Last week, Goldman Sachs released its quarterly VIP list, showcasing the top 50 stocks that appear most frequently as top-10 holdings among hedge funds.
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May 29 - News
Part of my ritual as an investor is to review the Insider Transactions column in Barron’s Magazine.
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May 29 - News
It might not be obvious to the casual observer, but right now, today, The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) stock offers one of the best values available in the insurance industry...
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May 28 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B), Apple Inc.
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
Barry Rosenstein founded Jana Partners in 2001, and now has some $3.5 billion in assets under management. The hedge fund focuses on value-oriented and event-driven strategies.
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
The stock market has hit record highs lately, and investors who still feel the lingering effects of the market's meltdown four years ago are finally starting to feel more comfortable...
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May 23 - News
Is American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) undervalued? Investors who are in the know are taking a bearish view.
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May 23 - News
As of its 13F filing last week, the fund was fairly active in the first quarter, exiting some stakes while dramatically increasing others.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
Seth Klarman's Baupost Group, led by the famed value investor and author of Margin of Safety, recently revealed its public equity portfolio in its quarterly filing with the SEC...
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM), Dynegy Inc.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FCE.A), American International Group, Inc.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B), American International Group, Inc.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Herbalife Ltd.
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May 22 - Hedge Funds
A second day of no economic news to speak of is taking its toll again on the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI).
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May 21 - News
This year, companies are gobbling up their own shares by the tens of billions of dollars. Repurchases can create tremendous value when they're properly timed.
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May 21 - News
The mortgage meltdown and ensuing financial crisis took down many financial entities, plowing some completely under and leaving others barely surviving.
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May 21 - News
One of the big stories last week was the group of hedge funds dropping or reducing their holdings in American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG).
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May 21 - News
In the swirl of lawsuits facing the big banks over mortgage-backed securities, things can change seemingly on a daily basis.
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May 20 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG), The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG), Hanesbrands Inc.
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May 17 - Hedge Funds
Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) has been on a tear the past two days, rising 5% after hedge fund manager David Tepper spoke out about his confidence in stocks earlier in the week.
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May 16 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the hedge fund king once again.
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May 16 - Hedge Funds
Seth Klarman, who manages the Baupost Group, is such a widely followed value investor that his book Margin of Safety, which was written in 1991 and details his thoughts on investing...
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May 15 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Yahoo! Inc.
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May 15 - Hedge Funds
There is one type of financial risk, the risk of remote contingencies -- which, if they occur, can be devastating -- that market participants of all kinds almost always systematically...
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May 14 - News
In a previous piece, I covered two of Whitney Tilson’s recent picks from last week’s Value Investing Congress (Netflix, Inc.
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May 14 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS), Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX), QUALCOMM, Inc.
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May 10 - Hedge Funds
Last week, when insurance giant American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) announced impressive first-quarter earnings, one of the top questions on investors and analysts' minds...
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May 9 - News
It might be an overstatement to say that American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) wants Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s head on a platter, but it's not far-fetched to say...
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May 9 - News
American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) rose by nearly 5% on Friday after the company announced better than expected earnings figures on Thursday after the close.
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May 8 - News
When I think of comparing the tech sector to the financial sector it is laughable. It’s like the east versus the west.
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May 7 - News
Followers of the markets over the past few years know the name American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) all too well.
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May 7 - News
Editor's Note: Related Ticker: Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE:CS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Herbalife Ltd.
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May 7 - Hedge Funds
As the date draws near for the May 30 Article 77 hearing on whether or not Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s $8.5 billion settlement with 22 institutional investors will go forward...
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May 6 - News
It's unlikely that you will ever hear this spoken: "I bought shares of this stock just so I could go to the annual meeting." Unlikely, that is, unless you're talking about Berkshire...
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May 6 - News
With the S&P 500 having hit new all-time record highs on Friday, it's a good time to take a look back and see where the index's most recent gains have come from.
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May 5 - News
Yesterday, the S&P 500 (S&P Indices:.INX) climbed above the 1,600 mark for the first time, setting the latest in a series of recent all-time record highs.
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May 4 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), International Business Machines Corp.
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May 3 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), MGIC Investment Corp.
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May 3 - News
It's been a long time coming, but American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) is finally showing that it's back on track to once again becoming the insurance king it was before...
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May 3 - News
Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) has reached 15,000 for the first time following the job report that exceeded forecasts.
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May 3 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), SandRidge Energy Inc.
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May 3 - Hedge Funds
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) plunged nearly 3% on May 2, 1930, the day after President Herbert Hoover stridently assured the public that the worst...
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May 2 - News
After the last economic crisis, investors have found it hard to trust insurance companies. Some said they were too big to fail, while others, too big to ignore.
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May 2 - News
First, there's Peter Eastwood, a 22-year American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) veteran who most recently headed up the company's domestic property-casualty operations.
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May 2 - Hedge Funds
First quarter earnings season is well underway, and a clear trend has yet to emerge among the various reports so far.
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May 1 - News
Analysts have various methods of picking and recommending stocks.
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May 1 - News
On Thursday, American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 30 - News
Earnings season is heating up, with the highly controversial Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) reporting better-than-expected earnings after the close.
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April 30 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Apple Inc.
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April 29 - Hedge Funds
Next Tuesday, MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE:MTG) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 28 - News
