Billionaire Julian Robertson is widely-known for creating and developing a highly-skilled group of hedge fund managers known as Tiger Cubs.
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February 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Renowned activist investor Bill Ackman has been removed from the list of 20 best-performing hedge fund managers in history, after his fund Pershing Square Capital Management ...
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February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Michael Price is the founder and manager of New York-based MFP Investors LLC.
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February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Of course, most individual investors and larger investors dream of becoming billionaires one day, but the harsh truth is that only a few will manage to reach and exceed the $1...
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February 17 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News
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 most closely-watched hedge...
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
As a general rule, there are two kinds of insider trading: legal and illegal.
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February 16 - Insider Trading, News
U.S equities closed sharply in the green on Friday, putting an emphatic end to a five-day losing streak.
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February 16 - Insider Trading, News
Ken Griffin’s Citadel LLC is once again a leading investment vehicle in the hedge fund industry, after struggling badly during the financial crisis of 2008.
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
A high majority of hedge fund managers delivered a terrible performance in 2015 and widely-known value investor Seth Klarman was no exception.
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February 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The hedge fund industry had a disappointing 2015 in terms of returns, so numerous money managers may face increasing redemption requests should their performance continue to disappoint...
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February 15 - Hedge Funds, News
Numerous closely-watched hedge fund vehicles are currently disclosing their equity positions as of the end of 2015, so individual investors can monitor what moves hedge fund managers...
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, News
The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index has posted losses for five consecutive days, marking the longest streak of consecutive daily declines since September 2015.
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February 12 - Insider Trading, News
Numerous sources and statistics recently indicated that hedge funds have been severely hit by the current volatile markets.
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, News
The Kahn Brothers Group, formerly known as Kahn Brothers & Company Inc., was founded in 1978 by renowned investor Irving Kahn, who died last year at the age of 109.
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February 11 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
As a general rule, investors pay much more attention to insider buying than insider selling, citing increased use of equity-based compensation by U.S companies.
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February 11 - Insider Trading, News
According to a recent article published by Bloomberg, the ratio of insiders purchasing shares to insiders selling shares over the past 30-day period is the highest that it'...
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February 11 - Insider Trading, News
According to statistics from Hedge Fund Research, the average hedge fund lost 2.76% in January, compared to a decline of approximately 5% for the S&P 500 benchmark, so hedge ...
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February 10 - Hedge Funds, News
The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index has lost more than 9% thus far in 2016, while correlations among stocks was very high in January.
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February 10 - Insider Trading, News
Research shows that corporate insiders tend to time the markets well when it comes to buying their company's shares, thanks to their contrarian approach to investing and superior...
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February 10 - Insider Trading, News
Although the hedge fund industry as a whole lost money in 2015, the top 20 hedge fund managers generated roughly $15 billion net of fees last year.
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February 9 - Hedge Funds, News
Much research suggests that non-insiders can outperform broader market benchmarks by simply piggybacking insider trading behavior.
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February 9 - Insider Trading, News
U.S equities’ awful start to 2016 is gradually getting even worse, which could make investors conclude that the ratio of insider selling to insider buying has dropped significantly...
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February 9 - Insider Trading, News
Hedge fund vehicles had a rough 2015, and the beginning of 2016 does not look too great either.
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February 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
There was a threefold increase in both insider buying and selling activity last week, as trading windows for more and more insiders open after earnings releases.
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February 8 - Insider Trading, News
Numerous studies conclude that corporate insiders act as contrarian investors, as they usually tend to buy low and sell high.
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February 8 - Insider Trading, News
Analysts and investors are increasingly skeptical about the Federal Reserve's tightening monetary policy, thanks to the weak economic data and gloomy comments of Fed officials...
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February 5 - Insider Trading, News
Corporate insiders can buy or sell their companies’ shares through two simple means. Firstly, they can buy or sell shares through open market transactions.
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February 5 - Insider Trading, News
2015 was not a great year for hedge funds in terms of performance, but it wasn’t too bad either.
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February 5 - Commodities, Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News
Unexpectedly, there are growing concerns about a forthcoming U.S recession, thanks to softening industrial production over the past several months.
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February 4 - Insider Trading, News
Extensive research shows that corporate insiders are better at investing in equities than “index-tracking” investors, which is not overly surprising given their in-depth knowledge...
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February 4 - Insider Trading, News
The S&P 500 Index has lost nearly 7% since the beginning of the year and there aren't any major catalysts that could stop the sell-off.
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February 3 - Insider Trading, News
Insider trading policies allow directors and senior officers to buy and sell shares during specific trading windows, primarily because these insiders may have access to material...
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February 3 - Insider Trading, News
U.S equities inched lower on Monday and continue to sink today, as the plunge in crude oil prices and disappointing data coming out of China continues to weigh on the markets.
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February 2 - Insider Trading, News
There are studies showing that companies with heavy insider selling tend to generate lower stock returns over the following 12 months than companies witnessing insider buying...
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February 2 - Insider Trading, News
Individual investors can catch a glimpse of hedge funds’ equity positions by analyzing their quarterly 13F filings.
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February 2 - Hedge Funds, News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 396.66 points in the green on Friday, pushing the benchmark into positive territory for the week.
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February 1 - Insider Trading, News
Statistics reveal that last week’s volume of insider selling more than doubled compared to the volume registered in the prior week, whereas the volume of insider buying declined...
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February 1 - Insider Trading, News
Although the average hedge fund has been struggling to beat broader market benchmarks in recent years, the hedge fund industry as a whole has been constantly growing.
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January 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Most equity investments made by hedge funds are based on strong reasoning and comprehensive analysis, so these investment vehicles do not make blind bets without laying out ...
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January 29 - Hedge Funds, News
The handful of hedge fund managers who have a strong record of outperforming broader market benchmarks do not manage capital for the masses.
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January 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Numerous financial news websites and stock market participants call activist investors “vultures”, who aim to extract short-term benefits at the expense of companies’ long...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds, News
There are numerous exceptional money managers who have been able to consistently beat broader market benchmarks, which is just one reason why tracking the moves of elite hedge...
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January 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Every time individual investors come across heavy insider buying at certain companies, they should recall the following statement made by successful finance guru Peter Lynch: “...
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January 28 - Insider Trading, News
The volume of both insider buying and insider selling declined last week compared to the volume registered in the prior week.
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January 27 - Insider Trading, News
According to London-based LCH Investments NV, Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates is the manager of the hedge fund that has generated the highest amount of money in the history...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds, News
Apparently, the hedge fund industry as a whole does not believe that a long-term bear market for U.S equities is forthcoming, as they have been net buyers of stocks during the...
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January 27 - Hedge Funds, News
With the disappointing start to the year for U.S equities, one should not be surprised by the sluggish insider selling activity and strong insider buying.
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January 26 - Insider Trading, News
Just recently, Bank of America revealed that hedge funds had been net buyers of equities during the first trading weeks of 2016, whereas the Wall Street Journal wrote that numerous...
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January 26 - Hedge Funds, News
Individual investors might find hedge fund investing quite expensive, considering the 2-and-2o fee structure most hedge funds employ.
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January 26 - Hedge Funds, News
It is widely-known that hedge fund strategies vary quite a lot and thus so do their targets and bets.
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January 25 - Hedge Funds, News