In the eyes of most stock holders, hedge funds are seen as unimportant, outdated investment vehicles of years past.
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March 20 - News
To most investors, hedge funds are perceived as worthless, old financial tools of the past.
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March 20 - News
We divide our time between tracking filings from hedge funds and other notable investors, which we use to develop investment strategies (for example, we have found that the most...
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March 20 - Insider Trading
With the most recent quarter over, we have been able to compile over four hundred 13F filings that were submitted to the SEC in the past few weeks.
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March 15 - Hedge Funds
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds report many of their long equity positions as of the end of that quarter to the SEC (and therefore to the general public...
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March 15 - Hedge Funds
Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) was the second most popular healthcare stock among hedge funds in the fourth quarter of 2012, right behind Pfizer Inc.
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March 15 - Insider Trading
Six to seven weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds are required to file 13Fs with the SEC detailing many of their long equity positions as of the end of the quarter...
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
A 13G filed with the SEC has reported that Omega Advisors, a hedge fund managed by billionaire Leon Cooperman, owns 9.6 million shares of Polycom Inc (NASDAQ:PLCM), a $1.8 billion...
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
According to a filing with the SEC, Eric Wiseman, who sits on the Board of Directors at health insurer Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI), directly purchased 4,200 shares of the company...
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March 11 - Insider Trading
We like to analyze 13F filings from hedge funds as part of our research into investment strategies; for example, we have found that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge...
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March 5 - Hedge Funds
We have been going through our database of 13F filings for the fourth quarter of 2012.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
We maintain a database of 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
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
This week many hedge funds and other major investors are filing their 13Fs for the fourth quarter of 2012, as these filings (which publicly disclose many of a fund’s long U....
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February 13 - Hedge Funds
Hedge funds and other major investors are required to publicly file 13F filings within six to seven weeks after the end of a quarter.
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January 30 - Hedge Funds
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
A research team at Goldman Sachs has released a list of stocks which they think have the highest upside when comparing the current price to the team’s price target.
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December 12 - Stock Analysis
According to a 13G filed with the SEC, Blue Ridge Capital has acquired a total of 6.7 million shares of Owens Corning (NYSE:OC).
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October 22 - Hedge Funds
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
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October 3 - Stock Analysis
Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN), the widely popular daily deals site, has seen its stock lose over 70% in value from its November 2011 IPO price of $20.
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September 15 - Stock Analysis
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Qualcomm, Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH), and Avago Technologies (NASDAQ:AVGO) are in Lee Ainslie's 'fab four'. As mentioned in Lee Ainslie...
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September 11 - Hedge Funds
It has been a rough year for solar stocks. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) was the worst performing stock in the S&P 500 last year and has lost almost 90% of its value from its 52...
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who made billions betting against the U.S.
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April 18 - Hedge Funds
In late February, we discussed the bullish bets of Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital at the end of 2011.
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April 4 - Hedge Funds
Lee Ainslie launched Maverick Capital in 1993 after spending three years at Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management. Lee Ainslie is a pure long/short equity investor.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire John Paulson, who controls an 8.4 percent stake in Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.
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February 15 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s (CP) support for Chief Executive Officer Fred Green doesn’t make sense because the company’s performance trails all of its North American...
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February 7 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the railroad controlled by Warren Buffett, plans $3.9 billion in capital spending this year, an increase of 11 percent from 2011, as the company ...
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February 6 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Lansdowne Partners, one of Europe's biggest hedge fund managers, saw its flagship UK fund return 5.7 percent in January, in a sign the industry is benefiting from a rebound in...
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February 2 - Hedge Funds, Macroeconomic Predictions
Citigroup Inc. (C) slumps more than 7% today after the company reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results.
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January 17 - Market Movers
First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) rises 9.60% to $42.49 at 1:07PM EST on Wednesday. One possible cause was a report from Deutsche Bank today.
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January 11 - Market Movers
We have been compiling hedge fund returns in 2011 for the past couple of weeks. We gathered returns for more than 60 hedge funds we are tracking.
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January 10 - Hedge Funds
First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) rallies today after Bloomberg suggested that the company could be takeover target for GE or Siemens.
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December 22 - Market Movers
First Solar Inc. (FSLR) declined nearly 20% after disclosing unexpectedly low sales figures in its FY 2012 guidance.
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December 14 - Market Movers
JP Morgan Chase (JPM) rose over 8% in trading on Wednesday as "the Federal Reserve and five central banks lowered interest rates on dollar swaps and China cut banks’ reserve...
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November 30 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers
NetApp Inc (NTAP) shares sunk from $40.74 at close Wednesday to trade at just $35.57 a share as of 3:30pm EST.
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November 17 - Hedge Funds, Market Movers
Wellington Management revealed its 10.26% passive stake in Whiting Petroleum Corp (WLL) on November 10th.
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November 11 - Hedge Funds
Citigroup (C) fell more than 8.55% in early trading on Tuesday "on worries that a planned Greek referendum could scuttle a plan reached last week to resolve Europe's debt crisis...
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November 1 - Hedge Funds
First Solar (FSLR)'s share price fell more than 6% Monday morning as FSLR share prices fell from $53.99 at close on Friday to trade at $50.38 at 10am EST Monday.
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October 31 - Hedge Funds
Hedge funds fell 3.2% in September according to Bloomberg, making September 2011 the worst month for hedge funds in over a year.
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October 13 - Hedge Funds
Goodrich Corporation (GR) soared nearly 16% today following the announcement that United Technologies is in talks to buy the aerospace equipment manufacturer.
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September 19 - Market Movers
Maverick Capital lost 11% in August according to an article by Katya Wachtel and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Katya Wachtel used to write at Business Insider until recently).
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September 14 - News
Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. (LFT) was sued in May by an investor alleging the company overstated profit margins and concealed adverse facts.
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September 6 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund performance in August 2011 was disappointing, according to Financial Times. "Hedge fund industry has failed to live up to its name" a recent article said.
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August 30 - Hedge Funds
Apple, already the top favorite among hedge funds, gained more admirers in the second quarter, including Eric Mindich and Larry Robbins. Apple was ranked the No.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
Larry Robbins’ Glenview Capital Management returned 82.7% in 2009 after losing 50% in 2008.
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July 29 - News
Two hedge fund founders were accused in a U.S. lawsuit of using accounting manipulation to loot $205 million in fees from Tetragon Financial Group Ltd.
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July 13 - Uncategorized
Eric Bannasch’s Cadian Capital boosted its stake in Thoratec Corporation (THOR) to 5.78% of the company.. They now hold 3.3M shares of the company.
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July 4 - News
After seeing this article we decided to join the conversation about the owner of a $100 Million Capital One savings account.
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June 30 - Hedge Funds