Founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Ubben, Peter Kamin and George Hamel Jr., ValueAct Capital is today one of the largest activist hedge funds in the world.
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February 17 - Activism, Hedge Funds, News
Although crude prices have soared since last February on the back of OPEC intervention and improving fundamentals, the rising prices haven't managed to lift the earnings reports...
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January 4 - Earnings Report, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire investors didn't get to where they are (or get their bank accounts to boast that many 0's) by being ordinary.
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November 28 - ETF Trading, Gold, Hedge Funds, News
Investors use various trading strategies and follow different investment philosophies, so they tend to look at a wide range of aspects when deciding whether to buy, keep or sell...
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November 17 - Insider Trading, News
Crispin Odey, whose main hedge fund has lost about 43 percent this year, says U.K.
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November 1 - Hedge Funds
In this article, we'll examine why Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY), Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE:CCI), Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), ...
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November 1 - Market Movers, News
Crude futures are in the red to start off the week as OPEC continues to squabble on who is going to cut what, making the prospect of a deal seem less likely.
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October 31 - Market Movers, News
Despite the spate of major earnings releases this week, the markets have been rather calm -- the S&P 500 fell by just 0.6% during the week, while the Dow Jones inched up by 0....
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October 29 - Market Movers, News
Among the stocks that are showing considerably more volatility than the broader indexes on Friday are General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), ...
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October 28 - Earnings Report, News
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT): reported Q3 EPS of $0.85 which beat estimates by $0.08. Revenues of $9.16 billion were down 16.4% which missed estimates by $680 million.
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October 25 - News, Stock Analysis
While the markets ended the week on a quiet note, as both the S&P and Nasdaq were relatively unchanged, Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (NYSE:BCEI), Quality Systems, Inc.
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October 15 - Market Movers, News
After being very volatile for the first nine months of the year, the price action in crude has suddenly become quiet as more participants buy into OPEC's attempt to manage the...
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October 8 - Commodities, News
After a nightmare two years during which oil prices fell from $100 to as low as $26 per barrel, there is finally some optimism among people in the energy sector.
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August 20 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News
Jeffrey Ubben founded ValueAct Capital in 2000.
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August 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Through extensive research, we determined that imitating some of the picks of hedge funds and other institutional investors can help generate market-beating returns over the long...
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July 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Despite S&P and Dow Jones trading near all time highs, it's been an uneventful week for the energy markets.
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July 16 - Commodities, News
Michael Vranos’s hedge fund Ellington Management Group has hired former GoldenTree Asset Management money manager Dale Stohr to boost its credit team.
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July 12 - Hedge Funds
Crude futures were volatile this week.
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June 11 - Commodities, Market Movers, News
It's the first day of the week, and traders are anticipating the upcoming FOMC meeting in the middle of this month.
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June 6 - Market Movers, News, Tech
In an interview with CNBC in March, ValueAct Capital's founder and chief investment officer, Jeffrey Ubben, revealed that his fund was reducing its stake in a number of companies...
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May 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Markets opened higher today, but started declining after the announcement of manufacturing data, according to which the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) index of national...
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May 2 - Market Movers, News
On the third trading day of the week, crude futures have now rallied above $45 per barrel while the Dow Jones and S&P 500 futures are modestly lower as the earnings reports of...
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April 27 - Market Movers, News
Hedge fund clients pulled out $15 billion from the hedge fund industry in the first quarter of 2016, marking the largest outflow since the second quarter of 2009.
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April 25 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News
Harvard Management Company is an asset management firm operated by Harvard University to manage its over $37 billion endowment.
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April 17 - Hedge Funds, News
At a time when the three big indexes, the S&P, NASDAQ, and Dow Jones, are roughly flat, investors are selling Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE), Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NASDAQ...
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December 21 - Commodities, Market Movers, News
Jeff Ubben of ValueAct Capital is a pretty successful investor. Not only has he built up his fund to have an equity portfolio of $17.20 billion since founding ValueAct in 2000...
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December 20 - Hedge Funds, News
Earlier this week, several fundamental events took place in the energy sector, which is most likely to affect not just some individual stocks, but the performance of the whole...
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December 20 - Commodities, News
With many investors expecting the Fed to raise rates this week and the high yield bond market beginning to show signs of rolling over, several new and pending merger stocks are...
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December 14 - Market Movers, News
Pentwater Capital Management is an Evanston, Illinois-based, multi-billion dollar equity hedge fund founded by Matthew Halbower in 2007. Prior to founding Pentwater, Mr.
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December 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
ValueAct Capital, led by Jeffrey Ubben, recently submitted its latest 13F to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting period of September 30.
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November 21 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
With around $25 billion in assets under management, Pzena Investment Management, led by Richard S.
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November 10 - Commodities, Hedge Funds, News
Four companies have reported their latest quarterly earnings since yesterday’s market close, and all four managed to top estimates, sending their shares up in morning trading...
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October 21 - Market Movers, News
Shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), and Campus Crest Communities Inc (NYSE:CCG) are trending this morning, as noteworthy events affect...
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October 19 - Market Movers, News
Shares of Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB), Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE:ETE), Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI), and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) are off to a rocky ...
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September 28 - Commodities, Market Movers, News
In its most recent 13F filing with the SEC for the reporting period quarter ending June 30, Jeffrey Ubben's ValueAct capital revealed an equity portfolio worth nearly $19 billion...
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August 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Is Halliburton a good stock to buy now? A recent report from Wells Fargo’s Judson Bailey discussed the struggle of the offshore drilling industry and the affect it might have...
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June 28 - Hedge Funds, News
As oil prices are looking to rebound, the energy sector has been able to garner the support of more money managers.
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May 25 - Hedge Funds, News
It appears Alexander Roepers’ Atlantic Investment Management has had a change of heart regarding Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS).
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April 17 - Hedge Funds, News
Activist Jeffrey Ubben's 14 picks in companies with a market cap of $1 billion or more (his entire portfolio) delivered weighted average returns of 8.1% in the first quarter.
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April 12 - Hedge Funds, News
We recently updated Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital's performance for the first quarter of 2015 with the firm achieving returns of 8.4% in its 44 long positions in stocks with...
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April 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Farallon Capital, a hedge fund founded by Thomas Steyer, has recently disclosed the initiation of a passive stake in Sky Solar Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:SKYS) according to ...
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March 24 - Hedge Funds, News
In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jeff Ubben's ValueAct Capital reported a new stake in the $25 billion oilfield services company Baker Hughes Incorporated...
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January 20 - Hedge Funds, News
Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management is also amongst the funds obliged to disclose its long equity positions by the end of each quarter, although it principally manages Mr...
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November 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Based in Australia, Platinum Asset Management was founded by Kerr Neilson in 1994, having worked for Bankers Trust Australia (now BT Australia) prior to that. Platinum Asset...
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August 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
In its latest 13F filing, Citadel Investment Group, led by Ken Griffin, revealed its equity portfolio, worth more than $70 billion, for the second quarter of 2014.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds, News
As previously reported, Billionaire Steven Cohen earlier this year shut down his fund SAC Capital Advisors and opened Point72 Asset Management, a fund that handles Cohen’s ...
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August 15 - Hedge Funds, News
Fox Business News’s Lori Rothman reported about Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) in her earnings alert on Thursday.
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July 18 - Earnings Report, News
The Market has had its fair share of challenges, but there are stocks according to the ‘Fast Money’ Crew on CNBC that remained solid in the first half of the year, generating...
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July 11 - News, Tech
Edgar Wachenheim's Greenhaven Associates recently revealed its 13F portfolio allocation for the first quarter of 2014.
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May 2 - Hedge Funds, News
In a latest 13F filing, Stanley Druckenmiller’s fund Duquesne Capital, revealed its holdings for the fourth quarter of 2013.
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February 20 - Hedge Funds, News