Two major and controversial stories have dominated America in the last two years.
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November 13 - Hedge Funds, News
Ray Dalio, who runs hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates, is speaking at the DealBook Conference in midtown Manhattan right now.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, News
A growing number of managers of very large, well-known hedge fund firms have been going on a shopping spree, placing big bets on name-brand retailers or their suppliers in recent...
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November 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Mariner Investment Group has become one of the few US hedge funds to adopt the UN principles for responsible investment.
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November 7 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedgie Dan Loeb’s long winning streak continued in October — although a 20 percent drop in his high-profile activist target Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) nearly wiped...
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November 6 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge-fund legend John Paulson has come up with a second act. And this time, it's on the long side.
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November 5 - Hedge Funds
Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn is taking a more conservative approach to his investment portfolio even as wagers that stocks would fall caused his results to trail the Standard...
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November 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Two former analysts of Jim Chanos’s Kynikos Associates Ltd., which rose to fame shorting Enron Corp., started a new London-based hedge fund earlier this month to bet on falling...
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October 31 - Hedge Funds, News
One of America's richest businessmen has denied claims that he was detained following a car accident in Cuba after 'hitting a local kid with his car'. Daniel S.
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October 30 - Hedge Funds
Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD) is considering separating its Lands' End clothing and Sears Auto Center businesses into independently managed operations as part of its...
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October 29 - Hedge Funds
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a press release announcing that Connecticut based hedge fund advisory firm, Level Global Investors LP (“Level”), ...
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October 28 - Hedge Funds
George Soros, the billionaire investor, philanthropist and backer of liberal causes, has signed on to be a co-chair of the national finance council for Ready for Hillary, the ...
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October 25 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb has acquired a stake in Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and said he sees good prospects for the company after the planned sale of its handset...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds
This weekend Stan Druckenmiller sat down with the WSJ to talk about hiscontinued crusade for entitlement reform.
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October 22 - Hedge Funds
Twin Capital Management LLC, a New York-based hedge fund firm, announced today that its fund, Twin Securities, L.P., has been named “Best Merger Arbitrage Fund” at the 2013...
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October 21 - Hedge Funds
Expectations for outsize gains on the downtrodden shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) purchased by major hedge fund firms have deflated like a punctured balloon.
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October 18 - Hedge Funds
Sometimes the most attractive energy assets aren’t found in the ground but listed on the stock exchange.
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October 17 - Hedge Funds
Compounding is a simple investment strategy in which you put your money in an investment that pays a return.
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October 16 - News
Billionaire interviews: In today's financial blogosphere, it's not uncommon to hear prominent investors sounding off on the economy, their favorite stock picks, or why they hate...
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October 16 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Steve Cohen is one of Wall Street’s most mysterious characters, making unexpected moves and constantly throwing people off.
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October 15 - Hedge Funds, News
Two funds linked to US billionaire hedge fund owner Paul Singer have dropped their objection to the former Anglo Irish Bank’s application for bankruptcy protection in the United...
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October 11 - Hedge Funds, News
Former hedge fund manager John Arnold and his wife have pledged up to $10 million in an effort to fund Head Start programs that could no longer operate due to the government shutdown...
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October 9 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, banned from the securities industry for five years by U.S.
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October 8 - Hedge Funds, News
A star mutual-fund manager is opening up his nascent hedge fund to institutional investors.
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October 7 - Hedge Funds
When Republicans make their pilgrimages to Wall Street for money to help take back the Senate next year, there may be no hotter ticket than a party at Paul Singer's.
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October 4 - Hedge Funds, News
Winton Capital Management Ltd., the $24.5 billion hedge-fund firm founded by David Harding, said profit plunged 64 percent last year after its main fund posted just its second...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire financier and legendary speculator George Soros gave a speech today at the Global Economic Symposium in Kiel, Germany, titled "The Future of Europe." In the speech...
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October 2 - Hedge Funds
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Chief Executive Tim Cook probably used his deliberate, quiet charm to try to persuade activist investor Carl Icahn to change his mind.
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October 1 - Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund billionaire William Ackman has acknowledged that his big investment in J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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September 27 - Hedge Funds
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shouldn't be ruled out as a candidate for the next Federal Reserve chairman, according to delegates at a big U.S.
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September 26 - Hedge Funds
Prominent hedge fund managers criticized President Obama's decision not nominate Larry Summers to be chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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September 25 - Hedge Funds
Finance career site OneWire scored another great interview with one of the hedge fund world's Tiger cubs-this time with Lee Ainslie, the rarely-interviewed head of Maverick Capital...
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September 24 - Hedge Funds
Ray Dalio manages the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. It has a tremendous track record, so when the man talks about markets, people usually listen.
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September 23 - Hedge Funds
The short sellers' favourite short seller, Jim Chanos packs more punch than the $US6 billion in funds he oversees.
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September 20 - Hedge Funds
Hedge-fund investor Dan Loeb's campaign to persuade Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) -0.28% to spin off part of its entertainment business was beneficial for the company, Chief...
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September 19 - Hedge Funds
Shares of SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Monday.
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September 17 - News
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) is interested in the sales of PC gaming. The CEO of company Matt Skynner says that the PC gaming is alive as well as growing.
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September 17 - News
Brazil’s government is threatening to force Internet service companies such as Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) to set up local data storage centers following...
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September 17 - News
Poor Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA). Value investors-including Barron’s–despise it. The legacy automakers are gunning for it.
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September 17 - News
Reuters reported that potential bidders are interested to buy parts of Blackberry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) rather than whole.
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September 17 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has regained the title of the world’s wealthiest man, according to the Forbes’ list.
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September 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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September 17 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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September 13 - News
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), the online demand streaming company, is to increase its spending on original programming within the next few years.
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September 13 - News
China may not play fair with Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) -0.64%, but at least it’s open to letting one of the social network’s top executives try to make things fairer for Chinese...
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September 13 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Apple Inc.
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September 13 - News
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk told Fox News late Thursday it was "not as crazy" to short the electric automaker now as it was earlier.
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September 13 - News
The iPhone's magic as China's must-have smartphone is eroding. Last year, eager buyers in Beijing waited overnight in freezing weather to buy the iPhone 4S.
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September 13 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s acquisition of Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)’s handset business has made headlines across the industry, but it is highly likely ...
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September 13 - News