The 30 Most Successful Hedge Funds On Wall Street In 2013
What's a new year without a scoreboard check?The February issue of Bloomberg Markets Magazine contains its annual ranking of the 100 best performing large ($1 billion-plus AUM) hedge funds of the...
View ArticleIt's Crazy How Much Better 2013's Best Hedge Fund Did Than Almost Everyone Else
This morning Wall Street's buzzing about Bloomberg Markets Magazine's annual list of 100 best big hedge funds of the previous year (big meaning more that $1 billion assets under management).Part of...
View ArticleSAC Capital Alums Are Having No Problem Raising Cash To Start Their Own Hedge...
The SAC Capital Advisors brand starts 2014 severely sullied, but that negative reputation hasn't stopped recent alums of the firm from raising piles of cash.Investors have poured hundreds of millions...
View ArticleChris Christie's Wall Street Supporters Aren't Worried About Bridgegate
Republicans we spoke to on Wall Street think the Gov. Chris Christie "Bridgegate" is a non-event when it comes to him possibly running for president in 2016.This is crucial as Christie has been very...
View ArticleApparently Mathew Martoma Was Expelled From Harvard Law For Falsifying Documents
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Years before he was accused of insider trading, former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager Mathew Martoma forged a Harvard transcript, falsified an email, and created a dummy...
View ArticleHedge Fund Manager Blasts Nobel Prize Winner's Work Calling It 'Utter...
ValueWalk obtained a letter where Third Avenue Management's chairman/founder Martin Whitman blasts Nobel Prize Laureate Eugene Fama. "I am disappointed that a Nobel Prize was awarded to Eugene Fama,...
View ArticleEddie Lampert And His Hedge Fund Have Lost Over $290 Million Combined On...
Shares of retailer Sears continued to get destroyed after the retailer warned of a fourth quarter loss yesterday afternoon. The stock was last trading down more than 13% in the early session. This...
View ArticleBILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND MANAGER: 'Chris Christie Is A Once-In-A-Generation...
Billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller, the founder of Duquesne Capital Management, is still supporting Gov. Chris Christie despite the whole "Bridgegate" debacle. Druckenmiller told...
View ArticleAn Activist Hedge Fund Manager Has A Coffee Mug Specially Designed To...
DealBook's Alexandra Stevenson has an article on activist investors like Daniel Loeb, Carl Icahn, David Einhorn and Bill Ackman.One unidentified hedge fund manager in the article has a passive...
View ArticleThe Average Hedge Fund These Days Is Basically An Overpriced Index Fund
There are many types of hedge funds out there offering a variety of strategies.Generally speaking, most hedge funds will try to offer superior returns or stable returns in any market.But according to...
View ArticleThe Jim Beam Takeover Is A MASSIVE Win For Bill Ackman (BEAM)
Beam, the maker of Jim Beam, has agreed to be acquired by Japanese brewing and distillery company Suntory for $13.62 billion. Shares of Beam were last trading up more than 25% in the pre-market at...
View ArticlePaul Singer's Hedge Fund Is Going Activist On Juniper Networks And Shares Are...
Elliott Management, the hedge fund founded by billionaire Paul Singer, is making an activist play for Juniper Networks, Bloomberg reports.Elliott already has a 6.2% stake in the company, and shares are...
View ArticleA Convicted Insider Trader Went On Reddit To Reveal All Kinds Of Things About...
James Fleishman, a former vice president at "expert network" Primary Global Research LLC, is explaining on a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" what it's like to go to prison for insider trading.Prosecutors said...
View ArticleShares Of NuSkin Tank After A Negative Article In China Criticizes Its...
Shares of multi-level marketing company NuSkin are getting slammed this morning after an article in "The People's Daily" in China criticized its marketing practices. Shares of Nu-Skin were last trading...
View ArticleHedge Funds Think Goldman Sachs Is Going To Whiff On Earnings Tomorrow
Goldman Sachs (GS) is set to release FQ4’2013 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, January 16th and hedge funds are not expecting things to go well. This quarter several hedge fund analysts on...
View ArticleTwo Multi-Level Marketing Stocks Are Getting Hammered Today
Shares of multi-level marketing stocks Nu-Skin and Herbalife are tumbling today. The stock is off more than 20%. The shares are currently halted. Earlier this week, a negative article ran in the "The...
View ArticleSteve Cohen Is Selling The $62.5 Million Hamptons Mansion He Bought Last Spring
Steve Cohen hasn't even had the house for a full year, but he's already selling the East Hampton mansion he bought in March for $62.5 million, says the New York Observer.However a spokesperson for...
View ArticleWhy You May Want A Woman Managing Your Money
The hedge fund industry isn’t known for its gender diversity. It usually conjures up images of men in power suits eating steak dinners.And yet, when it comes to returns, women are the ones leading the...
View ArticleDan Loeb Takes A New Stake In Dow Chemical And It's Now Third Point's Largest...
Activist investor Daniel Loeb has taken a significant position in Dow Chemical and is calling for strategic review. He posted his investment thesis on website HVST.com. That's the same website Kyle...
View ArticleThis Website Has Members Like Dan Loeb And Kyle Bass Posting Their Newest...
When Texan hedge fund manager Kyle Bass first revealed that Hayman Capital had taken a large long position in GM he did it on new website HVST.com (Harvest Exchange). Earlier today, activist investor...
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