Activist Investor Makes New Push for HC2 Board to Remove Chief Falcone: Letter (Reuters) BOSTON (Reuters) – An activist investor is stepping up...
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March 30 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Warren Buffett Explains How He Used to Short Stocks (GuruFocus) Warren Buffett is possibly the financial world’s most vocal critic of hedge funds...
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March 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
With the stock market having been battered in recent days and fears that a large correction may be starting to pick up steam becoming more pronounced,...
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February 5 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Market Movers, News - Comments
There is the often repeated mantra in financial markets saying: If corporate insiders are buying shares of their company, it is a positive indicator....
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September 28 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
John Griffin is a “Tiger Cub.” After years working as billionaire Julian Robertson’s right hand at Tiger Management, Griffin decided to open his...
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August 31 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Raging Capital Management is a New Jersey-based hedge fund founded in 2006 by William Martin. The fund manages a U.S. equity portfolio worth over $650...
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August 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The Dow Jones Index and the S&P 500 are in record territory this afternoon as traders bid up stocks on the back of solid earnings results from JPMorgan...
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July 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s M&A Monday as Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANAC), Range Resources Corp. (NYSE:RRC), and Memorial Resource...
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May 16 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Extensive research shows that corporate insiders are better at investing in equities than “index-tracking” investors, which is not overly surprising...
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February 4 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Apparently, the hedge fund industry as a whole does not believe that a long-term bear market for U.S equities is forthcoming, as they have been net buyers...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With investors concerned that trouble from the high yield debt market could spread into other sectors, shares of Encana Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ECA),...
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December 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Statistics reveal that insider selling activity has increased significantly over the past several months, which might spur concerns about the current...
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December 10 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Statistics reveal that last week’s insider trading activity was significantly more intense than the activity registered in the week prior to that. In...
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November 2 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Range Resources Corp. (NYSE:RRC) reported a loss of $119 million for the second quarter yesterday, representing a loss of $0.71 per share. For the...
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July 30 - Earnings Report, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
William C Martin of Raging Capital has increased his stake in Emerald Oil Inc (NYSEMKT:EOX) according to a recent 13G form filed with the SEC. The long...
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June 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
As the energy sector is declining amid low oil and gas prices, some investors seem to be taking advantage of an opportunity to purchase oil stocks at...
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March 6 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is majorly profitable, but as remarked by Fast Money Trader, Joe Terranova, investing in oil at this time could bring in even...
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February 27 - News, Tech - Comments
William C. Martin’s Raging Capital Management has sold off about 17% of their activist position in Standard Register Co (NYSE:SR) according to a recent...
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February 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
This may come at a surprise to many of you… But I’ve been looking at trimming down my portfolio holdings in the oil and gas sector over the...
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October 16 - Commodities, News - Comments
It’s been all the rage the past few years. And with good reason… This new technology has literally reshaped the world energy market and put...
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September 18 - News - Comments
Over the past few years, the surge in U.S. natural gas production made possible by the widespread application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing...
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September 18 - News - Comments
With U.S. natural gas prices still extremely low, one might wonder how some natural gas companies continue to generate solid profits. It’s quite...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Photo credit: Flickr/Derrick Coetzee Natural gas is on pace to displace coal as the world’s second favorite fuel by 2040. According to the nation...
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September 16 - Commodities, News - Comments
Photo credit: Flickr/StockMonkeys.com The U.S. shale energy boom is beginning to trickle down into the economy. According to research firm IHS, America...
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September 15 - Commodities, News - Comments
Photo credit: Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) Though it has its doubters, Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) has proved one thing; it’s still an acquisition...
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September 12 - News - Comments
Photo credit: Devon Energy China has a bold goal to produce 6.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas from shale by 2015. As big as that number sounds,...
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September 10 - News - Comments
Understanding how new trends and business decisions are correlated can help investors recognize rewarding opportunities. For example, U.S. natural gas...
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September 9 - News - Comments
While much of the nation’s attention seems to be focused on the fracking moratorium in New York state, investors would be wise to keep an eye on...
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September 6 - Commodities, News - Comments
At the moment, there are many indicators shareholders can use to watch the equity markets. A duo of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider...
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August 27 - News - Comments
At the moment, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to analyze their holdings. A pair of the best are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment...
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August 26 - News - Comments
What’s a smart Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) investor to do? In the financial world, there are dozens of methods shareholders can...
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August 26 - News - Comments
Photo credit:Chesapeake Energy There are few things I enjoy more in life than summer in upstate New York. The trees are so green and alive. The lakes...
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August 23 - News - Comments
Source: Chesapeake Energy Natural gas production out of the Marcellus continues to outshine even the sunniest predictions. Already this year production...
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August 21 - News - Comments
According to MarketLine, the global oil and gas market is expected to reach $3.7 trillion in 2015 with a compound annual growth rate of 7% from 2010...
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August 6 - News - Comments
Is fracked natural gas sustainable? Do its public relation risks hinder sound, long-term investing? Companies such as Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Global oil and gas volume grew 16.3% to 73.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent, or boe, in 2010 and is expected to grow at the rate of 24.4% to reach...
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August 5 - News - Comments
Upstream oil and gas MLP Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NASDAQ:VNR) released solid second-quarter results. While earnings of $0.27 per share were $...
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August 2 - News - Comments
Last year was not the year Utica producers were hoping to have. What was once viewed as America’s next great oil play only turned in a trickle of...
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July 28 - News - Comments
Despite the hysteria fomented by propaganda films like Gasland and Gasland II that oil and natural gas hydraulic fracturing is responsible for everything...
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July 24 - News - Comments
The great state of Texas already produces approximately 30% of all oil in the United States. Over the past two years there’s been growing buzz about...
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July 22 - News - Comments
Last week, Range Resources Corp. (NYSE:RRC) announced that its second-quarter production volumes had reached a record high of 910 million cubic feet...
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July 15 - News - Comments
2013 has been a great year for oil and natural gas stocks with many appreciating double digits. As a result, investors are all looking for ways to capitalize...
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July 5 - News - Comments
Less than a week after showing founder Tom Ward the door and replacing him with then CFO James Bennett, SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) has filled Bennett...
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June 26 - News - Comments
There’s no getting around it: The global oil market is complex. Prices can change because of the slightest disruption in the market, and sometimes...
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June 17 - News - Comments
Many experts have hailed shale oil and gas as a game-changer for the U.S. economy. The application of new drilling techniques has led to an unprecedented...
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June 17 - News - Comments
One of the most surprising discoveries of the past decade has been the amount of oil and gas we have in the United States. The shale revolution has not...
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June 17 - News - Comments
Is Talisman Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE:TLM) a bargain? Hedge funds are in an optimistic mood. The number of long hedge fund positions advanced by 4 lately...
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June 3 - News - Comments
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE) investors should be aware of an increase in hedge fund sentiment of late. To most traders, hedge funds are...
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May 29 - News - Comments
Despite low gas prices over much of last year, the Marcellus shale — a vast formation that extends from southern New York to West Virginia and spans...
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May 28 - News - Comments
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has experienced a decrease in enthusiasm from smart money recently. In the eyes of most traders, hedge funds...
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May 24 - News - Comments
