Hedge Fund - Oaktree Capital Management

From an investment standpoint, the basic materials sector has been absolutely dreadful in 2013.

While hedge funds subscribe to many different investment philosophies, this space can be boiled down to two types of managers: the activists and the passivists.

Oaktree Capial, Star Bulk Carriers: In an amended 13D with the SEC, Howard Marks's Oaktree Capital disclosed a 21.9% stake in Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK).

A $70 billion portfolio managed by hedge fund titan Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates is still struggling to overcome heavy summer losses that could lead some investors to place redemption notices in...

At the moment, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to analyze their holdings. A pair of the best are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.

Now, according to many market players, hedge funds are assumed to be bloated, old investment tools of a period lost to current times.

For the average investor, capitalizing on the trading strategies of a hedge fund seems unlikely without a substantial investment, sometimes as high as a $1 million minimum.

Some of the most valuable information from hedge funds and other notable investors comes in the form of the small-cap and mid-cap stocks which they own.

Earnings multiples are very basic value metrics, but we think they are still useful in the sense that stocks with low P/Es can be a good place to start looking for undervalued stocks.