Whitney Tilson Praises Obama for Stock Market, Discusses Herbalife, Walmart, Wells Fargo
Whitney Tilson is a famous value investing fund manager and is the founder of Kase Capital Management.
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Herbalife Ltd. (HLF): Two Men Charged With Insider Trading By SEC
Security and Exchange Commission has charged two men with insider trading in Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) shares, according to a CNBC report by Scott Wapner.
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) In A Vacuum of Information: Duane Stanford
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)’s up by about 7% during the day and trades at around $43.1, after a long slide that started at the end of July.
Carl Icahn To Get Three More Board Seats at Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
Carl Icahn and Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) have strengthened their ties, with the company having agreed to offer Icahn more board seats.
Druckenmiller’s 4Q13 Portfolio Changes
Stan Druckenmiller is a billionaire, and was the long-time manager of Duquesne Capital. Now, he oversees a family office, but his investing strategy is mostly the same.
Even After Dell Inc. (DELL) Stalemate, Icahn Is Still A Success
On September 9th, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who manages Icahn Capital (find Icahn's favorite stocks), conceded his battle over Dell Inc.
Equinix Inc (EQIX), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP)–Hedge Fund Battleground Stocks: What Should You Do?
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...
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (QCOR), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP): Hedge Funds, Not So Good At Shorting, Great At Picking Small Caps
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...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP): Ackman Is Just One Of Many Short Sellers Having a Tough 2013
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.
George Soros’s Hedge Fund Bullish On J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) & Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Selling Airlines
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...
Billionaire Carl Icahn Has Been Buying Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) and Transocean LTD (RIG)
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...
Ken Heebner’s Capital Growth Management’s Small Cap Picks Include Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
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...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) & 4 More: Hedge Fund Tiger Consumer Management’s Best Picks
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...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Intel Corporation (INTC): Pay Attention to This or Lose 44.7% of Investment Returns
They are not usually exciting and they don’t normally make splashy headlines; but, on average, stocks that pay dividends outperform the market average over time.
Billionaire Dan Loeb’s Small Cap Stock Picks Include Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
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...
Delphi Automotive PLC (DLPH), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF): Billionaire Dan Loeb’s High Upside Potential Picks
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...
Ken Heebner’s 3% Yield and Higher Picks Include Herbalife (HLF)
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.
Hedge Funds Have Bought Herbalife, Tempur-Pedic, and More
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.
Billionaire Dan Loeb and Insiders Are Bullish on These Stocks: Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Apple Inc. (AAPL)
On the whole, hedge funds have underperformed the market in recent years. This is no secret.
Hillshire Brands (HSH) & Other Lesser Known Stocks From Rivals Bill Ackman and Dan Loeb
Hedge funds generate a substantial portion of their alpha from the small-cap space. On the whole, public research about the little guys tends to be less efficient.
Hedge Funds Are Buying Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) and These Other Stocks
13D and 13G filings from hedge funds reveal large positions taken by hedge funds (or significant changes in these positions) fairly recently after the fund has made its move, ...
What Else is Dan Loeb Bullish On Besides Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)?
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) has had a wild ride over the past three weeks.
Billionaire Dan Loeb Ambushes Ackman On Herbalife Ltd. (HLF)
In December, billionaire Bill Ackman of Pershing Square (check out Ackman's stock picks) gave an exhaustive short presentation on Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF).
Hedge Fund News: Ken Griffin, John Paulson, General Motors Company (GM)
The two biggest hedge funds led by Citadel LLC CEO Ken Griffin posted returns of about 26 percent as of the end of the year compared to 2011 year end results, according to a person...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) Isn’t the Only Stock with a Bill Ackman-Whitney Tilson Connection
Billionaire Bill Ackman runs a niche equity portfolio, owning only around 10 stocks at a time.
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Leon Cooperman, BlackRock Inc. (BLK)
MACRO HEDGE FUND MANAGERS KNOW THE MARKETS can be a cruel mistress. Just ask Louis Bacon.
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF), Express, Inc. (EXPR) Among Joel Greenblatt’s Key Bets
Joel Greenblatt is well known in the value investing community, having penned a number of books on investing, including You Can Be A Stock Market Genius, in addition to developing...
In The Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) Aftermath, Should Investors Buy Multi-Level Marketing Companies?
With all of the uncertainty surrounding Herbalife Ltd.
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Whitney Tilson, SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD)
John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made a fortune during the downturn but more recently blamed a bad 2012 performance on Europe, didn’t let that stop him giving friends...
Did David Einhorn Short Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) With Bill Ackman?
Shares of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) have fallen over 38% since last Wednesday, amid reports that Bill Ackman, manager of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, is...
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) Hammered Again, Ackman’s Four Pillars of a ‘Pyramid Scheme’
Yesterday, we discussed the jaw-dropping fall of Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) CEO on Bill Ackman: ‘We Want The SEC to Take Action’
By now, you've probably heard what hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, manager of Pershing Square Capital, reportedly thinks of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)'s business model.
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, Ricky Sandler, Louis Bacon
You know that really damaging hidden camera footage of Mitt Romney that's making the rounds today? Mother Jones' David Corn has revealed that the tapes come from a fundraiser ...
Hedge Fund News: Louis Bacon, Carl Icahn, Dan Loeb
Louis Moore Bacon plans to give back $2 billion, or 25 percent of his main hedge fund, to investors, saying it may be too big for him to achieve past returns as “liquidity and...
Recap of Monday’s After-Market Large-Cap Earnings Reports
There were 17 large-cap companies that posted their quarterly earnings reports prior to Monday's market open, and the results were received as generally mixed.
The Direct Selling Association Responds to David Einhorn
As the association representing more than 200 leading firms that manufacture and distribute goods and services sold directly to consumers, the Direct Selling Association (DSA...
Jim Simons Lost $50 Million Because of David Einhorn’s Question
Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies had nearly 3 million shares of Herbalife (HLF) at the end of December.
Ken Heebner’s Stock Picks with the Highest Upside Potential
Capital Growth Management was founded by Ken Heebner in 1990 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Hedge Fund Holdings In Cramer’s Stock Picks
Jim Cramer is one of the top watched TV personalities on CNBC. He is the host of Mad Money and also the co-founder and chairman of TheStreet.com.
