How Jim Simons Built the World’s Most Lucrative Black Box (Bloomberg) Anyone looking to learn how a quant fund conquered the financial world should......
(read more)November 1 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Crispin Odey Opens His Hottest Hedge Fund to External Clients (Bloomberg) Crispin Odey, whose main fund has seen excruciating losses and spectacular gains......
(read more)September 16 - 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......
(read more)March 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Starbucks Spikes After Hedge-Fund Billionaire Bill Ackman Discloses a Stake in the Company (Business Insider) Starbucks shares jumped by as much as 5%......
(read more)October 9 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager Eric Mindich Shuts Down Eton Park (Reuters) Thirteen years ago Eric Mindich set an industry record when he raised $3 billion for his......
(read more)March 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sears Endgame And Lampert’s May Diverge (Reuters) (Reuters Breakingviews) – The last chapter for Sears looks to be at hand. The troubled U......
(read more)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......
(read more)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. In its latest......
(read more)November 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Druckenmiller Making ‘Large Bet On Economic Growth’ On Trump Win, Sells Gold (CNBC) Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller shared his......
(read more)November 10 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Kynikos Associates Founder Chanos: We’re Still Short Caterpillar (CNBC) Famed short-seller Jim Chanos said that the fundamental story for Caterpillar......
(read more)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......
(read more)October 28 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Here’s Why Carl Icahn Thinks Apple Will Surge To $240 Per Share (Bloomberg) Carl Icahn is out with a new letter to Tim Cook arguing that Apple should......
(read more)May 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Investing Like Ackman Lifts Canada Index as Valeant Gains (Bloomberg) Hedge fund investor Bill Ackman is used to taking big bets for big rewards, as he......
(read more)May 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Keith Meister’s Corvex Takes Large Stake In Yum Brands: Sources (CNBC) Earlier, Dan Loeb‘s Third Point took new positions in Yum Brands and Devon......
(read more)May 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ken Griffin: Corporate Activism ‘Profoundly’ Good (CNBC) Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn have a friend in Ken Griffin. “The role of the activist......
(read more)April 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Paul Tudor Jones Wants To Nudge Corporate America To Do Better (The Wall Street Journal) Billionaire hedge-fund manager Paul Tudor Jones has become increasingly......
(read more)April 22 - Hedge Funds - Comments
DuPont’s Weak Results, Forecast Seen Providing Ammo To Peltz (Reuters) DuPont’s weak quarterly sales and lowered annual profit forecast is......
(read more)April 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Wall St Putting Cash on These Presidential Horses (CNBC) Wall Street’s political kingmakers are reaching for their wallets again. The presidential......
(read more)April 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Einhorn: Here’s What I’m Still Long and Short (CNBC) Widely followed hedge fund manager David Einhorn reiterated his belief in two existing......
(read more)April 7 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Irving Kahn, one of the oldest money managers on Wall Street, passed away this week. The hedge fund manager and finance mogul was 109 years old and astonishingly......
(read more)February 28 - Lists - Comments
DuPont to Add 2 New Directors, but None From Peltz’s Slate (New York Times) DuPont plans to change the lineup of its board members — but won’t draw......
(read more)February 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sears Cuts 115 Corporate Jobs as It Works to Reduce Expenses (Bloomberg) Sears Holdings Corp., the retailer run by hedge fund manager Edward Lampert,......
(read more)January 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge Funds Had a Horrible Year, But Managers Are Billionaires (New York Post) Hedge funds just finished one of their worst years in recent memory —......
(read more)January 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge Fund Eton Park Eyes Energy Sector, Avoided 2014’s Pitfalls (Reuters) Eric Mindich’s $8.5 billion hedge fund, Eton Park Capital Management......
(read more)January 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Peltz Escalates Campaign To Break Up DuPont with Board Nominees (CNBC) Activist investor Nelson Peltz, one of DuPont’s largest shareholders, stepped......
(read more)January 12 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Shareholder Pressure Helped Lead to New MSG Board Members (NYTimes) The Madison Square Garden Company surprised many on Monday when it announced — besides......
(read more)October 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
CNBC’s David Faber reported that Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) had rejected the second buyout bid of $80 per share (up from the last proposal......
(read more)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. The hedge fund managed......
(read more)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,......
(read more)July 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Peltz’s Daughter Credits Him For Acting Inspiration (Finalternatives) Noted activist Nelson Peltz has been called many things over the years, often......
(read more)June 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Did David Tepper’s Appaloosa Get Killed Friday? (TheStreet.com) David Tepper‘s Appaloosa Management is one of the top performing large hedge......
(read more)January 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
UPDATE 1-Mondelez adds activist investor Nelson Peltz to board (Reuters) Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ), which makes Cadbury chocolate, Oreo......
(read more)January 21 - Hedge Funds - Comments
