Although Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)'s quarterly results seem to have calmed investors' worries about the discount giant, they shouldn't get too comfortable.
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February 22 - News
The reality of the fact that, in one week, $85 billion in automatic budget cuts is about to go into effect, doesn't appear to be sitting well with the broad-based S&P 500 .
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February 21 - News
At Insider Monkey, we track the equity portfolios of more than 450 hedge funds and other prominent investors.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
So an unusual pattern is emerging that I think you should know about. Consumer confidence is up. In fact, it's higher now than it's been in three months.
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February 20 - News
Dollar stores, or low-price discount retailers, were hot stocks during the summer of 2012.
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February 20 - News
We have been working on putting together our database of 13F filings from the fourth quarter of 2012.
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February 15 - Hedge Funds
It has been said for years now that a dollar just does not buy you that much any more. This is probably because people are just shopping at the wrong places.
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February 13 - News
The stock market has been on a wild ride since the start of the year, with the Dow last week topping 14,000 for the first time since 2007, only to give back some of those gains...
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February 9 - News
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) has been a good example of a long-term stock pick, rising 36% in the last five years despite the financial crisis and recession.
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January 29 - Stock Analysis
Stephen Mandel worked at legendary investor Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management until 1997 when he left to launch Lone Pine Capital.
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January 7 - Hedge Funds
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is Brookside Capital's top stock pick.
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January 5 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire and founder of Citadel Investment Group – Ken Griffin – started out trading options in his college dorm room and now manages one of the largest hedge funds in ...
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December 20 - Hedge Funds
Stephen Mandel founded Lone Pine Capital in 1997 after leaving legendary investor Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management.
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December 13 - Hedge Funds
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company.
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December 12 - Stock Analysis
Billionaire Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital had not owned any shares of Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) at the beginning of July.
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December 11 - Hedge Funds
Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BIG) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company.
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December 7 - Stock Analysis
They say timing is everything, particularly when it comes to stock investment. I don't disagree.
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December 3 - Stock Analysis
Billionaire Louis Bacon is the founder of Moore Capital Management and manages more than $15 billion in assets.
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November 30 - Hedge Funds
Andreas Halvorsen is the Chief Investment Officer of Viking Global Investors, a $17-billion fundamentals-oriented long/short global equity fund.
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November 30 - Dividend Stocks
After identifying the most popular stocks among hedge funds (see our top 10 here) according to their third quarter 13F filings, we have decided to break down the top ten stocks...
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November 27 - Hedge Funds
Our database of 13F filings allows us to see details about an individual hedge fund or other notable investor’s long stock positions.
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November 21 - Hedge Funds
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company.
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November 20 - Stock Analysis
Richard Chilton, the founder and manager of Chilton Investment Company, has a net worth of about $1.3 billion.
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November 16 - Hedge Funds
Sam Zell, the American businessman, is the chairman of Equity Group Investments. Equity Group is an entrepreneurial investment firm that Zell founded in the 1960s.
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November 13 - Stock Analysis
A bad pullback happens when earnings fall more than shares, actually increasing a stock's valuation in spite of prices dipping lower.
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October 30 - Stock Analysis
Some stocks do so well for so long that investors start assuming these stocks will always be superstars, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
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October 30 - Stock Analysis
We monitor insider purchases by company officers and Board members because statistically these purchases tend to be associated with higher returns (see our discussion of studies...
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October 23 - Insider Trading
Per a Form 4 filing last week, it was made public that Buck Holdings is continuing its selloff of one of the U.S.’s leading discount retailers, Dollar General Corp.
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October 16 - Insider Trading
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company.
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October 5 - Stock Analysis
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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October 3 - Stock Analysis
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) is up 25% so far in 2012, beating the S&P 500’s gain. Investors believe that a continued weak recovery in the U.S.
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September 28 - Stock Analysis
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is one of those stocks just about every investor wishes they had from the beginning, since Oct. 1, 1970, when the company first went public.
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September 27 - Stock Analysis
In the financial world, individual investors have an array of analytical indicators at their fingertips, though the most under-appreciation metric out there may be hedge fund ...
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September 14 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett has said that if a position is small, it is probably picked by Todd Combs. If the transaction is large, it is probably he who is behind the trade.
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August 16 - News
Bill Ackman will do anything for charity. He spoke super fast at the Ira Sohn Conference to finish his presentation on time. And he did it, with 2 minutes 25 seconds to spare.
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June 6 - News
Alan Fournier founded Pennant Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund, in 2001. Previously he was working at David Tepper's Appaloosa managing global equity investments.
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May 17 - News
Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital has $17 Billion in assets under management. His personal wealth is about one tenth of that.
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February 22 - News
Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital was extremely bullish about Hewlett-Packard during the third quarter. They bet $400 Million on HPQ, making it the second biggest position in ...
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February 17 - Hedge Funds
Tom Steyer's Farallon Capital Management is the world’s 14th largest hedge fund, managing around $21 Billion.
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February 14 - News