The Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine is not a death knell for globalization but should be a wake-up call about the risks of investing in countries that aren't democracies...
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March 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Jim Chanos blasted meme-stock traders as immature and petulant in a tweet this week.
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August 6 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
William Lawrence, a New York real-estate guy, has for years teamed up with hedge-fund billionaire Seth Klarman to buy racehorses.
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October 2 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Once upon a time (specifically, eight years ago), Bridgewater Associates was prepared to abandon its enchanted woods and great lawn and cave of contemplation and mystical parking...
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September 22 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Anyone looking to learn how a quant fund conquered the financial world should go out and buy Greg Zuckerman’s “The Man Who Solved the Market” when it’s released next week...
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November 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Crispin Odey, whose main fund has seen excruciating losses and spectacular gains, is opening up his firm’s best performing money pool to external investors.
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September 16 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
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
Starbucks shares jumped by as much as 5% Tuesday on news that the hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman had bought a stake in the coffee retailer.
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October 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Thirteen years ago Eric Mindich set an industry record when he raised $3 billion for his new hedge fund Eton Park.
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March 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
(Reuters Breakingviews) - The last chapter for Sears looks to be at hand. The troubled U.S.
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March 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
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 Biggest and Most Famous...
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March 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is one of the best-known activist hedge funds in the world, managing about $13.8 billion in assets.
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November 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller shared his views on the election and the market in an exclusive interview Thursday with CNBC's "Squawk Box." On the election: "I'm very...
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November 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Famed short-seller Jim Chanos said that the fundamental story for Caterpillar has not changed and that he is still betting against the company. "The collapse has not happened.
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October 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) is the largest food distributor in the world. The company distributes food products to restaurants and stores throughout the US (including Alaska...
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October 28 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Carl Icahn is out with a new letter to Tim Cook arguing that Apple should buy back more shares and that the stock is grossly undervalued.
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May 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge fund investor Bill Ackman is used to taking big bets for big rewards, as he’s done with Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
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May 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Earlier, Dan Loeb's Third Point took new positions in Yum Brands and Devon Energy while adding to stakes in Japan, according to a letter sent to investors Friday.
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May 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn have a friend in Ken Griffin. "The role of the activist in the U.S. equity markets ...
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April 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones has become increasingly frustrated with global corporations’ ”emphasis on profits, on short-term quarterly earnings and share...
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April 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
DuPont's weak quarterly sales and lowered annual profit forecast is expected to provide fresh ammunition to Nelson Peltz in his campaign to split up the chemical maker.
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April 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Wall Street's political kingmakers are reaching for their wallets again.
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April 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Widely followed hedge fund manager David Einhorn reiterated his belief in two existing positions at an investment conference Tuesday: A short bet against Athenahealth and a long...
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April 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Irving Kahn, one of the oldest money managers on Wall Street, passed away this week.
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February 28 - Lists - Comments
DuPont plans to change the lineup of its board members — but won’t draw from the nominees proposed by the activist investor Nelson Peltz.
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February 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sears Holdings Corp., the retailer run by hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, eliminated about 115 corporate jobs to cut costs after three years of losses.
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January 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge funds just finished one of their worst years in recent memory — but their high-paid managers are doing just fine.
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January 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Eric Mindich's $8.5 billion hedge fund, Eton Park Capital Management, is now ready to pick through the debt of beaten-up energy companies, an area it avoided last year as the ...
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January 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Activist investor Nelson Peltz, one of DuPont's largest shareholders, stepped up his fight to break up the industrial conglomerate, as his Trian Fund nominated himself and three...
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January 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
The Madison Square Garden Company surprised many on Monday when it announced — besides exploring a potential breakup of itself — that it was adding two financiers to its board...
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October 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
CNBC's David Faber reported that Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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September 5 - News - Comments
As we continue to analyze major hedge funds’ 13F filings, we came across an interesting portfolio: that of Trian Fund Management.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
While piggybacking, which means picking a stock merely following a hedge fund manager's move, is considered risky, CNBC's Mad Money host, Jim Cramer is recommending the strategy...
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July 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Noted activist Nelson Peltz has been called many things over the years, often undoubtedly under the breath of a corporate executive in his crosshairs.
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June 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management is one of the top performing large hedge funds on Wall Street, but he likely took a beating on Friday, according to John Hempton, an Australian...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), which makes Cadbury chocolate, Oreo cookies and Trident gum, said it added activist investor Nelson Peltz to its board.
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January 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
