Hedge Fund - Greenlight Capital

David Einhorn is one of our favorite hedge fund managers. His fund, Greenlight Capital, has returned roughly 20% per year since its inception in 1996.

The HSBC Hedge Weekly #50 is full of hedge funds’ returns for 2012. Since the report did not include some of the hedge funds that Insider Monkey tracks, we wanted to bring you those returns as well.

Shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) have fallen over 38% since last Wednesday, amid reports that Bill Ackman, manager of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, is short the stock.

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is up 8% today on the news that the company will be repurchasing a large number of shares from the Federal Government.

Imagine that a multibillion-dollar hedge fund is accused of fraud and pays a huge fine to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission while its famous founder personally ponies up millions more...

Greenlight Capital has become one of the most famous hedge funds in the current financial world.

Billionaire David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital is closely followed, possibly most closely when he gives public presentations at investor conferences. See Einhorn's most recent stock picks.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a hedge fund favorite, it's no secret.

In November, Greenlight Capital released its 13F filing for the third quarter of 2012, which disclosed many of its long equity positions as of the end of September.