Harris Associates is a Chicago-based fund, which is wholly owned by Natixis Global Asset Management, a French financial services company, whose principal owner is BPCE, one of...
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April 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Springbok Capital is a long/short equity hedge fund that employs a fundamental-value strategy.
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March 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds
At the end of last week, we closed the latest round of 13F filings, during which, major institutional investors disclosed their equity portfolios as held at the end of 2013.
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February 19 - Hedge Funds, News
In its latest 13F, Dalal Street, managed by Mohnish Pabrai, disclosed its holdings for the fourth quarter of 2013.
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February 18 - Hedge Funds, News
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 13 - Hedge Funds, News
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 13 - Hedge Funds, News
The stock market’s decline this year is healthy and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index probably will end 2014 higher, Leon Cooperman, chairman of hedge fund Omega Advisors Inc...
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February 5 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire David Tepper’s hedge fund firm, Appaloosa Management, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013 and it’s turning into a year to remember for the former Goldman Sachs...
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December 13 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund Elliott Capital Advisors considers drug wholesaler McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) -0.33% $6.1 billion takeover offer for Germany's Celesio AG CLS1.XE +0.35% too low...
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December 10 - Hedge Funds
Once per quarter hedge funds disclose their long stock positions in major U.S. publicly traded companies.
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December 5 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital posted a strong 4.7 percent gain in November, putting it up 19.1 percent for the year with just one month to go.
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December 2 - Hedge Funds
Driehaus Capital, managed by Richard Driehaus, has recently reported changes to its equity portfolio, via its Q3 13F form.
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November 14 - Hedge Funds, News
Ray Dalio, who runs hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates, is speaking at the DealBook Conference in midtown Manhattan right now.
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November 12 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge-fund legend John Paulson has come up with a second act. And this time, it's on the long side.
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November 5 - Hedge Funds
George Soros, the billionaire investor, philanthropist and backer of liberal causes, has signed on to be a co-chair of the national finance council for Ready for Hillary, the ...
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October 25 - Hedge Funds
Did you know we're in the midst of Financial Planning Week? It didn't register high on my radar either.
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October 15 - News
In exchange for a $5 billion investment, which would serve as a vote of confidence in the nation's second largest lender, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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September 23 - News
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) announced their intent to become bank holding companies on Sept.
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September 23 - News
It's now been five years since the U.S.
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September 20 - Dividend Stocks, News
At the end of last week, I wrote an article about "the most important thing" in banking.
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September 19 - News
A company's strategic plan (and ability to execute that plan) is critical to the success of the business and thus its stock.
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September 19 - News
Read through any presentation or earnings release from a major lender, and you'll come across an extended conversation about their culture and what distinguishes them from the...
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September 17 - News
There are two ways a bank can cannibalize revenue and, by implication, shareholder return: They can underwrite bad loans and/or operate inefficiently -- that is, to allow expenses...
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September 17 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 17 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is gaining fast today, up by 0.96% by late morning on the news that it will be boosting its quarterly dividend by 22%, as well as buying back...
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September 17 - News
"The old model is basically broken," William S. Demchak, CEO of PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC), said last week at a gathering of industry analysts.
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September 17 - News
A slew of big banks just passed another stress test, mandated under the Dodd-Frank reform law.
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September 17 - News
Coughing dramatically and falling to the ground in front of a business school information session, around 35 Washington University students joined a national protest against Bank...
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September 16 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) and Merrill Lynch hammered out one of the biggest deals in Wall Street history in less than 36 hours during the weekend of September 13th and...
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September 16 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 16 - News
The leverage ratio of a bank is calculated by dividing its Tier 1 capital by its average total consolidated assets.
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September 16 - News
After a frantic weekend in September of 2008 during which investment banks scrambled for suitors in a desperate attempt to avoid the fate of Lehman Brothers, Bank of America ...
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September 16 - News
Let's face it: We'd all like to own a private jet, get driven around by chauffeurs in rare automobiles, eat at the priciest restaurants, and in essence never worry about money...
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September 16 - News
Make no mistake about it: Next week is all about the Federal Reserve.
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September 16 - News
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection early in the morning on Sept. 15, 2008, after failing to find any company willing to acquire its immense liabilities.
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September 16 - News
Jerome Powell thinks there are three major reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economic recovery.
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September 16 - News
After eight full months of debate, it appears that regulatory framework introduced earlier this year will come into effect by January 10, 2014, according to a new manual from ...
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September 15 - News
The swapping-out of three of the Dow Jones Industrial Average components for an equal number of new names came as a big surprise to many, and the first shake-up in almost 10 ...
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September 15 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 15 - News
Earlier this week, it was reported that NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), Visa Inc (NYSE:V), and Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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September 14 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 14 - News
Editor's Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG), Goldman Sachs Group...
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September 13 - News
A bank by the simplest definition is a holder and lender of deposits. When a buildup of deposits occurs unaccompanied by a similar growth in loans, banks put their spare cash...
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September 13 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 13 - Dividend Stocks, News
September 15th will mark the five-year anniversary of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for Lehman Brothers.
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September 13 - News
Twitter is finally making plans to join the public stock market. And perhaps the only ones more excited that Twitter founders, employees, or private investors are...
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September 13 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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September 12 - News
On Wednesday, Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)'s chief financial officer Bruce Thompson presented at this year's Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York.
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September 12 - News
It's safe to say that mortgage bankers have seen better days. On Wednesday, Citigroup Inc.
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September 12 - News
After just a few short months, megamoney manager Bruce Berkowitz is back in the news following the re-opening of his Fairholme Fund to new investors.
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September 12 - News
