In its recently reported 2018 Annual Letter, billionaire Bill Ackman's Pershing Square shared its opinions in detail about all the positions in its 13F portfolio, among which ...
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April 1 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News
Here are the eleven most important moves made in the hedge fund world this week.
Bill Ackman reduced his Herbalife short significantly, replacing it with long-term put options.
Dan Loeb ups his activist campaign at Sotheby’s, snatching 9.
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October 5 - Hedge Funds
Earlier this month we reported on the 13D Activist Fund, a long-only fund which invests in stocks targeted by activist investors (as disclosed in 13D filings shortly after the...
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September 11 - Hedge Funds
Our research on insider trading patterns has concluded that stocks bought by insiders tend to outperform the market following these purchases, particularly if multiple insiders...
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September 10 - Insider Trading
On September 9th, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who manages Icahn Capital (find Icahn's favorite stocks), conceded his battle over Dell Inc.
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September 10 - Hedge Funds
At Insider Monkey, we use a number of techniques to track investment activity by hedge funds and other notable investors.
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September 10 - Hedge Funds
Our research shows that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds (as determined by quarterly 13F filings) outperform the S&P 500 by 18 percentage points per year, proving...
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September 6 - Hedge Funds
A popular misconception among investors is that the rounds of 13F filings released by hedge funds and other notable investors several weeks after the end of each quarter are not...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
In August, hundreds of hedge funds and other major investors filed their 13Fs for the second quarter of 2013 (disclosing many of their long equity positions as of the end of June...
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August 27 - Hedge Funds
So far this year, the 30 most widely shorted stocks from the beginning of 2013- as measured by the number of shares short as a percentage of the float- have returned 34%, outperforming...
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August 23 - Hedge Funds
Recently, Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) climbed above $60, meaning that billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is finally underwater from its short of the stock last year.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire George Soros is best known for its profitable macro investments, particularly in currency instruments, but his hedge fund Soros Fund Management engages in equity investments...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
Pershing Square, managed by billionaire Bill Ackman, has been mocked quite a bit this year for its short position in Herbalife Ltd.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire Julian Robertson is one of the most closely followed figures in finance, even after his official retirement from running Tiger Management several years ago.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
It has been a tough year for two of billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square’s most highly touted picks.
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July 31 - Hedge Funds
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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July 31 - Stock Analysis
At Insider Monkey, we track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors- including, of course, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
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July 22 - Hedge Funds
Burger King Worldwide Inc (NYSE:BKW) was in 15 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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June 11 - News
One of the "hedgies" we track is Pershing Square managed by Bill Ackman, and it has recently filed its 13F form with the SEC.
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June 3 - Hedge Funds
In the eyes of most shareholders, hedge funds are perceived as underperforming, outdated investment tools of the past.
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May 30 - News
BEAM Inc (NYSE:BEAM) was in 36 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March. BEAM investors should pay attention to an increase in hedge fund interest of late.
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May 28 - News
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP) was in 31 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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May 28 - News
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) was in 36 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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May 28 - News
Bill Ackman, the billionaire manager of Pershing Square, has been in the news quite a bit in the last several months thanks to his public statements about his large short position...
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May 21 - Hedge Funds
By tracking quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors, we have been able to use the included information to develop investment strategies (we have found...
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May 16 - Hedge Funds
The Ira Sohn conference invites a number of well-known investment managers to give public presentations of their favorite investing ideas.
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May 9 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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May 9 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Trinity Industries, Inc.
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May 8 - Hedge Funds
Times have been tough at J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) recently.
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April 26 - Hedge Funds
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds earn an average excess return of 18 percentage points per year, according to our analysis of 13F filings (learn more about ...
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April 24 - Hedge Funds
BP Capital's T. Boone Pickens and three of his children have sued the fourth, accusing him of airing the family's dirty laundry on his blog.
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April 20 - Hedge Funds
The most popular small cap stocks (which we define as having market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds generate an average excess return of 18...
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April 19 - Hedge Funds
Tiger Consumer Management is a “Tiger Cub” hedge fund, so named because founder Patrick McCormack had previously worked at legendary investor Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management...
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April 18 - Hedge Funds
The most popular small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average...
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April 10 - Hedge Funds
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) was in 27 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012.
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April 5 - News
Despite the fact that it is a consumer staple stock (with a beta of 0.3), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last year with the stock...
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April 4 - Stock Analysis
Our work developing investment strategies has found that on average the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds generate an average excess return of 18 percentage points...
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April 3 - Hedge Funds
An investor’s lawsuit against John Paulson’s $23 billion hedge fund over its reported loss of about $460 million in Sino-Forest Corp was dismissed by a federal judge. U.S.
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April 3 - Hedge Funds
One way to quantitatively measure a stock’s upside potential is with the PEG ratio, which incorporates both the P/E multiple and analyst consensus estimates of earnings growth...
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March 31 - Hedge Funds
General Growth Properties Inc (NYSE:GGP) was in 21 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of December.
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March 28 - News
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors; the most recent round of filings disclosed many long equity positions as of the end of December.
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March 27 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund firm Farallon Capital Management LLC is raising a new real estate fund of about $350 million to $400 million, the first time Farallon has set up a separate fund exclusively...
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March 20 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman is no stranger to short selling. In an interview with Value Investor (login required), the hedge fund magnate revealed the rules behind his short selling strategy.
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March 19 - Hedge Funds
As speculation mounts that Avenue Capital hedge fund co-founder Marc Lasry will be nominated as the next U.S.
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March 19 - Hedge Funds
While 13F filings provide the most complete picture of what stocks hedge funds own, they are somewhat out of date by the time they are released.
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March 13 - Hedge Funds
Carl Icahn has bought an additional 2.3 million shares of Herbalife Ltd.
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March 13 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway is recognized as one of the greatest long-term investors of all time.
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February 28 - Hedge Funds
Six to seven weeks after the end of a quarter, hedge funds and many other investors are required to file 13Fs with the SEC.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
Today, let's look at investing giant Bill Ackman, who founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds, as revealed by 13F filings, produce an excess return of 18 percentage points per year according to our research (learn more...
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February 19 - Hedge Funds
