Hedge Fund News: T Boone Pickens, Edward Lampert & BlueCrest Capital Management
Last Friday morning, billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens was in a meeting with another politically active hedge fund manager in New York City.
Posts Tagged ‘Mitt Romney’
Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Daniel Benton & Ken Griffin
Tiger Global Management, the New York-based hedge fund firm founded by Tiger Cub Charles (Chase) Coleman III, is the latest hedge fund firm to post disappointing results for September...
Hedge Fund News: Wilbur Ross, Bill Ackman & George Soros
Billionaire Wilbur Ross invited Paul Ryan over for lunch. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Invest Like The Super-Rich With This 7.2% Yielder
Ever wonder how the super-rich manage their investments and retire on that private island with afternoon mojitos? A big part of it is investing in the assets not available to ...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, TiVo Inc. (TIVO), Alere Inc (ALR)
For hundreds of years, family offices have been the financial equivalent of social registers — small, musty preserves of the rich that have little impact on the real world.
Hedge Fund News: Whitney Tilson, Marc Lasry, BlackRock Inc.
Hedge fund investor Whitney Tilson is standing a little taller tonight after shares of Netflix, Inc.
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Carl Icahn, Halcon Resources Corp
One of the hedge funds run by John Paulson, whose prescient bets against housing where chronicled in the book "The Greatest Trade Ever," is on track to be the second worst performer...
Hedge Fund News: James Simons, David Einhorn, Office Depot Inc
Renaissance Technologies is one of the most mysterious hedge funds in the world.
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, Andrew Lo, Netflix
Hedge-fund titan Steven Cohen is casting a shadow over the government’s last outstanding insider-trading trial.
MLPs Are Getting Crushed
Investors knew that the results of the election would bode well for some asset classes and be a hindrance for others, and it appears that one of the losers has come out of the...
Time To Buy Oil?
The past few weeks have been rough on crude oil, as the massive commodity has been seeing a major decline in price.
Gold and Silver ETFs Soar After Obama Re-election
Late Tuesday night, it was announced that Barack Obama had won his re-election campaign, and will spend four more years in the White House.
Hedge Fund News: Carl Icahn, Greg Coffey, Marc Leder
Navistar International Corp (NYSE:NAV) bond yields are rising while those of other U.S.
Jim Rogers: Money Printing Will Run Amok
After Tuesday’s election results, analysts of all kinds are weighing in on how they think the next four years will go.
Hedge Fund News: Paul Singer, Nelson Peltz, James Dinan
The detention of the ship was ordered on application to a court by Elliott Capital Management, which has bought up debt associated with bonds on which the Argentinian government...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Thomas Steyer, Paul Singer
President Obama wins his re-election bid. The dollar fell and the Euro rose upon the news, as concerns about the fiscal cliff loom.
Vote For Obama Or Romney With These Commodities
Tomorrow will mark the battle for what could be the 45th President of the United States.
Hedge Fund News: Steven Cohen, John Burbank, BarclayHedge
SAC Re the Bermuda based Class 4 reinsurer backed by Steven A.
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Julian Robertson, Blackstone
Tom Steyer’s announcement last week that he would step down from the hedge fund he founded, Farallon Capital, came as no surprise to those who have been paying attention to ...
These 3 Energy Stocks Could Soar if Romney Wins the Election
Major political events can have a powerful effect on the market, particularly oil stocks.
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, Carl Icahn, Citigroup
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn raised concerns about the U.S.
Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, Phil Falcone, Citigroup
One of the hottest trades of the past few months has been the bonds of a country so shaken by economic and social turmoil that a neo-Nazi party is running third in the polls.
Hedge Fund News: John Paulson, Mitt Romney, BlueCrest
Hedge-fund manager John Paulson famously made nearly $4 billion in 2007 correctly betting that the housing bubble, fueled by the subprime mortgage market, would pop.
Hedge Fund News: GLG Partners, Man Group, George Soros
You could not blame GLG Partners co-founder Noam Gottesman for feeling a little smug today.
Obama Won the Second Debate, Here’s How to Play It
One of the best things about the fall of a presidential election year is the televised debates between the incumbent commander-in-chief and his challenger.
Time To Buy Coal?
When it comes to the fuel of the future, many have been touting the advantages of natural gas for our economy, while others point to alternative energies to lead us into the ...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, John Paulson, SkyBridge
The European Union could be destroyed by the "nightmare" euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George...
4 Investing Opportunites From the Inside Commodities Conference
Index Universe’s Inside Commodities conference took place in Chicago this week, and we were lucky enough to get passes to hear the likes of Dennis Gartman and Peter Schiff ...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Seth Klarman, Carl Icahn
George Soros’, Soros Fund Management, a hedge fund management company, which he founded in 1969, bought 2% convertible Bond holdings in Digital River, Inc.
Schiff Refutes “Stellar” Jobs Numbers
Friday’s employment data had a number of people in an uproar.
Hedge Fund News: David Einhorn, George Soros, Ron Paul
I recently came across an old transcript of a David Einhorn speech at the Value Investing Congress in 2006.
Hedge Fund News: Mitt Romney, Paul Singer, David Harding
During the first presidential debate, a Yahoo Finance poll found that 80% of voters (33,782) believed Mitt Romney gave a stronger performance than President Obama.
Hedge Fund News: Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Bill Ackman
Veteran investors Jim Rogers and 'Dr Doom' Marc Faber have clashed over the merits of investing in Chinese equities.
Bain Capital’s Bet Against Romney
As debate season heats up, we had an interesting takeaway from the first 2012 Presidential debate yesterday.
Thumbs-up from Romney sparks bullish activity in Arch Coal calls
Arch Coal Inc (NYSE:ACI) – Shares in Arch Coal, Inc., which traded down to their lowest levels of the past decade during the month of July, caught a bid on Thursday, energized...
Hedge Fund News: Chase Coleman, Dan Loeb, Nouriel Roubini
Tiger Global, one of the world's best-performing hedge funds, ended the third quarter with strong gains, leaving the fund up 22.4 percent for the year, two people familiar with...
Faber: Romney’s Fed Chairmen Will Print Trillions
By now everyone is familiar with Ben Bernanke and his money printing strategies for solving an economy in crisis.
Hedge Fund News: Leon Cooperman, Steven Cohen, Apple
Apple is not only the most profitable company in the world, but it also now owns the world’s largest hedge fund as well.
Hedge Fund News: Nelson Peltz, George Soros, Jim Rogers
Mark Fetting, chief executive officer of Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM), was out of time.
Hedge Fund News: Chris Hansen, Ray Dalio, Lookers
Seattle City Council members this summer said they wouldn't approve a $490 million basketball and hockey arena without knowing more about Chris Hansen's business plan, his investors...
How a Romney Presidency Could Destroy Alternative Energy Investing
For the next two months, all anyone will be talking about is who will win the November election and how that will impact our nation.
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: Marc Faber, David Abrams, Ray Dalio
Central bankers are “counterfeit money printers” and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should resign for messing up the U.S.
Hedge Fund News: Thomas Steyer, Dan Loeb, BlackRock
While most hedge fund managers are backing President Barack Obama's opponent this November, Farallon Capital Management founder Thomas Steyer is keeping faith with his liberal...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Steven Cohen, John Paulson
Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros made some bold statements in an interview with the Financial Times, saing that Germany must either lead the Eurozone out of...
Hedge Fund News: Lee Ainslie, Nelson Obus, Leon Cooperman
Maverick Capital Ltd.'s Steve Galbraith, who left a top investment-strategist post at Morgan Stanley MS +3.64% for the hedge fund eight years ago, plans to leave the firm as soon...
Warren Buffett News: A New Lease On Life
Corporate and city leaders hailed a reinvigorated LeachGarner as a reaffirmation of tradition and an investment in the future at the company's grand opening ceremony Thursday.
Warren Buffett News: Investing in the Smartphone Revolution
Warren Buffett once said, “Don’t invest in something you don’t understand.” I beg to differ! Investors, especially older ones who struggle to understand technology, would...
Hedge Fund News: Marc Lasry, Bill Gross, John Paulson
One year ago Assets at Marc Lasry’s Avenue Capital Group dipped to $12.3 billion by midyear 2011, from $18 billion just six months earlier, as the firm had been liquidating ...
