Thoma Bravo Buys Ellie Mae, A Buffett-Like Mortgage Software Business That Attracted Wall Street’s Best (Forbes) Every eruption of market turmoil......
(read more)February 12 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Activist Investor ValueAct Has $612 Million Stake in Japan’s Olympus (Reuters) TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. hedge fund ValueAct Capital has become......
(read more)May 31 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Through years, many entrepreneurs chose to acquire a franchise as a way to kick-start their path to self-sufficiency and profits. Buying a franchised......
(read more)May 8 - Lists, News - Comments
A quick look at the 15 largest, most popular and successful fast food chains in the world will show just how rapidly the industry is growing worldwide......
(read more)November 1 - News - Comments
The 11 companies with the most employees in the US provide paychecks to millions of people each week (well, the ones that pay weekly), even if some of......
(read more)July 31 - News - Comments
We all have to eat to survive, and chances are we’ve all been to some of the most successful fast food chains in the world to curb our appetites. Even......
(read more)April 18 - Lists, News - Comments
If you were wondering if fast-food restaurants have healthy products, here on the list of 16 healthiest fast food menu items and restaurants you can......
(read more)January 31 - Lists, News - Comments
Remember those fun times when Donald Trump wasn’t President and the world thought that it was impossible for someone who promotes hatred and brags......
(read more)January 24 - Lists, News - Comments
Although the non-farm payrolls for October came in worse than expected, at 161,000 versus the expected 175,000, volatility remains low on the Street as......
(read more)November 4 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Larry Chen and Terry Zhang‘s Tairen Capital is one of more than 700 hedge funds that Insider Monkey tracks as part of its small-cap strategy. During......
(read more)November 3 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
New York City-based hedge fund Corvex Capital is run by activist investor Keith Meister, a 41-year old Harvard graduate who has worked with legendary......
(read more)October 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With three quarters of the year now in the books, it is time, once again, to take a look at baby DivHut’s dividend income progress in 2016. I like to......
(read more)October 13 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Investors are in a profit-taking mode today as all three major indexes are a bit lower, with the NASDAQ leading the way, with declines of 0.56%. Among......
(read more)October 11 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Many traders are watching crude futures today to see if WTI can break out of the $50 per barrel mark. On one hand, there will likely be strong resistance......
(read more)October 6 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It’s a red day on Wall Street, as all three major indexes are lower. The Dow is off by over 130 points, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.6%, and......
(read more)September 26 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The markets are quiet today as all three index futures are just moderately lower. Uncertain of direction, many traders are on the sidelines and awaiting......
(read more)September 23 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
While the first-half of 2016 was dismal for the hedge fund industry overall, it was particularly disastrous for Larry Chen and Terry Zhang’s Asia......
(read more)September 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Food and restaurant stocks are mostly deemed risky as they largely depend on various factors like food scares, weather and recessions, but analysts think......
(read more)September 6 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Crude is in the headlines today after Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he supports a production freeze with OPEC. Given that Putin is the most......
(read more)September 2 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
Emerging Sovereign Group was founded in 2002 by Kevin Kenny, Mete Tuncel and Jason Kirschner, who previously worked together at Morgan Stanley, with......
(read more)September 1 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Although all three major indexes retracted on Tuesday, five stocks, Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras......
(read more)August 31 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Stephen Mandel‘s Lone Pine Capital recently filed its 13F for the June quarter, which showed a notable shift in the composition of the fund’......
(read more)August 25 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Tairen Capital is a Shanghai-based equity long/short hedge fund co-founded by Larry Chen and Terry Zhang in 2007. Earlier this year, the Tairen China......
(read more)July 30 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Third Point LLC, an investment management firm founded in 1995 by billionaire Daniel S. Loeb, primarily focuses on event-driven, value-oriented investing......
(read more)July 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The markets moved up sharply on Thursday after the Bank of England surprisingly left interest rates unchanged. The continuing rally in oil prices and......
(read more)July 15 - Market Movers, News - Comments
It looks like Thursday will be another good day for the markets, as all three index futures and crude are in the green. Among the stocks trending this......
(read more)July 14 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Although fast-food and quick-service stocks probably won’t wow you with their performance in any given year, they are pretty dependable over the......
(read more)May 29 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Dan Loeb founded New York-based Third Point LLC, an asset management firm with $17 billion assets under management, in 1995. In a recent ......
(read more)May 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The latest round of 13F filings was wrapped up (for the most part) on Monday, as thousands of hedge funds reported the content of their equity portfolios......
(read more)May 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Robert Citrone, a so-called Tiger Cub due to his previous position at the Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management, founded Discovery Capital......
(read more)May 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
It’s a rather flat day on Wall Street, as all three major indexes are hovering around level ground for the day. The Dow Jones is up by just seven......
(read more)April 20 - Market Movers, News - Comments
The introduction of the breakfast menu has cranked up the competition in the fast food business. Recent trends have shown that customers place great......
(read more)March 23 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Rob Citrone‘s Discovery Capital Management recently submitted its 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing......
(read more)February 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire Dan Loeb founded value-oriented hedge fund Third Point LLC in 1995 with only $3.4 million in capital, and since then, has become one of the......
(read more)February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Stillwater Investment Management, L.P. is a California-based long/short equity hedge fund founded by Adam Weiss in 2014. Prior to founding the fund, Mr......
(read more)February 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With NASDAQ futures up by 0.7% and crude futures bouncing back from the $30 per barrel level, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ......
(read more)January 13 - Market Movers, News - Comments
Volatility continues to rear its ugly head today as all three major indexes opened sharply lower. Among the stocks buzzing this morning are Yahoo! Inc......
(read more)January 6 - Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
With the price of oil near decade lows, consumers have more spending power than ever before. Given the accommodating climate, it’s not surprising......
(read more)December 17 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire activist investor Dan Loeb of Third Point saw his hedge fund post losses of 8.9% for the September quarter in comparison to the S&P 500......
(read more)November 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Billionaire activist Dan Loeb mostly invests in companies that trade below their intrinsic value and try to push for changes in order to maximize the......
(read more)November 15 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The stock market opened in the red on Tuesday amid positive housing starts data, which indicated a 6.5% annual growth to 1.21 million, which is a sign......
(read more)October 20 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News - Comments
Dan Loeb is one of the most revered activist investors on Wall Street, and has proven to be a successful money “generator” over his 20 years of experience......
(read more)October 18 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
On Thursday, Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) announced that Keith Meister of Corvex Management LP was appointed to its Board of Directors, and also updated......
(read more)October 16 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
The Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) industry, or the so-called fast food industry, has seen immense growth over the past few decades (i.e. the revenues......
(read more)October 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE:YUM) is one of the largest restaurant companies in the world, with more than 41,000 restaurants around the globe. The company,......
(read more)September 18 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The U.S restaurant industry has been performing quite strongly over the last few years. Even more to that, the first quarter of this year turned out to......
(read more)September 2 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Dan Loeb, the founder of Third Point, is a pioneer activist investor, whose flagship fund performed impressively in 2010, returning 41.7%. Keith Meister......
(read more)August 26 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
With the data from the latest round of 13F filings now gathered and processed, we’ve identified five stocks that received a large influx of cash in......
(read more)August 19 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Benjamin A Smith’s Laurion Capital Management has filed its 13F with the SEC for the second quarter of 2015, in which it disclosed an equity portfolio......
(read more)August 14 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
Matthew Hulsizer’s Peak6 Capital Management has recently filed its 13F with the SEC for the second quarter of 2015. According to the filing, the fund......
(read more)August 13 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech - Comments
