Hedge Fund - Greenlight Capital

Last year this time David Einhorn recommended Microsoft (MSFT) at the Ira Sohn Conference (read the details here).

As the association representing more than 200 leading firms that manufacture and distribute goods and services sold directly to consumers, the Direct Selling Association (DSA) would like to set the record...

David Einhorn's favorite hedge fund managers are Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh. Greenlight Capital filed a 13G on Monday, disclosing a 1.68 million share position in Howard Marks' Oaktree Capital (OAK).

David Einhorn could be the best short seller on the planet. He may even be better than the legendary Jim Chanos.

Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), a maker of nutritional supplements, dropped 20 percent after hedge-fund manager David Einhorn asked why it has stopped providing information about distributors in filings.

Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies had nearly 3 million shares of Herbalife (HLF) at the end of December.

David Einhorn, founder of Greenlight Capital, is known for his profitable short selling. Einhorn shorted the Lehman Brothers more than a year before its bankruptcy.

It has been a rocky road for Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) whose stock was down ~7.4% on Thirsday and another ~2.8% on Friday.