Hedge Funds Struggle to Replicate Warren Buffett’s Reinsurance Success (Bloomberg) Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Warren Buffett issued a warning about......
(read more)September 27 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Sharing Selfies Could Now Help You Earn Money in Cryptoworld (Coin Telegraph) Sharing the latest pictures of avocado toasts and latte hearts with the......
(read more)February 5 - Bitcoin, Ethereum and Other Cryptocurrencies, News - Comments
Starboard to Nominate Nine Candidates to Mellanox Board (Reuters) (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has started a proxy fight on......
(read more)January 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has revealed the compensations and shares paid to its executives through the filing with US Securities and Exchange Commission......
(read more)January 25 - News, Tech - Comments
AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:AN) is coming off another impressive month, selling just shy of 33,000 vehicles for the month of August according to statistics......
(read more)September 4 - Economy, Insider Trading, News - Comments
After each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors disclose many of their long equity positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission......
(read more)November 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The Stock Tastes of a Few Investment Titans (Barrons) Hedge-fund legend John Paulson has come up with a second act. And this time, it’s on the long......
(read more)November 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
When it comes to hedge fund investing, there are benefits to the regular investor as well as points of concern. These specialized portfolios are for high......
(read more)October 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Are you a hedge fund qualified investor? This is a question you need to ask if you find yourself interested in investing in a hedge fund in the near future......
(read more)October 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Insider buying: Most investors misunderstand the term insider trading. Of the thousands of SEC-filed transactions that corporate insiders engage in every......
(read more)October 7 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
This Vulture-Fund Billionaire Is the GOP’s Go-To Guy on Wall Street (MotherJones) When Republicans make their pilgrimages to Wall Street for money......
(read more)October 4 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC), Sothebys (NYSE:BID), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Sears Holdings......
(read more)September 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) Facebook Isn’t Dead Yet—It’s a Tool for HIV Prevention......
(read more)September 4 - News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ:IEP), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), ......
(read more)August 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE......
(read more)August 23 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ), The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (......
(read more)August 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
When it comes to hedge fund research, there used to be a time when getting your hands on the right information was a challenge. However, those days are......
(read more)July 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Editor’s Note: Related Tickers: II-VI, Inc. (NASDAQ:IIVI), Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC), UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS), Deutsche Bank AG (USA......
(read more)May 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
A hallmark of many of the most popular dividend ETFs focused on U.S. equities is that these funds are usually tilted heavily toward large-cap stocks.......
(read more)April 22 - Stock Analysis - Comments
In any given year, there are more than 200,000 insider transactions filed with the SEC, though just a fraction of these (usually less than 10) are actually......
(read more)March 21 - Insider Trading - Comments
For more than two years now, issuers like JP Morgan and iShares have been battling to bring physically-backed copper ETFs to the markets. At first glance......
(read more)November 23 - News, We Disagree - Comments
As the ETF world has continued to flourish, issuers have been trying to find new ways to segment their favorite asset classes. Commodity ETFs in particular......
(read more)November 16 - News - Comments
For commodity investors looking to diversify their holdings, rare earth/strategic metals have presented several potentially lucrative opportunities over......
(read more)November 16 - News - Comments
Profiting from insider moves can be quite tricky. This is because insider transactions tend to affect the stock price quickly — first from insider......
(read more)November 15 - Stock Analysis - Comments
It is out there looming, stalking, waiting to pounce. It being the fiscal cliff, the highly undesirable situation under which expiring tax cuts are not......
(read more)October 25 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Soros tells Germany to lead or leave euro (IFAMagazine) Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros made some bold statements in an interview......
(read more)September 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Buffett’s prize for kids: Berkshire stock (CNN) Fifteen school children have won a prize that would make a lot of grown-ups envious — shares......
(read more)July 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Turns to Dell’s MSD for Loan (Businessweek) Philip Falcone’s hedge fund, having taken out a loan earlier this year at......
(read more)June 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
President Obama recently enacted into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or more commonly known as the JOBS Act. Its main aim is to create more......
(read more)April 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions - Comments
The SEC have expanded their insider trading case against Rajat Gupta, “charging him with passing tips to convicted hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam......
(read more)February 2 - Insider Trading - Comments
Insider trading has been a hot topic in the finance world. Over the last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined or charged dozens......
(read more)February 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
“Diamondback Capital Management, one of the largest hedge funds ensnared by the government’s insider trading crackdown, will not face criminal......
(read more)January 25 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
The SEC is upping its game against hedge funds with returns too good to be true, reports the Wall Street Journal. “There is serious fraud in this......
(read more)December 27 - Insider Trading - Comments
Kynikos, Third Point Are Dismissed From $8 Billion Fairfax Suit (Bloomberg) James Chanos’ Kynikos Associates LP and Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC......
(read more)December 27 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions - Comments
Daniel Mudd, the chief executive of Fortress Investment Group, “was clouded by the government investigations into his previous employer” reports......
(read more)December 20 - Insider Trading - Comments
Fund manager Phil Falcone is under the gun. The SEC filed Wells notices on Falcone and his hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners on Friday, indicating......
(read more)December 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Fitch Assigns Initial Ratings of ‘BB-‘ to Harbinger Capital’s Spectrum (MarketWatch) Fitch also assigns a ‘BB-‘ rating to......
(read more)November 2 - Uncategorized - Comments
SEC Scolded Over Records (WSJ) An internal watchdog slapped the Securities and Exchange Commission on the wrist for its now-discontinued policy of discarding......
(read more)November 2 - Uncategorized - Comments
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Sells His Stock in the Company (YCharts) As the bloodbath for Netflix (NFLX) investors carries on, perhaps the CEO could boost......
(read more)November 1 - News - Comments
Andrey Hicks Scams $1.7 million with Fake Hedge Fund (Barrons) Fifty-four years after Sputnik, the American public finally gets the message: Math is way......
(read more)October 31 - News - Comments
Raj Rajaratnam is in hot water again. The SEC filed new charges against him on Wednesday “after first charging him with insider trading in October......
(read more)October 28 - Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Funds Shift Focus to Asia (Economist) ERIC WONG, who helps run his Hong Kong family’s money through an investment office, TCG Capital, looks like......
(read more)October 28 - Uncategorized - Comments
Lee Robinson’s Altana Wealth Launches Hedge Fund (HFMWeek) New investment management firm Altana Wealth, started by Lee Robinson, one of the co-......
(read more)October 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge funds could face double exposure reports Bloomberg. “When hedge funds and private-equity funds begin to reveal their inner workings to U.S......
(read more)October 27 - Uncategorized - Comments
Rajat Gupta Faces 5 Counts of Securities Fraud and 1 Count of Conspiracy to Commit (NYTimes) Rajat K. Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director who surrendered......
(read more)October 26 - News - Comments
WSJ Prints List of SAC’s “Well-Timed” Trades (WSJ) Wall Street regulators expressed mounting concern about SAC Capital Advisors‘......
(read more)October 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Steve Cohen‘s SAC Capital Advisors is under investigation for more than $14 million in suspicious trades according to Bloomberg. FINRA is Questioning......
(read more)October 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro told hedge fund industry conference attendees on Thursday that insider trading is a “problem......
(read more)October 21 - Insider Trading - Comments
