Here's Ray Dalio's Advice For Investing In The Market Cycle We're In Right Now
After speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ray Dalio joined the folks at CNBC this morning. In his interview, he explained where things stand in the global economy right now, and...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn Discloses New Stake In Anadarko Petroleum
David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital has disclosed a new stake in Anadarko Petroleum, Bloomberg News reports citing the fund's fourth quarter letter. Anadarko Petroleum was last trading up more than...
View ArticleCarl Icahn Takes A Stake In eBay
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn owns eBay, the company announced in its fourth quarter earnings release. [via CNBC's David Faber]. Icahn owns 0.82% of eBay shares. He has nominated two...
View ArticleJim Chanos Has A New Strategy For Shorting Stocks
Jim Chanos, who runs Kynikos Associates, has developed a new strategy for shorting stocks, the famed short-seller told the Wall Street Journal's Dennis K. Berman. Chanos' new investment thesis focuses...
View ArticleHERBALIFE IS TANKING
Shares of Herbalife tanked on Thursday after a Senator sent a letter to regulators asking that they investigate the company. Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey (D) has sent letters to the Securites...
View ArticleBILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND MANAGER: The Derivatives I Love To Trade Are Hurting...
On Wednesday, Paul Singer, founder of the hedge fund Elliott Management, was on a panel at the World Economic Forum about safety in our global financial system.In sum: He believes we're not safe. More...
View ArticleSome Of Wall Street's Favorite Activist Investors Are Eating Companies Alive
The hot new investment strategy on Wall Street these days is to go activist, but what those activists do once they go after their targets could be slowly killing the companies they invest in.It looks...
View ArticleHerbalife Is Getting Slammed
Shares of Herbalife have tumbled again today. The stock was last trading down more than 8%. The New York Post's Michelle Celarier just published an article about Chinese media outlet First Financial...
View ArticleHerbalife Explodes Higher On Report That The Stock's Biggest Bull Is Joining...
Shares of Herbalife spiked today on news that the stock's most bullish analyst was leaving his firm. According to Fox Business Network's Charlie Gasparino, D.A. Davidson analyst Tim Ramey is leaving...
View ArticleWHEN THE HEDGE FAILS: Hedge Fund Manager Describes What It's Like When It All...
I run a hedge fund which means I am meant to hedge risk. However if you hedge away all your risk you hedge away all your returns.So you have in your head (or computer) some model of how the world works...
View ArticleThe Mystery Of Shane Dinneen
Reporters are trying to figure out whether or not Shane Dinneen, the Pershing Square analyst who worked on the fund's famous Herbalife short, is still with the firm. The question was first raised...
View ArticleBill Ackman's Letter About The Analyst Who Left His Fund Is Incredibly Classy
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square Capital, sent a letter to investors last night regarding one of Pershing Square's young analysts who has left the firm. His letter was...
View ArticleWhy It Seems Every Hedge Fund Wants To Go Activist On Companies These Days In...
Carl Icahn's on his soap box about Apple, Paul Singer's going after Juniper, and it seems like new activist hedge funds are popping up everywhere — some even helmed by industry veterans tweaking their...
View ArticleSome Quants Think They Know The Result Of The Super Bowl
A quant asset management firm has developed a model to predict the winner of the Super Bowl.Los Angeles-based Analytic Investors believes that the Denver Broncos will beat the Seattle Seahawks in the...
View ArticleA Wall Street Invention That Almost Blew Up The World Five Years Ago Is...
Going the way of scrunchies and jerry curls, credit default swaps (CDS) are falling out of fashion on Wall Street, reports Bloomberg's Mary Childs.Outstanding CDS has been cut in about half in the time...
View ArticleHerbalife Shares Are Surging Again After Two Big Announcements (HLF)
Shares of Herbalife are up more than 4 percent in the pre-market after the company put out two press releases.First, the nutritional supplements seller announced its fourth quarter preliminary results...
View ArticleSAC Capital's Going To Change Its Name Very Soon
Steven A. Cohen's once $14 billion namesake hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors is going to change its name very soon.According to DealBook's Ben Protess and Alexandra Stevenson report, the hedge fund is...
View ArticleLouis Bacon's Hedge Fund Just Scooped Up 9 London-Based SAC Employees
As beleaguered hedge fund SAC Capital transitions to a family office, its former employees are heading to rival outfits.CNBC's Lawrence Delevingne reported late last year that Louis Bacon's Moore...
View ArticleBill Ackman Launches A New Website To Go After Herbalife
Shares of Herbalife are now down about 3% after Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square launched a new website this morning.HerbalifePyramidScheme.com, which was unveiled today, focuses on some of the...
View ArticleHerbalife Went On A Huge Tear In The Final Hour Of Trading
Herbalife had a big bounce at the end of the day with the stock surging in the final hour of trading to close up more than 7%. Early this morning, the stock was up after Herbalife released two press...
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