Winton Capital Management Ltd., the $24.5 billion hedge-fund firm founded by David Harding, said profit plunged 64 percent last year after its main fund posted just its second...
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October 3 - Hedge Funds
Carl Icahn's Best Stock Picks: Carl Icahn may have lifted the company’s market cap by $20 billion in less than two days of trading last month, but Apple Inc.
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October 2 - Hedge Funds, News
Hedge Fund billionaire William Ackman has acknowledged that his big investment in J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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September 27 - Hedge Funds
Institutional investors are so big, they move the market.
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September 25 - Hedge Funds, News
Bill Ackman holdings: Bill Ackman is one of the most polarizing figures in the investment world. From his bullish bet on the floundering retailer J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
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September 23 - Hedge Funds, News
Carl Icahn has the investment world captivated. From his on-the-money bullish thesis behind Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), to his Apple Inc.
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September 18 - Hedge Funds, News
Shares of Herbalife hit an all-time high Tuesday, fueled by talk of an aggressive buyback operation by the nutritional supplements marketer.
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September 17 - News
Whether it was calling out Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) as a "pyramid scheme" or spinning off Tim Hortons Inc.
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September 17 - 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
Carl Icahn’s asset allocation strategy originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com.
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September 14 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds
Derivatives trading has improved dramatically, becoming safer and more efficient through post-crisis reforms that have shifted power from bank “dealers” to investors, according...
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September 12 - Hedge Funds
On September 9th, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who manages Icahn Capital (find Icahn's favorite stocks), conceded his battle over Dell Inc.
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September 10 - Hedge Funds
Nutritional products company Herbalife, battling allegations that it operates an illegal pyramid scheme, has a new and unexpected advocate: former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa...
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September 6 - News
At the age of 79, Post Holdings Inc. (NYSE:POST)'s CEO and former Ralcorp Holding Inc.
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September 6 - Hedge Funds, News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAIN), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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September 6 - Hedge Funds
Soros Fund Management, which is managed by billionaire George Soros, now owns 21.98 million shares of ailing retailer J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP).
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September 5 - Hedge Funds
Today let's look at investing giant Carl Icahn, who has made billions, partly by taking large positions in companies and pushing for change in them.
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September 5 - Hedge Funds
William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management is largely flat for the year after a bruising August in which the hedge fund lost 3.6 percent, said two investor sources ...
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September 5 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), J.C.
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September 5 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds
KPMG resigned as the auditor of Herbalife Ltd after one of its senior partners engaged in insider trading in Herbalife stock, the nutritional products company said on Tuesday.
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September 3 - News
In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are perceived as useless, outdated financial vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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September 3 - News
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, is one of the highest profile hedge funds in the world.
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September 3 - News
Tom Steyer, San Francisco hedge-fund billionaire and million-dollar donor to Democratic candidates -- including President Obama -- is something of a one-man Big Green with greater...
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August 30 - Hedge Funds
Michael Karsch is returning client money in his $1.8 billion hedge-fund firm after 13 years, saying he wants to take time to contemplate the next stage of his career, according...
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Earlier this month, legendary corporate raider Carl Icahn announced via Twitter that he owned a stake in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), Apple Inc.
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August 28 - 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
To many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are assumed to be useless, old investment vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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August 28 - News
The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking Bill Ackman seriously.
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Brushing off the criticism that has plagued his position for the last eight months, Ackman provides a detailed argument as to why Herbalife Ltd.
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August 23 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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August 22 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire George Soros is best known for his profitable macro investments, particularly in currency instruments, but his hedge fund Soros Fund Management engages in equity investments...
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August 21 - Hedge Funds
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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August 21 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD), US Airways Group, Inc.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Nuance Communications Inc.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds
Is Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) worth buying? Some of the world's smartest investors are buying in, and there might be a reason why you should to.
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August 20 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Harbinger Group Inc (NYSE:HRG), Dell Inc.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire George Soros is best known for its profitable macro investments, particularly in currency instruments, but his hedge fund Soros Fund Management engages in equity investments...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds
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
Carl Icahn isn't the only billionaire investor with an appetite for Apple's stock.
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August 15 - Hedge Funds
Investors in Third Point Reinsurance Ltd.’s initial public offering are betting on billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb.
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August 14 - 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
If you'd ask most market participants, hedge funds are assumed to be slow, outdated financial tools of the past.
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August 9 - News
The hedge fund industry's political power players are taking sides in the New York City's mayoral race.
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August 8 - Hedge Funds
Sometimes, truth takes some time to emerge.
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August 7 - News
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) and Herbalife Ltd.
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August 6 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund legend Carl Icahn is reportedly part of the original inspiration for Gordon Gekko, the ruthless antagonist in the 1987 film Wall Street.
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August 6 - Hedge Funds
George Soros recently took a large stake in Herbalife Ltd.
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August 5 - News
The closely watched battle of the hedge-fund billionaires over Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is about to get a lot nastier.
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August 5 - Hedge Funds