Big Tobacco lost a major battle in mid-May after a high court in London rebuffed an attempt by tobacco companies to prevent mandatory plain packaging in England.
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May 30 - Hedge Funds, News
Several investors make their investment decisions based on which stock or sector is 'hot' or in the limelight.
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May 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Now that all hedge funds have released their latest 13F filings, Warren Buffett's $1 billion bet on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been the main headline.
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May 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The current round of 13F filings is nearing its conclusion as smart money investors continue to reveal their equity holdings as of March 31.
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May 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Does it make sense to track insider selling activity? It depends! (One of the most commonly used answers in economics).
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April 28 - Dividend Stocks, Insider Trading, News
It's the heart of earnings season, as many big companies are now reporting their first quarter results.
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April 19 - Market Movers, News
Most investors consider cigarette companies as utilities that generate steady cash flow streams over the years.
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March 23 - Hedge Funds, News
The trade off between growth and dividends makes it difficult to find stocks with both a high payout ratio and solid growth prospects. The more a company pays out in dividends...
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February 11 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis
Research shows that corporate insiders tend to time the markets well when it comes to buying their company's shares, thanks to their contrarian approach to investing and superior...
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February 10 - Insider Trading, News
With the tobacco industry registering gains north of 20%, investors seem to be fond of the industry and have high expectations about more growth in the near term.
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January 19 - Hedge Funds, News
It is already common knowledge that individual investors do not usually have the necessary resources and abilities to properly research an investment opportunity.
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
Breton Hill, a Toronto-based macro-focused alternative asset management firm focused on liquid market strategies, was established by Ray Carroll in 2011 with $100 million in seed...
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October 20 - Hedge Funds, News
Gardner Russo & Gardner recently filed its 13F with the U.S.
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August 12 - Hedge Funds, News
In its financial results for the second quarter, announced this morning, Philip Morris International Inc.
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July 16 - Earnings Report, Hedge Funds, News
Recently, shares of Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) declined below $80 per share.
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June 24 - Dividend Stocks, News
Hugh Hendry’s Eclectica Asset Management has filed its Form 13F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the reporting period of March 31.
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May 13 - Hedge Funds, News
Deepak Gulati's Switzerland-based fund, Argentiere Capital recently disclosed its equity holdings as of the end of the first quarter in a filing with the SEC.
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April 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) came out with its second quarter results, Fox Business News reported.
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July 18 - Earnings Report, News
Bloomberg reporter Scarlet Fu has commented on three corporate developments on the “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Starting with Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), Fu said that the company has...
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June 29 - News
Last Friday, David Winters’ Wintergreen Advisers filed its 13F form at the U.S.
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February 19 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds
Biotech bets. The first thing to know about Citadel and Ken Griffin is that they typically employ a high level of portfolio turnover on a quarterly basis.
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November 15 - Hedge Funds, News
We've written about this company several times before.
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September 24 - News
In his book "The Intelligent Investor," Benjamin Graham set out some key rules that should be adhered to when analyzing companies in order to establish whether or not they are...
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September 23 - Dividend Stocks, News
In the eyes of many market players, hedge funds are viewed as delayed, outdated investment tools of an era lost to time.
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September 17 - News
When Warren Buffett bought up 5% of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM)'s stock for Berkshire Hathaway during 2011, he made a strange statement.
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September 16 - Dividend Stocks, News
Given a choice between a market leader in a slow growth industry with limited competition and a run-of-the-mill company in a high-growth and intensely-competitive industry, I ...
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September 12 - News
In the eyes of many market players, hedge funds are assumed to be bloated, old financial vehicles of an era lost to time.
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September 11 - News
After a record first half, tobacco stocks are now starting to pull back as the high-yield sector of the market is sold-off.
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September 10 - News
Two key issues have been in play in the stock market as we head into the long Labor Day weekend.
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September 3 - Insider Trading
Although justifiable concerns persist that the Federal Reserve's inevitable tapering of its monthly bond-buying program is going to cause lending rates to go up and will hamper...
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September 3 - News
Wish you were one of the world's highest paid CEOs? As you may have already read on our most stressful jobs list, being a CEO is one of the most demanding professions out there...
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August 29 - Lists, News
Many market watchers believe that quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds are of no use to most investors, but we have shown that this is false in at least one way: it is possible...
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August 29 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds
Some common concerns for income investors include building a portfolio which is diversified in a number of ways- including investments in dividend stocks in several different ...
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August 29 - Dividend Stocks, News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are tons of methods shareholders can use to monitor stocks.
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August 29 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of metrics market participants can use to analyze the equity markets.
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August 27 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to monitor the equity markets.
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August 23 - Dividend Stocks, News
The benefits to investing in emerging markets have become well known over the course of the last decade.
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August 23 - News
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) operates in an industry that will likely last forever. In good economic times, people can afford smokes.
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August 22 - News
We've managed to avoid the great Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012, along with countless doomsday prognostications before it.
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August 21 - News
James Melcher is the founder of Balestra Capital. A former stockbroker at A.G.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Arrowstreet Capital was founded by Peter Rathjens, Bruce Clarke, and John Campbell in 1999.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
At Insider Monkey, we follow insider trading activity and moves by companies' biggest executives.
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August 9 - Insider Trading
These days there doesn't seem to be much in the way of economic news that can stop the ascent of the broad-based S&P 500 .
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August 7 - News
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) had a tough second quarter, mainly due to adverse currency fluctuations.
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August 6 - News
The cigarette industry is controversial in terms of the impact it has on the health of the general public.
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August 6 - News
Cigarettes are addictive by nature and are the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the USA.
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August 5 - News
Before the announcement of second-quarter results, Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) always had the edge over former parent company Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO).
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August 1 - News
You may have read in the news lately about the US dollar being "strong." When the US dollar is strong, it has favorable exchange rates on foreign currencies.
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July 30 - News
At last count, my Kindle contained well over 100 books about these subjects, and that doesn't count the scores of paperbacks and hardbacks overflowing from my bookshelf and ...
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July 30 - News
On July 18, the world’s largest publicly-traded tobacco company, Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM), reported its earnings for the second quarter.
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July 24 - News