Hedge Fund - Yacktman Asset Management

Paul Singer, the hedge-fund manager entangled in a public fight with Argentina over the country’s defaulted bonds, gained 4.6% in the first half of the year in his Elliott Associates L.P.

In its latest filing, Donald Yacktman’s Yacktman Asset Management reported slightly trimming its position in SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY).

Yacktman Asset Management, led by Donald Yacktman focuses on value-priced equities. In his 13F filing he has revealed his holdings for the fourth ended December 2013.

The Winklevoss twins: The Value Investing Congress was last week, and we at Insider Monkey were in attendance.

Apple versus Microsoft: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) versus Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). It is a clichéd contest debated by everyone from tech bloggers to university professors.

Donald Yacktman might not have the same name recognition as a Warren Buffett or a David Einhorn, but when he speaks about Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), we listen...

To the average investor, there are many methods shareholders can use to watch publicly traded companies. Two of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading activity.

In today’s marketplace, there are many metrics market participants can use to track stocks. A couple of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading interest.

Now, according to many of your peers, hedge funds are viewed as useless, old financial tools of a forgotten age.