15 Most Feared Activist Hedge Funds
In this article, we will take a detailed look at the 15 most feared activist hedge funds.
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Top 6 Stock Picks of Dennis Hong’s ShawSpring Partners
In this article, we will be taking a look at the Top 6 Stock Picks of Dennis Hong’s ShawSpring Partners.
Economic Recession is Crushing These 10 Hedge Funds
In this article, we discuss 10 hedge funds that the economic recession is crushing. 2022 has been one of the worst years on record for equity hedge funds.
10 Best Performing Hedge Funds of 2021
In this article, we discuss the 10 best performing hedge funds of 2021.
5 Food and Service Industry Stocks That Thames Capital Has Been Gorging On
Jay Genzer’s Thames Capital Management is a long/short global equity hedge fund that was founded at the start of 2017.
Pershing Square 2018 Annual Investor Letter
This year started excellent for billionaire Bill Ackman and his activist hedge fund Pershing Square, which gained 31.9% since the beginning of the year through March 19th, strongly...
Pershing Square 2018 Q3 Investor Letter: The Latest on Every Bill Ackman Stock Pick
Billionaire Bill Ackman of hedge fund Pershing Square is in the midst of a strong rebound in 2018 as he seeks to put his recent investing woes behind him.
Is Howard Hughes Corp (NYSE:HHC) Really An Attractive Long-Term Investment?
If you owned 7.6 million shares of a stock that is trading at about $130 per share and you wanted to get rid of your shares because the stock's price has been stagnant over the...
Activists Are Ganging Up On United Technologies (UTX), Energen (EGN), and Newell Brands (NWL)
When a lone prominent activist takes aim at a company, investors should pay attention. When two or more of them team up to take on the same company? Expect a lot of fireworks.
Just How Good Were These Hedge Fund Managers’ Investment Ideas From The 2017 Sohn Conference
One of the top investment conferences, the 2017 Sohn yearly conference gathered hedge funds gurus like David Einhorn or Bill Ackman, who shared some of their investment ideas, ...
Why Bill Ackman Likes Nike (NKE) and How He Plans to Turn Around His Struggling Fund
From being on top of the investing world in 2014, it's been a relatively short and hard fall for Bill Ackman's Pershing Square, the multi-billion dollar hedge fund that owned $...
Platform Specialty Products Corp (PAH): Here Is What Pershing Square Thinks About It
Platform Specialty Products Corp (NYSE:PAH) is a $3-billion market cap producer of high-technology specialty chemical products.
Pershing Square Closes Short Position in Herbalife Ltd. (HLF); Read Fund’s Detailed Analysis
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square closed its short stock position in Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) and bought options to sell shares of the nutrition company.
Pershing Square Sells Entire Stake in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)
Pershing Square sold its entire stake in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD).
Howard Hughes Corp (HHC) Could Win Big From Tax Cuts: Pershing Square
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management is bullish on Howard Hughes Corp (NYSE:HHC) and the hedge fund believes that the real estate developer would get a boost from...
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Is Undervalued: Pershing Square
Pershing Square sees an upside potential in Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP), a $51-billion market cap payroll processing giant.
Pershing Square Q3 Investor Letter
Bill Ackman‘s Pershing Square Capital Management reported disappointing returns for the third quarter of 2017.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG): Inside Ackman’s Turnaround Plans for the “Least Optimized” QSR
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has a massive investment in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG), valued at $1.2 billion at the end of June.
Best Ideas Pitched by Bill Ackman, David Einhorn & Others at GIBI Conference
At the beginning of October, Dallas, Texas hosted the Great Investors’ Best Ideas Conference.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP): “Spoiled Brat” Bill Ackman Threatened Company With Damaging Media Coverage
New details emerged this week regarding the intense spat between Bill Ackman and Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP).
Yum China Holdings Inc (YUMC): The Bull Thesis Worth $100,000
The 10th annual Pershing Square Challenge took place last month, with close to 40 student teams from Columbia Business School’s Applied Security Analysis course taking part ...
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Boosts Bet on Fast Food Industry, Cuts Down on Healthcare
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square is well-known for holding a concentrated equity portfolio with a few, but rather large, positions.
Ackman Conference Call Updates Several Key Positions, Claims Herbalife (HLF) Endgame is Near
Pershing Square Capital Management is a New York-based hedge fund managed by billionaire investor Bill Ackman.
Here’s What Billionaire Bill Ackman Had to Say About His Biggest Investments at the DealBook Conference
Bill Ackman of Pershing Square recently did an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook conference in New York and Insider Monkey was there to cover it.
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz: Here’s What the Future Looks Like in the Age of E-commerce
The future has little place for brick and mortar stores in the age of e-commerce, believes Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) CEO Howard Schultz, as he said during an interview...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Trims Stake in Zoetis; Still Bullish on Restaurant Brands International, Mondelez
The last 12 months have proved to be a great challenge for billionaire Bill Ackman, one of the mavericks of the hedge fund world.
Bill Ackman’s Letter to Investors, Part II: Pershing’s Top Portfolio Detractors
Last week, billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square released a letter to shareholders, in which the investor outlined the fund's performance and provided his...
Bill Ackman’s Letter to Investors, Part I: Valeant, Air Products and Short Herbalife Bet
It has been known for a while that activist billionaire Bill Ackman had some rough time, as some of his biggest bets are not showing the expected results.
Bill Ackman Presentation Discusses Top Picks, Takes Another Shot at Herbalife
Billionaire Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has been in the news through this year due to the poor performance of some of the fund's top stock picks and its efforts to help turn...
Jeff Smith’s Starboard Reports New Position; Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Updates Two Investments
Activist investors are always in the spotlight and their filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission are always scrutinized, with the stocks that are targeted by activists...
Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD): Bill Ackman Loads Up on Call Options
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has added a sizable collection of call options underlying shares of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) to its portfolio.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX): Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Lands Board Seat
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has filed a Form 13D on Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc. (NYSE:VRX).
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP): Bill Ackman Has No Plans to Sell Shares
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square has filed a Form 13D with the SEC, issuing an update on its position in Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP), one of the billionaire ...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Buys More Valeant Shares, Starboard Value Gradually Jettisons Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) Stake and Two Other Moves
Hedge fund vehicles had a rough 2015, and the beginning of 2016 does not look too great either.
A Look at Bill Ackman’s Top Bets for Q4
As an activist, Bill Ackman prefers to hold a concentrated equity portfolio that allows him to focus on his targets and work towards maximizing their shareholder value.
Herbalife Has “Substantial Similarities” To FTC-Targeted Vemma: Ackman
We recently reported that billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square was still confident that his notorious short thesis on Herbalife Ltd.
Bill Ackman Begs To Differ With David Tepper On Economy
This weekend, we reported the thoughts of investment titan David Tepper of Appaloosa Management regarding where the market is heading given the revision of growth estimates on...
Ackman Still Confident Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) Will Fall; Discusses Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ), Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX)
Renowned activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square was having another one of his wonderful years, clocking in a gross return of 13.0% on a year-to-date basis through July...
Bill Ackman and Scott Ferguson Are Investing In The Same Stocks
At first glance, it doesn’t seem like fund managers Bill Ackman and Scott Ferguson are all that much alike.
Can Bill Ackman’s Smaller-Cap Picks Beat The Market? History Says No
Pershing Square, led by Harvard graduate and philanthropist Mr. Bill Ackman, is a New York-based hedge fund founded in 2004 with a long-term, activist investing approach.
Billionaire Ackman Loves Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX), Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA)(CP)
In its latest 13F filing with the U.S.
Why Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Top Picks Beat the Market in Q1
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square returned 2.1% during the first quarter, slightly outperforming the market's 0.9% return, as well as some of the other funds we track at Insider Monkey...
With New Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (VRX) Stake, Bill Ackman Maintains Large Exposure to Healthcare Sector
In a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square disclosed a significant long position in Valeant Pharmaceuticals...
Carl Icahn, Other Investors Scoring Big on Herbalife Ltd. (HLF); What Funds Think of Controversial Supplement Company?
After a rocky year, stalwart investors of Herbalife Ltd.
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP) Among Big New Positions In York Capital’s Portfolio
James Dinan founded his own investment management team York Capital Management in 1991 after previously working as an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and in ...
Shire PLC (ADR), Allergan, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc: John Paulson’s Top Merger Picks
John Paulson's Paulson & Co has been having it rough for the past two years, as far as stock picking goes.
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Top Picks: Allergan Inc. (AGN), Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (CP)
Pershing Square, managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, recently filed with the U.S.
Bill Ackman Big Tussles And Losses: Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Target Corporation (TGT), And J C Penney Company Inc (JCP)
Activist investors move the stock market, and no one does it better than the aggressive billionaire investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square has enjoyed a fair amount of success...
McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) Management Change Was the Right Thing: Bill Ackman
Last year was one of the worst for McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) in its six decades of history that eventually meant a management change was inevitable.
Zoetis Inc (ZTS) Avoids Possible Fight By Adding Two Members From Activist Side
Animal health care company, Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS) is doing extremely well according to activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square, having agreed to add two members to the...
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