FPA Capital Fund is a Los Angeles-based deep value mid-cap investment fund.
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February 8 - Hedge Fund Investor Letters, Hedge Funds, News
We have been waiting for this for a year and finally the third quarter ended up showing a nice bump in the performance of small-cap stocks.
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December 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Are General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), Magna International Inc.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, News
The stock market is trading higher on Friday following positive data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed the creation of 287,000 jobs in June, vs.
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July 8 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) have come together to help companies save money in the training of their frontline managers...
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June 9 - News, Stock Analysis
Most education-related stocks, particularly for-profit education stocks, have been weighted by declining enrollment and increased regulatory scrutiny in recent years.
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June 3 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Even though oil is down on Monday, U.S stocks are up, partly driven by strength in the financial and consumer discretionary sectors.
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May 2 - Market Movers, News
On the first day of the new trading week, all three index futures are modestly higher, while oil and gas futures are still trending lower.
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January 11 - Market Movers, News
Investing in small cap stocks has historically been a way to outperform the market, as small cap companies typically grow faster on average than the blue chips.
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Shares of Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), Cabelas Inc (NYSE:CAB), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB), and PulteGroup, Inc.
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October 22 - Market Movers, News
Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), Nobilis Health Corp (NYSEMKT:HLTH), Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ:CLNE), and Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE:SGY) are down for ...
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October 9 - Market Movers, News
Alkermes Plc (NASDAQ:ALKS) and Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) are in the news after the FDA approved Alkermes Plc's ARISTADA for the treatment of schizophrenia while...
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October 6 - News
Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL)'s stock is down by almost 10% in pre-market trading following a rather disappointing earnings release for the third fiscal quarter of 2015, which...
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June 30 - Hedge Funds, News
Larry Robbins’ Glenview Capital has disclosed in two filings with the SEC two bullish moves, including adding a new holding to its equity portfolio.
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March 24 - Hedge Funds, News
Following is the transcript of the Apollo Education Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL) first quarter 2015 earnings call made on Thursday, January 08, 2015, 8:30 AM ET.
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January 14 - Earnings Report, News
A recent article from Bloomberg is shedding new light on what has already been a heated controversy regarding the proliferation of for-profit schools – now a multi-billion...
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September 14 - News
Credit unions got a big reputational boost during the financial crisis, as banking customers protested what in their eyes were reckless lending practices that led to massive bailouts...
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September 13 - News
A popular chart going around shows that since 2001, college textbooks have increased in price more than 100% while recreational books have fallen in price by a little more than...
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September 11 - News
The computer hardware industry is a perfect example. Leading players managed to boost sales at a double-digit pace in the 1990s and again the past decade.
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September 10 - News
We've all heard the adage that if we want a good job, we have to go to college first.
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September 10 - News
For-profit education is regarded as one of the worst possible industries to invest your money in.
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September 9 - News
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...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
If you were to ask many market players, hedge funds are perceived as delayed, old investment tools of a forgotten age.
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August 28 - News
To the average investor, there are tons of gauges shareholders can use to watch their holdings. A couple of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading movement.
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August 27 - News
At the moment, there are plenty of gauges investors can use to analyze publicly traded companies. Two of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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August 26 - News
I have been following the for-profit education sector for a number of years now.
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August 12 - News
What do Warren Buffett and Sir John Templeton have in common? They both made billions by following one simple maxim: Find stocks or industries that are absolutely loathed.
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August 12 - News
Make no mistake about it: The U.S. stock market's most iconic and prolific stock market index is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI).
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August 12 - News
It's difficult to identify turning points for an industry and say: "That's when everything started to change." But if forced to, I would have to say that August 2010 was when ...
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August 12 - News
I'm taking time this week to dive deeper into the for-profit education industry.
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August 8 - News
As a former teacher and son of a current university professor, I've always been interested in following for-profit education companies.
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August 7 - News
Being a former middle school teacher and son of a university professor, I became very interested in researching for-profit education when I became a full-time Fool in the spring...
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August 6 - News
For-profit education stocks have suffered mightily over the past year on widespread concerns.
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August 2 - News
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, a record 21.6 million students attended U.S. colleges and universities in 2012, up 40% from 2000.
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August 1 - News
The education industry in America has been hurting for the last two years or so. Enrollments have declined across the board.
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July 29 - News
As the costs of higher education rise, the stocks of for-profit education companies find themselves in trouble.
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July 11 - News
To say that higher education in America is hurting would be an understatement.
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July 10 - News
To say that higher education in America is hurting would be an understatement.
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July 9 - News
Yesterday, interest rates on new federally subsidized Stafford student loans doubled from 3.4% to 6.8%.
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July 2 - News
Even with the market as a whole doing well over the last year, a number of stocks have seen significant declines in their stock prices.
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July 1 - Stock Analysis
If you’re an investor who owns stocks, you know that risk management is a key component of building a portfolio.
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June 27 - News
No matter the market, there will always be a few lagging disappointments holding back a Wall Street rally or several big losers leading a bearish day.
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June 27 - News
This morning, the release of the final revision to the first-quarter GDP number was seen as a positive thing for equities, despite the GDP number representing slower than previously...
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June 27 - News
Ever since the Federal Reserve announced its preliminary plans to exit its quantitative-easing program, investors have changed their previous views that the Fed wouldn't do anything...
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June 26 - News
Thousands of professional investors have their performance gauged against the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX).
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June 24 - News
Often when people consider investing in the education sector, they primarily turn to for-profit education companies-- Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), DeVry Inc.
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June 20 - News
The markets saw a second straight day of big gains Tuesday, ahead of pivotal statements by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tomorrow on the future of monetary policy.
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June 19 - News
Recently, Steven Cohen has filed a 13G filing to disclose his passive stake in ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI).
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June 12 - Hedge Funds
Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL), the for-profit education company that is the parent of University of Phoenix, looks like a great deal on the surface.
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June 12 - News
The single biggest driving factor in the index today is the highly anticipated Worldwide Developers Conference, which allows tech companies to show off their latest gadgets and...
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June 11 - News