Billionaire John Griffin founded Blue Ridge Capital 20 years ago, after working as Julian Robertson’s number two for years.
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December 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Financial stocks have had a volatile year, as the market has constantly speculated about the timing of an interest rate hike out of the Federal Reserve and mulled over the implications...
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November 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is one of the best-known activist hedge funds in the world, managing about $13.8 billion in assets.
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November 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital is one of the most prominent and followed value-oriented hedge funds on Wall Street.
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November 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
RIT Capital Partners was founded by Jacob Rothschild in 1961, under the name Rothschild Investment Trust.
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November 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Gabalex Capital Management is a long/short equity hedge fund based in New York.
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November 11 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Emerging markets ETFs are having a great year.
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November 6 - ETF Trading, News
Sprott Inc. is a Toronto-based alternative asset manager founded by billionaire Eric Sprott back in 1981. The firm manages approximately $7.4 billion in assets and hold a U.S.
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November 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Large hedge funds are required to disclose all of their long stakes in U.S.-traded securities once per quarter.
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November 1 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News
Legendary investor Julian Robertson, founder of Tiger Management, sees tremendous upside in biotech stocks right now. The billionaire told CNBC in a recent interview that fears...
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October 29 - ETF Trading, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech
“The market has really divided into two groups,” Richard S. Pzena of Pzena Investment Management explained on CNBC last week.
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October 27 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
A few days ago, Forbes published its annual Forbes 400 list, featuring the richest people in the U.S.
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October 21 - Lists, News
2016 has been a tough year for the biotech sector, as drug pricing became a very popular topic among politicians and media outlets, which dubbed many of the industry’s practices...
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October 21 - ETF Trading, Hedge Funds, News
Skylands Capital is a Milwaukee-based investment management firm run by Charles Paquelet.
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October 20 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, Tech
Stock pickers at top hedge funds have never been so bullish on tech as they are right now, a recent Wall Street Journal article assured.
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October 19 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Hemispherx BioPharma, Inc (NYSEMKT:HEB) is a nano-cap biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of seriously debilitating disorders.
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October 19 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis
After a rocky start to the year, the three major U.S. stock indexes have rebounded to post gains of between 4% and 5.3% in 2016.
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October 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Recently, the Bank of Japan has launched a new form of monetary easing in its attempt to drive inflation and economic growth: introducing an interest rate target for 10-year government...
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October 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Harvard Management Company is, as one might deduce from its name, a fully owned subsidiary of Harvard University. Ironically, the fund is run by a Yale grad, Jane Mendillo.
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October 1 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Oaktree Capital Management, the fund ran by billionaire investor Howard Marks, recently filed its 13F for the second quarter, disclosing its long equity stakes as of June 30.
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September 26 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Coatue Management is a New York City-based hedge fund sponsor founded by Philippe Laffont in 1999.
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September 20 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Cybersecurity stocks have had a relatively good 2016, with indexes that collate the stocks like the Nasdaq CTA Cybersecurity Index (INDEXNASDAQ:NQCYBR), which is up by more than...
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September 18 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Much has been discussed of the ailments affecting the Chinese economy and its stock markets.
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September 16 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
The Nasdaq Composite index has had a rather volatile week after a severe downturn on Friday, but has ultimately managed to gain more than 0.9% so far this week.
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September 15 - Market Movers, News
The retail sector has not had the best of years, with indexes like the SPDR S&P Retail (ETF) (NYSEARCA:XRT) up by 0.65% since the start of the year, and the PowerShares Dynamic...
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September 11 - Hedge Funds, News
Brooklyn’s Israel “Izzy” Englander founded his successful hedge fund Millennium Management in 1989, with only $35 million in capital.
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September 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Software stocks had a bumpy start to the year, like most others, but have since managed to recuperate, with the largest industry ETFs having posted gains of more than 17% over...
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September 6 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Leon Cooperman has been a well-known investor, praised for his stock picking skills for decades.
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September 2 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
John Griffin is a “Tiger Cub.” After years working as billionaire Julian Robertson’s right hand at Tiger Management, Griffin decided to open his own hedge fund and, in...
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August 31 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Marcato Capital Management is a San Francisco-based hedge fund sponsor that Richard McGuire founded in 2010, after leaving Bill Ackman's Pershing Square.
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August 30 - Hedge Funds, News
Biotechs have had a very tough year, though the healthcare sector as a whole has managed to rebound into the green year--to-date.
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August 27 - Hedge Funds, News
July was the best month for new-home sales in almost a decade.
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August 26 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge funds have continued to collectively underperform the market this year, posting average returns of 3%, well below the S&P 500’s 6.57% year-to-date gains.
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August 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Although the U.S.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds, News
George Soros became especially notorious after “breaking the Bank of England,” and has since been one of the best-known investors in the world.
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August 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with roughly $27 billion in assets under management.
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August 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Despite a rough start to the year, basic materials ETF's like ProShares Ultra Basic Materials (ETF) (NYSEARCA:UYM), WisdomTree Intl Basic Materials Fund (NYSEARCA:CCXE), Direxion...
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August 14 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News
After closing at record highs on Thursday, all three major U.S.
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August 12 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
Investing in utilities can be quite safe and stable, but usually, returns are not very high.
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August 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Healthcare stocks started 2016 with the left foot and, but most stocks have managed to recuperate most of the ground lost.
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August 11 - Hedge Funds, News
Among the stocks on the move today are Yahoo! Inc.
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August 11 - Earnings Report, News
In this article, we will look into the results that have just been posted by SINA Corp (NASDAQ: SINA), Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB), WebMD Health Corp.
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August 9 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
US stocks are trading slightly lower on Monday afternoon, as the major indexes retrieved from all-time highs reached on Friday, and a spike in energy stocks was not enough to ...
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August 8 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
U.S. stock indexes are up substantially in Friday trading, with the S&P 500 hitting record highs, driven by a surprisingly strong jobs report out of the U.S.
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August 5 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
The US stock market is mixed, yet flattish, on Thursday afternoon, as investors await Friday’s payrolls data. "Today is more of a consolidation of positions.
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August 4 - Earnings Report, News
Among the stocks that are outpacing the market today are Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE:GNW), Cesca Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KOOL), Oclaro, Inc.
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August 3 - Earnings Report, News, Tech
Stocks are slipping on Tuesday, driven by lower-than-expected core PCE Index and consumer income growth of 0.1% and 0.3%, respectively, and in spite of a rebound in oil prices...
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August 2 - Market Movers, News, Tech
Among the stocks registering significant moves are Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL), Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IONS), TOP SHIPS Inc (NASDAQ:TOPS), MeetMe Inc (NASDAQ:...
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August 1 - Earnings Report, News
Warren Buffett is known for his highly successful value investing approach.
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July 30 - Hedge Funds, News