To the average investor, there are many gauges shareholders can use to analyze the equity markets. A pair of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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September 12 - News
Earlier this month we reported on the 13D Activist Fund, a long-only fund which invests in stocks targeted by activist investors (as disclosed in 13D filings shortly after the...
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September 11 - Hedge Funds
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, is one of the highest profile hedge funds in the world.
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September 3 - News
NEW YORK (AP) -- J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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August 27 - News
In the financial world, there are plenty of metrics investors can use to track stocks. A couple of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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August 26 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of methods shareholders can use to watch publicly traded companies.
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August 26 - News
If you were to ask many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are seen as delayed, outdated investment tools of an era lost to time.
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August 23 - News
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) is up a little over 23% in 2013, and the rail company's operation in the tracking shipment space have been largely responsible for Mr.
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August 22 - News
Activist hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has received a lot of attention for his fund’s positions in J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) (long) and Herbalife Ltd.
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
George Soros, the man who famously broke the Bank of England on Black Wednesday, earning more than $1 billion in profit on the trade, has been rumored to have taken a large stake...
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August 12 - Hedge Funds
As a way to promote goods and services that is beneficial to society as a whole, governments often establish entities that have direct interaction with consumers.
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August 5 - News
So far, 2013 isn't shaping up to be the energy industry's safest year. A number of disasters have occurred, which have brought unwanted attention to the industry.
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July 29 - News
Railroads are often seen as a bellwether for the broader economy because of the amount of retail and manufactured goods they transport across the nation.
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July 26 - News
The surge in U.S. oil production since 2008 has created tremendous opportunities for the midstream companies involved in oil storage and transportation.
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July 25 - News
Oil production in the U.S. has zoomed higher over the past couple of years and is now at the highest level in about two decades.
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July 18 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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July 15 - Hedge Funds
With Canadian rail firms outperforming their United States counterparts in recent quarters, it's easy to see why many American investors are looking north to invest their money...
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July 15 - News
This weekend's horrific railcar explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, has drawn sudden attention to the rapidly expanding use of railcars to transport crude oil from where it's ...
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July 15 - News
Railroads are an industry looked favorably upon by many investors, including Warren Buffett.
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July 10 - News
In the past twelve months, Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) has experienced significant gains on the market, heading from around $70 per share to $112.60 per share at the time ...
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July 10 - News
By now, you've probably heard about TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP)'s Keystone XL pipeline.
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July 8 - News
Oil production in the United States has moved sharply higher in recent years due to high crude oil prices and technological advances in the extraction of petroleum.
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July 5 - News
The United States is pumping out more crude oil than the country’s pipelines can carry.
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July 5 - News
Pershing Square Capital invests in mid-cap and large-cap stocks of businesses with little financial leverage. The firm also invests in low-volatility stocks.
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July 3 - Hedge Funds
That was a protest chant from a march outside Washington D.C.
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June 17 - News
Pipelines, built by companies such as TransCanada Corporation (NYSE:TRP) and Enbridge Inc (NYSE:ENB), once carried nearly all of the crude oil shipped through the country.
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June 14 - News
As natural gas continues to replace coal, many North American railroads have begun struggling to retain their growth momentum.
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June 13 - News
Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) was in 16 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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June 13 - News
As the North American economy recovers, the rail sector has been one of the biggest beneficiaries.
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June 10 - News
One reason the Dow Jones Transportation Average has done so well is because of railroad companies.
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June 7 - News
The North American rail industry has been a life raft for oil production. In almost every major shale oil play in the U.S., production has steadily outpaced pipeline capacity.
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June 5 - News
Billionaire Bill Ackman and Pershing Square Capital's latest filing with the SEC shows that he has kept his top five steady and is continuing his major activist campaigns.
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June 4 - Hedge Funds
Four North American railroads are seeing explosive growth in shipments of crude due to a lack of pipeline capacity in the United States and Canada.
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June 4 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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June 4 - Hedge Funds
Increasing concern over global warming has spurred a new style of environmentally responsible investing.The Green Century mutual fund family is a leader in the space, so I took...
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June 3 - News
One of the "hedgies" we track is Pershing Square managed by Bill Ackman, and it has recently filed its 13F form with the SEC.
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June 3 - Hedge Funds
Last month, I suggested that The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) would be a good stock for a retiree’s portfolio.
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May 30 - News
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP) was in 31 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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May 28 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are dozens of gauges market participants can use to monitor Mr. Market. A pair of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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May 23 - News
Third Point’s Dan Loeb is known largely for his shareholder activism.
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May 17 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Dell Inc.
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April 25 - Hedge Funds
Who isn't enthralled by the sound of a train whistle in the distance? Billionaire investors like Whitney Tilson, Bill Ackman, and Warren Bufffett are certainly enamored of the...
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April 24 - News
The railroad industry has gained attention from analysts and investors over the last couple of years, even investing superstar Warren Buffett made a big move in this sector by...
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April 3 - News
One way to find ideas among the thousands of publicly traded stocks is to look at the holdings of mutual or hedge funds that invest the same way that you do.
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March 26 - Hedge Funds
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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March 13 - News
At Insider Monkey, we track 450 of the world’s most elite hedge fund managers and our research has shown that over time, their best picks routinely outperform. For more than...
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March 11 - Hedge Funds
Railroads reflect the health of their economies. For 2012, the US economy grew 2.2%, up from the 1.8% growth of 2011.
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March 6 - News
Today, let's look at investing giant Bill Ackman, who founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds
After hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson split from partner Glenn Tongue of T2 Partners in mid-2012 he vowed to sell off some major stakes in the likes of Berkshire Hathaway, Goldman...
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February 20 - Hedge Funds
Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors, and Enbridge Inc (USA) (NYSE:ENB) is about to release...
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February 14 - News