Quantitative investing is gaining more and more ground amid strong results that keeps convincing investors to switch away from traditional hedge funds that use human research...
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May 28 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing
Founded in 1985, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is a Toronto-based financial holding company. It is run by Prem Watsa, who is also known as Canada’s Warren Buffett.
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February 17 - Hedge Funds, News
Do you know which are the 16 biggest commercial banks in New York City? Let’s start with what is a commercial bank.
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February 2 - Lists, News
Before we spend days researching a stock idea we'd like to take a look at how hedge funds and billionaire investors recently traded that stock.
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November 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Castine Capital Management is a Boston-based investment firm managed by Paul Magidson, Jonathan Cohen and Ostrom Enders.
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November 21 - Hedge Funds, News
Gabalex Capital Management is a long/short equity hedge fund based in New York.
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November 11 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Crude futures are in the green today after yesterday's API report showed a surprise draw in inventories.
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October 19 - Earnings Report, News
After falling sharply over the past few trading sessions, crude futures are now in the green as traders position themselves for the upcoming informal OPEC/Russia meeting later...
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September 15 - Market Movers, News
It's been a busy week for banking stocks as many have reported earnings results for their latest fiscal quarters.
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July 16 - Earnings Report, Economy, News
After opening in the green, the three major indexes are close to flat today, as volatility remains low.
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July 15 - Market Movers, News
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway outperformed the S&P 500 by 11.1% per year from 1965-2015, generating an overall gain of 1,598,284% compared to the market’s total return...
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May 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway outperformed the S&P 500 by 11.1% per year from 1965-2015, generating an overall gain of 1,598,284% compared to the market’s total return...
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April 26 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis
Investing in small cap stocks has historically been a way to outperform the market, as small cap companies typically grow faster on average than the blue chips.
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December 1 - Hedge Funds, News
John Horseman founded Horseman Capital, a London-based long/short equity hedge fund, about a decade-and-a-half ago. The fund has grown by leaps-and-bounds since then, as it now...
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October 24 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The third-quarter earnings season is now well under way, but it has not turned out to be as gloomy as analysts previously anticipated just yet.
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October 21 - Insider Trading, News
Global stock markets rallied yesterday on the back of increasing expectations of more policy easing from the Chinese government and strong German trade data that lessens the ...
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September 9 - Hedge Funds, News
Investing legend Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has recently filed its 13F for the quarter ended June 30, revealing a U.S. equity portfolio worth over $107.18 billion.
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August 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) reported its financial results for the second quarter this morning.
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July 15 - Earnings Report, Hedge Funds, News
Very few people in the finance world would need an introduction to Warren Buffett, the founder of Berkshire Hathaway.
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June 23 - Hedge Funds, News
We have extricated the top five companies that have the blessings of two of the best value investors in business today, Donald Yacktman (pictured) and Warren Buffett.
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June 15 - Hedge Funds, News
A few days ago, Matthew Lindenbaum’s Basswood Capital, filed a Schedule 13F with the SEC, disclosing his long equity positions as of June 30, 2014.
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July 10 - Hedge Funds, News
Lou Simpson, a former understudy of Warren Buffett, is the manager of SQ Advisors. Simpson has enjoyed great success running GEICO, returning an average of 24% annually.
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News
When the "Oracle of Omaha" talks, people listen, which is why the oil sector and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) -0.02% got lots of attention after regulatory filings revealed...
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November 20 - Hedge Funds
High profile management changes are in the news today. Apple Inc.
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October 17 - Hedge Funds, News
Warren Buffett strategy: If his recent impersonation of Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg has shown us anything, it is now clearer than ever that Warren Buffett is one tough dude.
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October 4 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett is synonymous with value investing and investment success. Buffett has consistently delivered profits to his investors in Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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October 3 - Hedge Funds
Donaldson, Andrew Cecere: On Monday, Andrew Cecere, director at Donaldson Company, Inc.
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October 2 - Insider Trading, News
Warren Buffett is synonymous with value investing and investment success. Buffett has consistently delivered profits to his investors in Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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September 23 - Hedge Funds
Many investors shy away from investing in banks because they seem too complex or too difficult to understand, as they often have their hands in many different businesses.
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September 21 - 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
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
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 17 - News
Motley Fool analyst Matt Koppenheffer sits down with Rick Engdahl for a side-of-desk interview about banks.
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September 13 - News
If it stands as an example for anything, it's that the business model of a traditional bank still reigns supreme over the universal model of its too-big-to-fail competitors like...
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September 11 - News
If you own shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), then it's likely you've wondered why it always seems to be so far behind its nearest competitors -- JPMorgan Chase & Co...
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September 10 - News
Many investors and market watchers claim that quarterly 13Fs from hedge funds are of limited use to mom-and-pop traders.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds
At a bare minimum, a great bank must do two things: gather up copious amounts of deposits, and write good loans.
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September 3 - News
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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August 30 - Dividend Stocks, News
The nation's banks are headed in the right direction.
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August 30 - News
Over the past several years, Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) has transformed from a credit card juggernaut to a more traditional bank.
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August 28 - News
Investors seeking premier Main Street banking stocks with excellent long-term income and capital appreciation prospects, without the Wall Street razzle-dazzle accounting, derivatives...
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August 27 - News
At the moment, there are many metrics market participants can use to monitor stocks. A couple of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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August 26 - News
There are a number of things we look for when hedge funds and other major investors release their quarterly 13F filings.
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August 26 - Hedge Funds
With the refinancing boom waning as interest rates rise, Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) recently announced that it will cut 2,300 jobs in its mortgage unit, even though it saw its...
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August 25 - News
In the eyes of many traders, hedge funds are seen as useless, outdated investment tools of a forgotten age.
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August 22 - News
Yes, I know the S&P has been flirting with 1,700, and I know the economy has been adding 160,000 to 200,000 jobs per month for quite some time now. But that is today.
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August 21 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), H.J.
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August 21 - Hedge Funds
Its 44% revenue growth year over year bested regional banking counterparts PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC) and U.S.
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August 21 - News
If you were to hone in on the capital positions of the nation's six biggest banks, you'd likely notice an interesting anomaly.
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August 20 - News
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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August 20 - News