If you'd ask most market participants, hedge funds are assumed to be slow, outdated investment tools of years past.
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May 29 - News
If you'd ask most market participants, hedge funds are perceived as slow, old financial vehicles of yesteryear.
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May 24 - News
One year ago, the hype around the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) IPO would have led one to think that this was the stock to retire on. We all know how that bust ended.
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May 24 - News
Shares of Facebook game developer Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) and daily deals website Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) have soared following reports of activist hedge fund Jana Partners...
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May 22 - News
The square application model has found success across the globe, specifically in major cities.
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May 21 - News
ING US Inc (NYSE:VOYA) – Shares in ING US Inc (NYSE:VOYA)’s U.S.
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May 20 - News
Has Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) finally turned the corner? The stock has witnessed some serious volatility in the past as the company reported periods of both declining and growing...
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May 16 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE:SVU), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD), Big Lots, Inc.
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May 16 - Hedge Funds
Everyone loves a good turnaround story, especially when it brings in significant profits for investors.
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May 15 - News
China's leading social networking website operator posted better-than-expected quarterly results last night.
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May 14 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR), Coffee Holding Co., Inc.
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May 9 - News
Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) reported revenue of $601.4 million. The 22 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated revenue of $591.0 million on the same basis.
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May 9 - News
Investors have been joking about how morning weakness in the stock market has tended to give way to gains by the time the markets close for the day, and so it's hard to take too...
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May 9 - News
The announcement came in as quite a shock to investors when they learned that close to one-third of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) advertising revenue now comes from smartphones and...
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May 8 - News
On Wednesday, Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 7 - News
While planning a vacation is exciting - especially if it will take you to a destination where you've never been - it can also be somewhat frustrating.
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May 7 - News
Shares of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) recently plunged again, after analysts from Piper Jaffray announced that they were expecting the group discount site’s revenue outlook for...
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May 7 - News
Let's start at the top with MAKO Surgical Corp. (NASDAQ:MAKO). The leading player in orthopedic robotics took a hit last year as sales for its RIO platform slowed.
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May 6 - News
Speculating on a bunch of unproven companies can certainly lead to enormous gains if they make it big, but it can also lead to some truly staggering losses.
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May 6 - News
Analysts are usually revered in the market, and even though they are often proved wrong, a formidable counter attack to their line of thinking can only be successfully presented...
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May 6 - News
A year ago, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering.
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May 2 - News
Stickers, which are essentially a character-driven interpretation on emoticons, made their first appearance in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)'s iOS application in mid April.
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April 26 - News
In just over five years, daily deal company LivingSocial went from D.C.
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April 24 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Theravance Inc (NASDAQ:THRX), GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK), Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ:TZOO), Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI), Overstock.com, Inc.
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April 18 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (USA) (NYSE:UBS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 16 - Hedge Funds
If you'd ask most investors, hedge funds are viewed as unimportant, outdated investment vehicles of the past.
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April 8 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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April 5 - News
In 2011, when J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) hired Ron Johnson as CEO, it also paid him $53.3 million in total compensation. Last year, while J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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April 4 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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April 2 - News
When I was 17 years old, I had a government class where we occasionally had to summarize news events. I think I got a B in the class, which I thought wasn't too shabby.
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March 28 - News
E-commerce sales were up by 15% in 2012, a year with overall U.S. GDP growth of 2.2%.
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March 26 - News
It's almost never enough to just read the headline earnings from a company and ignore the rest of the information.
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March 25 - News
Groupon was created around the idea of selling a single product or service, normally from a local merchant, to its network of potential buyers.
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March 22 - News
The global courier services company’s third quarter profit slumped 31%.
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March 21 - News
WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ:WBMD) is a health information service best known for its website of the same name.
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March 21 - News
The ouster of Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) founder and former CEO Andrew Mason wasn't a surprise.
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March 19 - News
Despite the recent run-up, Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ:TZOO) is poised to outgrow its valuation in a short time frame.
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March 18 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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March 17 - News
All good things must come to an end, and it took a surprising hit to consumer confidence to finally end the Dow Jones Industrial Average's fairy tale-esque 10-day run.
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March 16 - News
Happy Friday! There are more good news articles, commentaries, and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month.
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March 15 - News
Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) and Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), in my view, face very different future growth stories.
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March 12 - News
Revenue rose 49% to $48.8 million during the fourth quarter for China's leading social networking website operator.
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March 11 - News
A day after rallying to close at its highest point ever, the Dow Jones Industrial Average did it again. Wednesday's advance was the fourth straight day of blue-chip advances.
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March 6 - News
The market's response -- sending the shares nearly 25% higher in three days -- is telling.
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March 6 - News
A whopping 10.6 million shares were sold short as of mid-February according to Nasdaq's latest bi-monthly update.
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March 6 - News
Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P)’s stock has appreciated by a mammoth 40% in the last three months despite adverse news from the Internet Radio Fairness Act.
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March 6 - News
Each week, I report the results of the Big Idea Portfolio, a collection of five tech stocks that I believe will crush the market over a three-year period.
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March 6 - News
So the news came down that Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) CEO Andrew Mason was forced out at the end of February.
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March 5 - News
Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) CEO and founder Andrew Mason is out of a job.
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March 4 - News
Every investment in the stock market has an inherent risk, but some investments are obviously riskier than others.
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March 4 - News