Hedge Fund - Glenview Capital

Billionaire Larry Robbins, the founder of Glenview Capital Management, has been among the most scrutinized and closely-watched hedge fund managers in recent years due to his bullish bets on Obamacare...

Form 13G's must be filed with the SEC upon any investor or entity amassing at least 5% of a company's outstanding shares, or alternatively, an investment falling beneath the 5% ownership threshold.

Numerous stock market participants are looking forward to hedge funds’ 13F filings for the fourth quarter, which will reveal the early-2016 bets of the world’s brightest and most successful investors...

There may be some debate as to whether activist shareholders are good for the long-term health of companies, but there is no debating their results.

Glenview Capital, led by Larry Robbins, recently submitted its 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosing the long positions held in its portfolio at the end of the third quarter.

Individual investors may find the stock picking process rather scary and troublesome, considering that there are thousands of listed companies on the major U.S exchanges.

Larry Robbins of Glenview Capital is one of the most widely-watched investors on Wall Street.

In its most recent 13F filing, for the second quarter of 2015, Larry Robbins' Glenview Capital disclosed that about half of its equity portfolio was invested in the healthcare sector.

Everybody is talking about Bill Ackman's nearly $2 billion losses in Valeant (VRX). Valeant isn't the only stock that is costing hedge funds billions.