By analyzing the 13F filings of Third Point, managed by Dan Loeb, we estimate that his large-cap stock picks (those with market caps between above $20 billion) returned, on average...
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April 7 - Hedge Funds, News
Monday’s market sell-off hit hard many of the stocks that are most popular among hedge funds — especially the Internet and media stocks that have driven the returns of some...
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March 25 - Hedge Funds
In the current round of 13F filings, hedge funds and other institutional investors are disclosing their equity portfolios as held at the end of the last year.
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, News
An investment analyst who played a leading role in Pershing Square Capital Management’s bet against Herbalife Ltd.
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January 29 - Hedge Funds
SAC Capital, managed by Steven Cohen has increased its exposure to Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX), according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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January 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Steven Cohen and SAC Capital Advisors have released their top equity positions from Q3 in a filing with the SEC.
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, News
We have compared billionaire James Dinan’s York Capital Management’s most recent 13F to the fund’s previous filings (see a history of Dinan's trading activity) and here ...
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, News
The time for change is coming, and not only in the sense of technological innovation.
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November 12 - News
There is a lot of undue criticism of Dan Loeb these days.
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November 4 - Hedge Funds, News
Apple, Facebook: On Thursday, October 31, Apple Inc.
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November 4 - News
In a context where America’s spying devices are making President Obama’s relationship with a wide range of governments around the world increasingly uncomfortable, the union...
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November 1 - News
Billionaire interviews: In today's financial blogosphere, it's not uncommon to hear prominent investors sounding off on the economy, their favorite stock picks, or why they hate...
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October 16 - Hedge Funds
How does George Soros invest? Opinions of George Soros vary depending on whom you ask, but there’s no arguing against the Hungarian-American hedge fund manager’s investing...
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October 4 - Hedge Funds
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is reportedly going to pay around $18 million of former Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) Chief Stephen Elop's $25.5 million severance...
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September 23 - News
Editor's Note: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), Yahoo! Inc.
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September 17 - News
In my opinion, AOL, Inc. (NYSE:AOL) will eventually end up in bankruptcy, or selling off its parts as scrap. Its business strategy is seriously flawed. The plan at AOL, Inc.
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September 17 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is giving its Bing search engine an overhaul to better compete with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). Like Yahoo! Inc.
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September 17 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has regained the title of the world’s wealthiest man, according to the Forbes’ list.
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September 17 - News
This week, the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis is creating buzz and sparking memories, including here at The Motley Fool.
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September 14 - News
If you enjoy the finer things in life, then you'll love the action taking place in the specialty retail market.
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September 14 - News
The European Union says Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has submitted new proposals to address the concerns of the bloc's antitrust watchdog.
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September 12 - News
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) may be a firm in its death throes, as it makes further deep cuts and lobbies for foreign takeover laws in Canada to be relaxed.
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September 12 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Yahoo! Inc.
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September 12 - News
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) are among the most innovative companies of our time, and they both provide interesting opportunities for investors to ...
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September 12 - News
Many, like the New York Times Co., have given up the search for reach in favor of squeezing what readers they have for cash.
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September 12 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple Inc.
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September 11 - News
Facebook announced on Monday its latest bid to unseat Twitter as the hub for real-time online conversations: giving a few media partners the ability to tap into its “public ...
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September 10 - News
Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in 1995, and a year later they had begun to collaborate on the technology for the Stanford Digital Library Project...
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September 4 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Yahoo! Inc.
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September 3 - News
Rumors of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)'s death may have been greatly exaggerated.
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September 3 - News
It's been a week since I brought up Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) COO Sheryl Sandberg as a rock star candidate to be Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s next CEO, and apparently ...
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September 3 - News
It's official: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s CEO Steve Ballmer is leaving the company. According to a memo released on Aug.
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August 29 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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August 29 - Hedge Funds
Aside from the occasional up-and-coming NBA star, most of the early Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Glass adopters are, unsurprisingly, developers and technology fans that aren't normally...
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August 28 - News
A few days ago, the folks at COMSCORE, Inc.
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August 28 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is rolling out the Bing for Schools pilot program, offering grade schools an ad-free search engine at no cost.
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August 27 - News
Months before Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled its iPad in January 2010, the tech world was buzzing about mockups of a tablet computer from Microsoft Corp.
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August 26 - News
The market did something completely new and out of character on Thursday: It reacted reasonably to an unforeseen event. At around noon yesterday, the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
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August 24 - News
When you think about Internet search engines, I suspect that the first company that comes to mind is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).
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August 23 - News
In the eyes of many market players, hedge funds are viewed as useless, outdated investment tools of a forgotten age.
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August 23 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Yahoo! Inc.
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August 23 - News
To the average investor, there are tons of metrics market participants can use to monitor their holdings.
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August 22 - News
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) shares could be in for a bump Thursday, while it could be a bit of boo-hoo for Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), at least for the moment.
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August 22 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc.
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August 22 - News
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has made headlines in recent weeks for flirting with its IPO price of $38 per share.
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August 21 - News
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) went public on Aug. 19, 2004.
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August 19 - News
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)'s shares have been going higher recently.
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August 16 - News
Earlier this week, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its new YouTube application for Windows Phone after it was disabled in May by YouTube for failing to display ads...
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August 16 - News