Campus Crest Communities Inc. (CCG)

At Insider Monkey, we closely monitor the moves made by activist investors. Their targets are often undervalued stocks with firm foundations that for one reason or another have failed to execute.

Most investors are awaiting a fundamental catalyst to diminish their concerns about the potential impact of a slowing global economy on the U.S economy and put a halt to the equities sell-off.

Hedge fund managers and other stock market participants seem to be divided into two camps when it comes to how undervalued or overvalued they believe the U.S equity markets are at the moment.

Shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), and Campus Crest Communities Inc (NYSE:CCG) are trending this morning, as noteworthy events affect each stock.

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Clinton Group, a fund founded by George E.

In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of metrics shareholders can use to monitor Mr. Market. A couple of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading activity.

Now, according to many traders, hedge funds are perceived as useless, old investment tools of an era lost to time.

Colleges have seen enrollment fall for two years after peaking in 2011. That's not a good thing for colleges, but will it also tarnish the fortunes of American Campus Communities, Inc.