Hedge fund Elliott Capital Advisors considers drug wholesaler McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) -0.33% $6.1 billion takeover offer for Germany's Celesio AG CLS1.XE +0.35% too low...
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December 10 - Hedge Funds
Once per quarter hedge funds disclose their long stock positions in major U.S. publicly traded companies.
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December 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
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
OCI Partners IPO: On Wednesday of this week, two insiders at OCI Partners LP (NYSE:OCIP), L Michael Bennett and Frank Bakker, acquired stock from the firm, starting a position...
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October 11 - Insider Trading, News
By now you probably know the story. Hedge fund activity is worth paying attention to if you know where to look.
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October 11 - Hedge Funds, News
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
SAC Capital, Citadel, Apple information leak: An interesting piece of news came today from a few sources including TheStreet, according to which the research arm of Citigroup...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds, News
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
As the crisis in Syria appears headed toward a resolution, key commodities markets are no longer on edge.
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September 25 - Gold, News
It's now been five years since the U.S.
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September 20 - Dividend Stocks, News
At the end of last week, I wrote an article about "the most important thing" in banking.
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September 19 - News
As the crisis in Syria appears headed toward a resolution, key commodities markets are no longer on edge.
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September 18 - Gold, News
This is truly a golden era for dividend-hungry investors.
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September 17 - Dividend Stocks, News
A slew of big banks just passed another stress test, mandated under the Dodd-Frank reform law.
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September 17 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 17 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 16 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 16 - News
Investors value the Dow Jones Industrials for the quality of its selection process and its relative stability.
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September 16 - Dividend Stocks, News
Jerome Powell thinks there are three major reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economic recovery.
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September 16 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 16 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 15 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 14 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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September 12 - News
On Wednesday, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s chief financial officer Bruce Thompson presented at this year's Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York.
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September 12 - News
It's safe to say that mortgage bankers have seen better days. On Wednesday, Citigroup Inc.
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September 12 - News
After just a few short months, megamoney manager Bruce Berkowitz is back in the news following the re-opening of his Fairholme Fund to new investors.
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September 12 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 12 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 12 - News
There's big money being made from the massive Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) buyout of Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD)'s stake in Verizon Wireless.
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September 12 - News
The Continental Illinois Bank Building in Chicago.
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September 11 - News
If it stands as an example for anything, it's that the business model of a traditional bank still reigns supreme over the universal model of its too-big-to-fail competitors like...
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September 11 - News
It has been five years since the banking industry experienced a gigantic crisis stemming from the housing market, derivatives, and an overall lack of risk control.
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September 11 - News
Editor's Note: Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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September 11 - News
An eight-decade stretch of American finance without central-banking oversight began on Sept.
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September 11 - News
If you own shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), then it's likely you've wondered why it always seems to be so far behind its nearest competitors -- JPMorgan Chase & Co...
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September 10 - News
Since the financial crisis, its earnings have been ravaged by the bank's decision to double down on the subprime mortgage market on the eve of the financial crisis.
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September 9 - News
Rating agencies and preferred stock investors, while using different methods, usually judge the investment risk of a preferred stock with little disparity.
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September 9 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are a multitude of gauges market participants can use to watch the equity markets.
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September 9 - News
Decent macroeconomic news and a high-profile Asian sell-off are fueling the bulls charging bank stocks today.
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September 6 - News
An unfortunate trend has caught on in corporate boardrooms across America: Corporate directors are using share buybacks to return capital to shareholders instead of dividends.
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September 5 - News
Just short of five years ago, the 158-year-old investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, setting off a chain of events that rivaled, and in some instances exceeded...
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September 5 - News
When you work with a financial advisor, you want someone who will put your best interests first.
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September 4 - News
To many investors, hedge funds are assumed to be useless, outdated financial vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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September 4 - News
Whatever anyone thinks about Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), and specifically its actions before and during the financial crisis, there's no question that it's in the midst ...
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September 3 - News
Last week, a conglomeration of federal agencies unveiled the newest set of proposals regulating the mortgage industry.
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September 3 - News