Bill Miller’s Fund Crushed the Market for a Record 15 Straight Years. Here’s How the Legendary Investor recently Applied His Long-term Approach...
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November 3 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Doing the right thing is seldom easy. Spike Lee made an entire movie about it. So have many other people. It seems—as modernity continues to separate...
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January 9 - Lists, News - Comments
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is one of the biggest telecommunication company, which operates primarily in United States. President Obama proposed a plan to...
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December 3 - News, Tech - Comments
Managers should ask themselves: what would Carl Icahn see? (FT) Carl Icahn makes more money between sips on his outsized Martinis than most mortals make...
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August 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Success of ValueAct Hedge Fund Has Dented Its Maneuverability (Wall Street Journal) Activist investor ValueAct Capital Management has long flown under...
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June 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Coatue to Return as Much as 35% of Money From Hedge Fund (BusinessWeek) Philippe Laffont, founder of hedge-fund firm Coatue Management LLC, plans to return...
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April 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Slow down Carl: Not all Apple shareholders want an big share buyback (CNBC) For months, Carl Icahn has been pushing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim...
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January 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
On November 15th, Pershing Square Capital Management filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission two new 13D forms. In the first, the firm disclosed...
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In a context where America’s spying devices are making President Obama’s relationship with a wide range of governments around the world increasingly...
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November 1 - News - Comments
The EU is threatening to fine data companies for sharing information with US intelligence. Will stocks suffer? President Obama had to make an awkward...
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October 24 - News - Comments
Former Centaurus Hedge Fund Founder Donates $10 Million During Government Shutdown (HedgeCo) Former hedge fund manager John Arnold and his wife have pledged...
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October 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Republicans in Congress are cutting food stamps, the latest development in the farm bill saga. Let us explain. Last week, in a 217-210 vote, the House...
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September 26 - Commodities, News - Comments
Hedge funds decry Larry Summers ‘fiasco’ (HereIsTheCity) Prominent hedge fund managers criticized President Obama’s decision not nominate...
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September 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) Is stopping Keystone a San Francisco hedge-fund...
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August 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) representatives and attorneys are practically on a first-name basis with administrative law judges of the U.S. International...
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August 7 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Nokia Corporation...
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July 31 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) Carl Icahn Will Likely Walk Away From The Dell Proxy...
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June 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is wrapping up its Worldwide Developers Conference this week, but the conference seems to be the rare exception to the controversial...
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June 12 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), Verizon Communications Inc...
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May 31 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX), QUALCOMM...
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May 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD), EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), Morgan Stanley...
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May 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ...
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April 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) – er, BlackBerry – and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) are apparently not appreciated much by President Obama...
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April 17 - News - Comments
President Obama vows to find those behind Boston Marathon bombing (NYDailyNews) President Obama quickly pledged “every single federal resource necessary...
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April 16 - News - Comments
What happened in Boston? At 3:15pm EST this afternoon, two explosions occurred within close proximity to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, one of...
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April 15 - News - Comments
New Hedge Fund Firms Say They Can Profit in Tough Markets (InstitutionalInvestor) MACRO HEDGE FUND MANAGERS KNOW THE MARKETS can be a cruel mistress....
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January 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As 2012 nears its close, investors are beginning to look toward a new year, one that will hopefully be less volatile for the commodity world. The precious...
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December 10 - News - Comments
Kids pitch business ideas to Warren Buffett (KSDK) An online contest is again offering a few young entrepreneurs the chance to present business ideas...
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December 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Finding Value in The Buckle Inc. (Kapitall) In Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) annual report, famed value investor Warren Buffett lists acquisition...
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December 3 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As an asset class, natural resources often get lumped together, falling under a single weighting in one’s investment portfolio. After all, the most...
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December 3 - Market Movers - Comments
Bridgewater Associates Plunge Into ETFs (TheStreet) Renowned hedge fund manager Ray Dalio added more ETFs to his portfolio in the third quarter as his...
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November 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Did Buffett Smack Down the Dow This Morning? (Fool) With so many investors nervous about the fiscal cliff, the last thing the market needed was for billionaire...
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November 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett Urges Congress to Impose a Minimum Tax on the Wealthy (NationalJournal) Billionaire Warren Buffett urged Congress in a New York Times op...
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November 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As is perhaps always the case, commodity markets have had quite an action-packed year thus far. Landmark events, such as President Obama’s re-election...
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November 23 - Lists - Comments
Bargain shoppers have arrived early on Wall Street ahead of Black Friday as last week’s brutal sell-off has left the marketplace scattered with ripe...
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November 21 - News - Comments
Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLF) – Heavy volume in February expiry call options on the XLF this morning may be the work of one or more traders...
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November 16 - News - Comments
The iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond (NYSEARCA:TLT) and some other funds focused on Treasuries were on the receiving ends of post-election bounces on...
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November 9 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Billionaire Wilbur Ross of W.L. Ross & Co. was one of the voices who said before the election that an Obama second term would mean a recession for...
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November 9 - News - Comments
The S&P 500 slid almost 2.4 percent on Wednesday, a day after President Obama won a second term in office. All 10 S&P 500 sectors slid on the...
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November 9 - Stock Analysis - Comments
A possible reason is that U.S. stocks are sliding Wednesday is that investors now view the chances of the fiscal cliff arriving as heightened following...
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November 8 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Whitney Tilson To Investors: Bet You $25,000 Obama Wins Tomorrow (Forbes) With election day just hours away hedge fund titan Whitney Tilson is putting...
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November 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge Funds Hot for Ailing Greece’s Debt (WSJ) One of the hottest trades of the past few months has been the bonds of a country so shaken by economic...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Global Franchise Business Warren Buffett Loves the Most (Fool) The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) just recently reported impressive quarter earnings...
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October 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
John Paulson Doubles Down (WSJ) Hedge-fund manager John Paulson famously made nearly $4 billion in 2007 correctly betting that the housing bubble, fueled...
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October 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
When it comes to the fuel of the future, many have been touting the advantages of natural gas for our economy, while others point to alternative energies...
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October 16 - News - Comments
October has an interesting reputation when it comes to the performance of stocks. The tenth month of the year is when some of the most wicked market plunges...
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October 11 - Stock Analysis - Comments
What Will Happen to Wall Street if Romney Wins in November? (Minyanville) During the first presidential debate, a Yahoo Finance poll found that 80% of...
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October 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Rogers takes on Dr Doom over China (InvestmentWeek) Veteran investors Jim Rogers and ‘Dr Doom’ Marc Faber have clashed over the merits of...
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October 8 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Do You Hold More Cash Than Warren Buffett? (SeekingAlpha) How much cash do you hold and is it the “right” amount? This question has plagued...
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September 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Soros tells Germany to lead or leave euro (IFAMagazine) Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros made some bold statements in an interview...
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September 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
