Volatility on Wall Street remains low as traders await the outcome of the U.S. election. If Clinton wins, the status quo will more or less continue.
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November 8 - 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
Although it's just the beginning of the week for investors, the earnings season is in full swing.
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October 17 - Earnings Report, News
In this article, we will take a closer look at five big banks: Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (...
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October 15 - Earnings Report, News
The markets opened on a positive note today, shaking off the negative trend of recent trading sessions, despite the World Trade Organization announcing the slashing of its 2016...
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September 27 - Market Movers, News
Founded in 1997 by Jeffrey Gendell, Tontine Asset Management was once among the most revered names in the hedge fund Universe.
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September 26 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
As expected, it was a meaningful week in terms of major events that occurred in the financial sector.
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September 24 - News
Among the stocks that traders are also watching are Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), Jabil Circuit, Inc.
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September 22 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
In this article, we take a closer look at why investors were buzzing about Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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September 17 - News
In this article, we'll find out why five companies are each in the spotlight today and use the latest 13F data to see how top hedge funds traded the five stocks in the second...
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September 12 - Market Movers, News
In this article, we'll take a closer look at why Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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September 10 - News
Interest rate-sensitive financial stocks are in the spotlight today after previously-dovish Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said that "a reasonable case can be...
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September 9 - Market Movers, News
Louis Bacon founded Moore Global Investments in 1989 and has been running the fund ever since. Moore Global employs a global macroeconomic approach to investment and manages ...
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September 2 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Among the companies that are making headlines on the last day of the trading week are Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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September 2 - Market Movers, News
With the U.S.
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August 31 - Hedge Funds, News
Clint Carlson opened the doors to his Dallas-based Carlson Capital in 1993, after spending years cutting his teeth as the head of risk arbitrage for the investment arm of the ...
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August 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
It's a red day on Wall Street, as all three indexes are off by around half a percent due to profit taking. In this article, we'll take a closer look at five stocks that are in...
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August 16 - Market Movers, News
Numerous research papers studying insider trading behavior conclude that companies in which corporate insiders have bought shares tend to outperform stock market benchmarks.
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August 4 - Insider Trading, News
The UK's electorate decision to leave the European Union in late-June came as a shock for many market participants and led to an immediate bloodbath in the financial markets.
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July 23 - Hedge Funds, News
Among the notable companies in the spotlight this morning after announcing earnings are Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Hasbro, Inc.
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July 18 - Market Movers, News
It's been a busy week for banking stocks as many have reported earnings results for their latest fiscal quarters.
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July 16 - Earnings Report, Economy, News
It looks like Thursday will be another good day for the markets, as all three index futures and crude are in the green.
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July 14 - Market Movers, News
It's a good day to be a bull on Wall Street as all three indexes and crude futures are in the green. Today's ADP jobs report came in ahead of expectations and traders are optimistic...
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July 7 - Market Movers, News
Crude futures are off sharply today as fears that Brexit will lower demand for the commodity resurface. Not surprisingly, all three indexes are also lower this morning.
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July 5 - Market Movers, News
The world's banking giants that also operate in the United States are making headlines today, after the Federal Reserve announced the results of its second round of stress tests...
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June 30 - Market Movers, News
Brexit bombshell battered markets around the world on Friday. The FTSE 100 nosedived by around 8% after the opening, but has recovered in the last hours of trading.
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June 24 - Market Movers, News
It's been a good day to be a bull on Wall Street as all three indexes have opened well in the green and stayed that way so far.
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June 23 - Market Movers, News
Some of the stocks that traders should keep an eye on today include JD.Com Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:JD), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Cincinnati Bell Inc.
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June 20 - Market Movers, News
Markets opened higher on Wednesday as investors await the announcement regarding interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve today.
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June 15 - Market Movers, News
How are banking stocks usually reacting to an interest-rate hike? While one rule of thumb says most bank stocks tend to outperform following an interest rate increase, there are...
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June 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Despite the unemployment rate falling to 4.7%, all three indexes are in the red this morning after the Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls increased 38,000 versus...
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June 3 - Market Movers, News
Scion Asset Management, the second hedge fund founded by Dr.
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May 31 - Hedge Funds, News, Tech
Bruce Berkowitz was recently in the spotlight for his strong criticism of how the U.S government has managed the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac situation, over which he filed a lawsuit...
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May 28 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE:RBS) are rising high on Tuesday after a civil lawsuit against Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) was overturned yesterday.
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May 24 - Hedge Funds, News
D. E. Shaw & Co. was founded in 1988 by David E. Shaw, who was a pioneer in the field of computational finance.
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May 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
On the first day of the trading week, crude futures are 2.4% in the green while the S&P 500 and other equity index futures are roughly flat.
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May 16 - Market Movers, News
Ross Turner, the youngest ever partner at Alex Snow's Lansdowne Partners (one of Europe’s largest hedge fund firms), founded Pelham Capital in 2007 at the age of 29. Mr.
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May 6 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Crude futures are 0.7% in the green this Thursday morning as bullish investors position themselves for the upcoming Doha meeting of oil producers this weekend.
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April 14 - Market Movers, News
The financial sector has exhibited lackluster performance of late, being down by about 6.23% over the last 52 weeks.
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March 3 - Hedge Funds, News
OZ Management is one of the world’s largest institutional alternative asset managers, with roughly $43.7 billion in assets under management as of February 1, 2016.
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February 23 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
All major U.S. stock indexes gained more than 1% on Monday, on the back of diminishing worries about the health of the U.S. economy and recovering crude oil prices.
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February 23 - Insider Trading, News
In the first part of the article, we covered the five most popular stocks among the funds in our database. As we mentioned, the latest round of 13F filings showed some interesting...
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Moore Global Investments was founded in 1989 by Louis Bacon, who employs a macro approach to stock picking and has built the firm into one of the largest hedge funds around, with...
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February 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
While many hedge funds generated negative returns for their investors in 2015 and are off to a similar start in 2016, London-based Horseman Capital Management has emerged as ...
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February 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Pzena Investment Management is a New York City-based hedge fund focused on classic value investing, founded by Richard S. Pzena in 1996.
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February 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Finance represents one of the best-performing sectors over the long-run, even though it is marked by periods of high volatility.
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February 1 - Hedge Funds, News
After a three-day weekend, U.S. stocks have started the week on a positive note, with major indices in green teritorry during the first hours of trading.
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January 19 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
After catching a small break on Thursday, the markets returned to their 2016 plummeting ways on Friday, with major U.S stock indexes down by 3% or more.
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January 15 - Market Movers, News
With the Federal Reserve having raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, many investors are rotating into banking stocks, many of which stand to benefit from the ...
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December 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Bruce Kovner founded Caxton Associates in 1983 and up until his retirement in 2011, he managed to deliver average returns of 21% per year.
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November 30 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News