The Vilas Fund recently published its Q1 2019 Investor Letter (download here), in which it shares its quarterly performance, reporting 34.3% gain in the......
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Brazil Hedge Fund Bull Keeps Her Cool By Ignoring the Turmoil in Pension Reform (Bloomberg) All the tensions that have rattled Brazil traders over the......
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Exclusive: Tiger Global Pumps $6 mn More into Video Platform TVF in Down Round (VCCircle.com) The Viral Fever (TVF), an over-the-top (OTT) platform which......
(read more)July 20 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX) (The Motley Fool) What happened: Shares of Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKRX), a specialty generic pharmaceutical company, are getting......
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Sears CEO Under Pressure from Sears Canada Creditors as Retirees Seek Pension Funds (CNBC) Sears Canada creditors are calling out Eddie Lampert, the erstwhile......
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Is the era of the most successful LBOs and private equity buyouts in history long gone, or is there any indication that in the future, we’ll see......
(read more)June 29 - Activism, Hedge Funds, Lists, Mergers & Acquisitions, News - Comments
It’s Tuesday and the markets are calm once again as volatility remains low on Wall Street. The VIX fear index is hovering just around 11.13, while......
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The year 2016 has not been good for hedge funds, which are currently being criticized over their general underperformance. This year has also been bad......
(read more)December 15 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Activist investor Barry Rosenstein’s Jana Partners is a hedge fund with long and short exposure to the equity markets. The investment firm follows......
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Are a company’s corporate insiders buying or selling? That represents a relevant question for various types of investors in the stock market. One of......
(read more)November 23 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Bill Gates is the wealthiest man on the planet with a net worth in excess of $70 billion. Just like you and me, Bill wants to earn a return on his pile......
(read more)November 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
After falling sharply overnight due to the surprise news that Donald J Trump will become the next President of the United States, the markets have opened......
(read more)November 9 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Plenty of research concludes that securities purchases on the part of corporate insiders beat broader market gauges by a wide margin on aggregate. It......
(read more)November 7 - Insider Trading, News - Comments
Barry Rosenstein, the founder of JANA Partners LLC, recently has said that active management is cyclical in nature. The $7 billion hedge fund run by him......
(read more)October 30 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Although the U.S. weekly initial jobless claims came in 11,000 higher than expected for the week ended October 15, the markets are flat this morning as......
(read more)October 20 - Market Movers, News - Comments
At a time when the Dow is up by 65 points, the Nasdaq is flat, and the S&P is 0.25% in the green, shares of five companies are getting battered in......
(read more)October 19 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Dividend aristocrats are by definition some of the most wide-moat and dependable stocks available on the market today. Dividend aristocrats are stocks......
(read more)September 24 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Wall Street is quiet today after the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday decision of keeping interest rates the same. All three major index futures are......
(read more)September 22 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Investors are buzzing about WTI today after today’s EIA report showed a significant drop in oil inventories, which confirmed the bullish API report......
(read more)September 8 - Commodities, Market Movers, News - Comments
JANA Partners LLC is a New York-based hedge fund specializing in event-driven investing founded by well-known activist investor Barry Rosenstein in 2001......
(read more)August 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge Fund Manager Tepper Is ‘On Guard’ Toward The Market (CNBC) Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper, who may already have signaled in a recent......
(read more)August 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Healthcare stocks started 2016 with the left foot and, but most stocks have managed to recuperate most of the ground lost. Despite the poor performance......
(read more)August 11 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Christopher R. Hansen‘s Valiant Capital Management recently disclosed the contents of its U.S. equity portfolio as of the end of June via a 13F......
(read more)August 11 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Healthcare stocks, along with food and drink-related securities, are usually recommended as defensive holdings for recessions and bear markets, as individuals......
(read more)July 5 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Different investors and consumers have come to know pharmacy and well-being company Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) through a variety of ways......
(read more)June 20 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The three main indexes opened lower on Thursday as traders anticipate the housing starts release tomorrow and the Brexit vote next week. Volatility could......
(read more)June 16 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
The markets have bounced back after opening in the red this morning, due to concerns that a Brexit might lead to potential chaos in the financial sector......
(read more)June 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Tom Gayner became the head of Markel Gayner Asset Management‘s investment division in 1990. He has been Markel’s chief investment officer......
(read more)May 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The US stock market plunged after the bell on the back of April nonfarm payrolls data, which showed that 160,000 jobs were created last month, versus......
(read more)May 6 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Owing to the meteoric rise it has enjoyed over the past couple of years, billionaire Andreas Halvorson‘s Viking Global is counted among the leaders......
(read more)April 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Oil is slumping on Tuesday, which is dragging the stock markets down with it, as all major U.S stock indexes are down by more than 0.6%. Among some of......
(read more)April 5 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Founded in 2001, Barry Rosenstein‘s JANA Partners has reportedly delivered 23% annual returns since its inception. However, during the first three......
(read more)April 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has steadily grown its dividend for 40 straight years and has an operating history that dates back more than......
(read more)March 14 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Amid the latest market volatility, dividend investing is one of the safest bets on the equity markets. Large investors select dividend stocks not just......
(read more)March 5 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Ole Andreas Halvorsen, who once worked for Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management, founded Viking Global Investors in 1999. The $30 billion......
(read more)February 23 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Giovine Capital is a California-based long/short equity hedge fund founded by Thomas A. Giovine in 1998. Mr. Giovine holds a M.S. in Finance from The......
(read more)February 15 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Viking Global is a force to reckon with on the Street. Not only is it among the world’s largest hedge funds in terms of assets under management,......
(read more)January 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With volatility a bit lower this morning after yesterday’s more than 2% move, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU), Chipotle Mexican Grill......
(read more)January 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) has experienced decades of growth by providing customers with a convenient location for medicine and grocery......
(read more)January 11 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital is a pretty successful investor. Not only has he built up his fund to have an equity portfolio of $17.20 billion since......
(read more)December 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Seeing as all three indexes have surged more than 1% in morning trading as the Federal Reserve promises interest rates will still be low for a while,......
(read more)December 15 - News - Comments
DSAM Partners, a London based fund founded by Guy Shahar with an equity portfolio of $218 million, has recently filed its 13F filing for the third quarter......
(read more)December 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Valiant Capital, led by Christopher R. Hansen, recently has filed its latest 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosing a public equity......
(read more)December 5 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
The third quarter of 2015 was one of the worst periods that stocks from the healthcare sector have seen in the recent times. However, in spite of the......
(read more)December 3 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Hedge fund investors and other money managers have filed their 13Fs for the September quarter, but those positions may be substantially outdated considering......
(read more)November 25 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
OZ Management is one of the most famous and largest long/short equity hedge funds based out of New York. As of November 1, the fund boasted an estimated......
(read more)November 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
In its most recent 13F, billionaire Barry Rosenstein’s JANA Partners has disclosed a U.S equity portfolio worth $8.9 billion as of the reporting period......
(read more)November 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL) is a Virginia-based financial holding and insurance company. It invests its ‘float’ in the equity markets through......
(read more)November 12 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Thomas Giovine founded Giovine Capital in 1988. Due to good stock picking and solid risk controls, the fund, which has a long-term horizon and low-turnover......
(read more)November 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds - Comments
As you already know, the third quarter was terrible for most smart money investors, who suffered significant losses amid the market turmoil caused by......
(read more)November 5 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
