnings Report, News
Today, let's look at Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, founded in 1979, and one of the biggest value-focused institutional investment companies around.
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September 6 - News
For nearly four decades, Illinois Tool Works Inc.
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September 5 - Dividend Stocks, News
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) has just experienced a significant decline to around $32.20 per share.
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September 3 - News
If you happen to be a huge market nerd who keeps close track of SEC filings, you probably know Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL) recently released its latest equity holdings with...
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August 20 - News
The conditions in which some pigs destined for Tyson Foods, Inc.
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August 16 - News
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the largest food distributor in America with a 17.5% share of the market had its Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2013 earnings call yesterday. SYSCO Corporation...
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August 13 - News
People won't stop eating. It's that simple. That's part of what makes McDonald's such a great investment.
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August 12 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 12 - News
The grocery sector has always been extremely competitive, and it is often those who offer the best deals that come out on top.
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August 5 - News
Today, let's look at investing giant Donald Yacktman, who founded Yacktman Asset Management in 1992.
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July 31 - Hedge Funds
One segment that is highly fragmented is the food-distribution business. There are many mom and pop food distributors spread out across the country.
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July 16 - News
To the average investor, there are a multitude of indicators investors can use to track their holdings.
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June 24 - News
When the market is in panic I like to revisit big, secular themes.
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June 18 - News
Getting things where they need to go is an unloved business.
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June 6 - News
In mid-February, we shared our research report on AMERCO (NASDAQ:UHAL), the deeply undervalued and underfollowed holding company that owns U-Haul, the nation's dominant moving...
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June 4 - Stock Analysis
Although the restaurant industry has seen its share of competitive pressure of late, there are important long-term trends in place that support continued industry growth, including...
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June 4 - News
Over the year, major market indices have been rising by nearly 15%.
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June 3 - News
Regular readers probably know I am a big fan of organic food companies, and I regularly use Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) as a proxy for organic retailing.
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June 3 - News
Enterprises that have continued to increase their dividend payments offer the ideal amount of stability that both institutional and individual investors like to see.
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May 31 - News
Peter Lynch loved to visit malls to seek out investment ideas. When you see convenience stores popping up in your neighborhood, Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.
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May 30 - News
Americans have realized the value of organic and natural foods, and they've rewarded well-known grocery giant Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) with huge share-price gains...
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May 30 - News
One trend that is obvious in America is that we as a culture are becoming more and more aware of our diets, and specifically how bad they’ve been for a long time.
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May 22 - News
I’ve been writing about dividend stocks for nearly a year, and have written close to a hundred articles.
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May 16 - News
At the moment, there are tons of indicators market participants can use to track publicly traded companies.
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May 6 - News
Next Monday, SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 3 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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April 30 - News