Trian Fund Management, which was founded in 2005 by billionaire Nelson Peltz, is today a multi-billion dollar investment management firm and of the 140......
(read more)March 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Top multinational corporations in the US will see a major change in fortunes as the Trump administration goes about making a radical change in foreign......
(read more)January 20 - Lists, News - Comments
Which are the largest hedge funds in the world? Most investors see hedge fund size as an indication of investment success. It is partially true though......
(read more)December 8 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Dividend stocks have become a favorite investment category in the last few years as central banks have supressed interest rates. Senior citizens and people......
(read more)December 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
You may like Steve Cohen or you may not like Steve Cohen but he is really one of the greatest hedge fund managers of all time. He had a stellar reputation......
(read more)December 1 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The short interest ratio of a stock means the number of shares sold short by investors, divided by the total number of floating shares of that stock.......
(read more)November 27 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Washing our hair is something all of us do, so taking a look at the 11 most sold shampoo brands in the world should help us have a clearer image in mind......
(read more)November 30 - Lists - Comments
Our research shows that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds (as determined by quarterly 13F filings) outperform the S&P 500 by 18......
(read more)September 6 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In May, Cliff Asness’s AQR Capital Management filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the SEC. While the information on the specific number......
(read more)July 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
At Insider Monkey, we track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors- including, of course, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire......
(read more)July 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In May, billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller- the former manager of Duquesne Capital, though he may be better known as one of George Soros’s portfolio......
(read more)June 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bill Ackman, the billionaire manager of Pershing Square, has been in the news quite a bit in the last several months thanks to his public statements about......
(read more)May 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors as part of our work researching investment strategies (we have......
(read more)May 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Ira Sohn conference invites a number of well-known investment managers to give public presentations of their favorite investing ideas. This year,......
(read more)May 9 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Despite the fact that it is a consumer staple stock (with a beta of 0.3), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has outperformed the S&P 500......
(read more)April 4 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) is a key player in the banking industry to watch, not only from an investment standpoint, but from a researcher’......
(read more)April 3 - Lists - Comments
At Insider Monkey, we track 450 of the world’s most elite hedge fund managers and our research has shown that over time, their best picks routinely......
(read more)March 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway is recognized as one of the greatest long-term investors of all time. In mid February Berkshire filed its 13F for......
(read more)February 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds, as revealed by 13F filings, produce an excess return of 18 percentage points per year according to......
(read more)February 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) currently trades at 23 times trailing earnings, which we’d normally consider to be a bit high for a stable consumer......
(read more)January 8 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Billionaire Ken Griffin got his start by trading options in his Harvard dorm room. Having founded Citadel Investment Group in 1990 with only $4 million......
(read more)January 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
According to a filing with the SEC, George Harad, a Board member at The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX), bought 2,000 shares of the stock on December 10th at......
(read more)December 13 - Insider Trading - Comments
Quarterly 13F filings disclose what hedge funds and other notable investors owned at the end of a quarter (which is about six or seven weeks ago by the......
(read more)November 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ken Griffin has worked himself up from trading options in his college dorm room to managing one of the largest hedge funds in the world. The financial......
(read more)November 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bill Ackman doesn’t do much turnover in Pershing Square’s portfolio: a small number of concentrated positions, with little change from quarter to......
(read more)November 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
According to a 13G filed with the SEC, Cadian Capital Management now owns just over 10% of the outstanding shares of Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ......
(read more)October 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) took a hit to its earnings in the second quarter of the year, with net income falling by about half compared to its results......
(read more)October 9 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Between April and June 2012, Atlantic Investment Management reduced its position in Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) by 9% to finish the second quarter......
(read more)October 2 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) is a $19 billion market cap cleaning products company whose products include kitchen cleaners, sanitizers, and antimicrobial products......
(read more)September 28 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Does Warren Buffett Have An Ally? (SeekingAlpha) My post of Monday August 20 closed with the following comment: “as one reads a book like ‘More Money......
(read more)August 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) was the highlight company among large-caps to post earnings Friday morning on a light news day in the earnings arena......
(read more)August 3 - News - Comments
Ackman exits Citi to raise cash for P&G (Reuters) Hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management told investors this week that it recently sold its......
(read more)July 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Diamond Foods (DMND) is having a rough week. It announced that it would need to restate two years’ worth of financial earnings in the wake of questionable......
(read more)February 13 - The Smart Set - Comments
Todd Combs, the apprentice portfolio manager Warren Buffett hired at Berkshire Hathaway in 2010, seems to be following in the “Sage of Omaha’......
(read more)January 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, The Smart Set - Comments
Mega cap companies are those with market caps higher than $100 billion. They tend to be leaders in their industries and traded with enough volume that......
(read more)January 9 - Lists - Comments
Bill Miller is the portfolio manager and CIO of Legg Mason Capital Management. Under Bill Miller’s management, Legg Mason outperformed the market for......
(read more)October 10 - Uncategorized - Comments
Renaissance Technologies is Jim Simons’ cash cow. RenTech’s quantitative investment strategies made Jim Simons one of the world’s richest men. Simons......
(read more)September 20 - Uncategorized - Comments
Jim Simons’ Medallion Fund is a phenomenon, by far the best hedge fund with 34% annual alpha. The problem is its strategy has a size constraint. So......
(read more)August 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Warren Buffett says “our favorite holding period is forever” and yet he sold eight stocks during the fourth quarter of 2010. It was surprising......
(read more)February 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ole Andreas Halvorsen is one of the most successful Tiger cubs. Norwegian Halvorsen launched Viking Global at the end of 1999 with former Tiger employees......
(read more)February 13 - News - Comments
