Hedge Fund Marshall Wace Pockets $11 million off Cyberpunk Game Debacle (Financial News) Marshall Wace piled into a short bet in CD Projekt, the developer...
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December 18 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Steve Cohen’s Venture Firm Invests in U.S. Cybersecurity Company (Reuters) NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Steve Cohen’s Point72...
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Och-Ziff to Shut European Hedge Fund as New CEO Shifts Focus (Bloomberg) Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC is shutting its European hedge fund as...
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March 15 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Billionaire Singer Is a Welcome Addition to Italian Drama (Bloomberg) Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp isn’t letting a messy Italian...
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March 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
In 2002 John Horseman founded Horseman Capital Management, a London-based fund that over the years has positioned itself as a contrarian due to its big...
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October 24 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The crude markets and oil stocks such as Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE:OAS), ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV), and Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) are rather quiet despite...
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October 16 - IPOs, News - Comments
1. U.S. Stock Market: “U.S. stocks struggled to hold on to slight gains Friday, flipping in and out of negative territory, as investors weighed...
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May 5 - Commodities, Futures/Forex, Gold, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Crude futures are in the red again this morning as sentiment around the commodity remains sluggish. Although OPEC jawboning could always send the price...
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March 20 - News - Comments
After being range-bound between $50 and $55 per barrel for over a quarter, volatility in the energy sector has returned. Beginning last Tuesday, crude...
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March 18 - News - Comments
After getting thrashed for more than two years, the oil industry has slowly started to recover, amid OPEC’s decision to slash oil production by 1.2...
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January 9 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The US stock market is trading slightly lower on Monday after a brief rally on Friday and following news that the UK plans to trigger Article 50 of the...
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October 3 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
There are always two sides to every coin, and although we’re long-term bullish on crude prices, we will analyze the bear case for oil in the near...
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October 1 - Commodities, News - Comments
With the end of the quarter approaching once again, the markets are quiet as investors await the latest economic data-points slated to be made public...
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September 29 - Earnings Report, News - Comments
The fall in crude oil and natural gas prices starting in mid-2014 took a heavy toll on stocks of energy companies with some of them losing more than half...
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September 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, News - Comments
Given his many decades of experience and tens of billions in net worth, Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital certainly knows how to invest. Over his storied...
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September 19 - Commodities, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Given that crude is generally more volatile than the major equity indexes, there seems to never be a dull moment in the energy sector. This week is no...
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September 17 - News - Comments
Crude futures are again in the red this morning as sentiment around the commodity remains sluggish. Although inventories aren’t in danger of over...
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September 16 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
All three indexes have opened relatively flat this morning as traders brace for the major events this month, the FOMC meeting and the informal Russia/...
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September 15 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
The markets are quiet today as all three indexes are modestly lower and crude is only down by 0.3%. Among the stocks in the spotlight are Mylan NV (NASDAQ...
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August 25 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
All three index futures are pointing north in pre-market trading as the Bank of England just announced that it would cut interest rates for the first...
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August 4 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Markets are struggling to find a direction on Monday amid the Institute for Supply Management data that showed that its index of national factory activity...
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August 1 - Earnings Report, News, Tech - Comments
The U.S markets are making noise on Thursday amid payroll processor ADP reporting that private employers added 172,000 jobs in June, better than the forecasts...
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July 7 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Markets are trading in the green on Friday following easing Brexit fears and optimism over central bank’s intervention. Investors are keenly watching...
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July 1 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although many investors, pundits, and politicians expected Britain to remain in the EU yesterday, British citizens surprised the world by voting for the...
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June 24 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
The markets have quietly taken off after opening flat in the first hours of trading, but have inched down in the afternoon dragged by a decline in oil...
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June 22 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although most offshore drillers aren’t profitable at current crude prices and some have large debt loads, the sector does have potential for big...
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June 20 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
After falling almost 1% in morning trading, the three indexes are trying to make a comeback of sorts. The Dow is off just 70 points, while the S&P...
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June 16 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Crude futures were volatile this week. After rallying above the key $50 per barrel mark and igniting some short covering, Wednesday’s EIA report...
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June 11 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s a green day on Wall Street as all three major indexes are in the green. The markets are also calm as the VIX fear index is below 14 and crude...
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June 6 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although the major indexes are mostly flat for the day, shares of Chemours Co (NYSE:CC), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU), KLX Inc (NASDAQ:KLXI...
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May 23 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although the NASDAQ index is deep in the red and the S&P 500 and Dow Jones are close to flat, shares of Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE:ETE), CONSOL...
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April 27 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Most of the people who follow billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn know that he holds some substantial stakes in energy companies. According to ...
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February 25 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Wall Street is trading in the green on Tuesday and shares of Pep Boys-Manny Moe and Jack (NYSE:PBY), Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ...
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December 29 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Billionaire Carl Icahn is one of the most feared activist investors on Wall Street and Insider Monkey had the pleasure to hear him speak at the DealBook...
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November 4 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions, News - Comments
After a bit of wobbling around the opening, equities seem to be heading north, as the upward momentum is still strong ahead of the earnings season. However...
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October 12 - Commodities, News - Comments
While most stock analysis reports available involve companies with bright future prospects, today we have decided to pack a treat for risk loving short...
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September 24 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Long term investors are picking through energy stocks in the wake of the sickening drop in oil prices that has rendered most of them extremely cheap and...
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January 20 - News - Comments
The year 2014 has been a roller coaster ride for many investors, with a lot of tech names making big impacts and a lot of energy stock plunging down towards...
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December 15 - News - Comments
Shares of BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) fell sharply lower this morning shortly after the news broke that the company had been found grossly negligent in the...
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September 4 - News - Comments
With the first quarter of 2014 behind us, we are eagerly awaiting the 13F filings of hedge fund managers, which will provide insight into which stocks...
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April 3 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Greece courts Paulson in attempt to revive state asset sale plan (Ekathimerini) Greece’s Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund is courting U.S. hedge...
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December 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In a newly amended 13D filing with the SEC this morning, Carl Icahn disclosed maintaining a 5.96% stake in Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG). The real purpose...
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Carl Icahn stock picks: In case you’ve been living under a rock this week, Carl Icahn is at it again. In a filing with the SEC and a subsequent tweet...
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October 9 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Chevron news: A 20-years deal has been reached between Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9506). The oil giant...
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October 1 - News - Comments
Carl Icahn has been in the news recently. The 77-year-old billionaire investor’s recent flurry of activist and aggressive investing activity has...
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September 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
As last week neared its conclusion, Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) CFO Esa Ikaheimonen stood before analysts at Barclay’s CEO Energy-Power Conference...
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September 16 - Commodities, News - Comments
Global energy demand is on the way up, led primarily by emerging markets. Therefore, opportunities abound in the energy sector. In particular, investors...
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September 16 - News - Comments
Carl Icahn’s asset allocation strategy originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Some of you might have heard something about Carl...
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September 14 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds - Comments
Over the next five years, the offshore drilling services market is expected to grow from $73.1 billion in 2013 to $121.1 billion by 2018. Within this...
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September 11 - News - Comments
The tragic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now more than three years in the past. However, lingering effects still exist and are serving as anchors...
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September 5 - Commodities, News - Comments
