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Bill Ackman And Valeant Pharma Are Reportedly Making A Bid On Botox-Maker...
Shares of pharmaceutical company Allergan are exploding in the after hours session.The Wall Street Journal reported that activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square is partnering with Valeant...
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DAVID EINHORN: 'We Are Witnessing Our Second Tech Bubble In 15 Years'
Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn, who runs Greenlight Capital, says we're seeing another tech bubble, CNBC reported, citing his fund's quarterly investor letter."Now there is a clear consensus that we...
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Botox Maker Is Mounting A 'Poison Pill' Defense Against Takeover Led By Ackman
A new front has opened in the battle between activist investors and board directors, after Allergan after Bill Ackman and Valeant Pharmaceuticals made a $46bn joint bid for Allergan, a rival drugs...
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The Dark Side Of Bill Ackman's Big New Deal
It's a monster deal with a fair amount of complication and $45 billion on the line — hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman is teaming up with pharmaceutical company, Valeant (VRX), to acquire one of its...
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The Financial Times Rips Bill Ackman's New Deal Apart
It seems totally normal — one pharmaceutical company wants to buy another pharmaceutical company. Dog bites man, the world turns on its axis, nothing to see here.But the deal between Bill Ackman and...
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Howard Marks' Brilliant Observation On What It Takes To Be A Great Investor
Billionaire asset manager Howard Marks, the chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital, was on Bloomberg TV today talking about what it means to "be great" when it comes to investing. Marks, who's...
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The Weirdest Ways Hedge Funds Make Money
Back in 1949 when the first hedge fund, A.W. Jones, was formed, it was just about going long some stocks, and short other stocks.In the last sixty-plus years, though, that strategy has become just one...
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Infamous Hacker 'Weev' Went On CNBC To Explain The Fascinating Hedge Fund...
Well-known hacker Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, who released thousands of iPad users' email addresses to point out a flaw in AT&T's servers, is starting a hedge fund.His fund will be called "TRO LLC"...
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A Late Hedge Fund Millionaire's Central Park West Apartment Is On Sale For...
The Upper West Side co-op that belonged to the late-hedge fund manager Robert Wilson is on the market for $25 million, the New York Times reports [via Curbed].Wilson, a retired fund manager and a big...
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Herbalife Beats On Earnings, Ends Dividend To Buy Back Stock, Carl Icahn...
Herbalife just reported first quarter earnings and it's a nice beat for the nutritional supplements seller.The company reported adjusted EPS of $1.50 versus analyst estimates of $1.30.Revenue for the...
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The Company Bill Ackman Is Teaming Up To Acquire Just Slapped Him In The Face
Allergan will not go quietly. The pharmaceutical company says that it has contacted Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson to see if either company would like to buy it, says Bloomberg. In deal-land they...
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One Of The Greatest Feuds In Wall Street History Has Officially Come To An End
One of the greatest feuds in Wall Street history appears to have come to an end.Billionaire activist investors and long-time rivals Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman have made up after a decade of...
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Wall Street Helped Raise $7.75 Million For The Charter School At War With...
Hundreds of Wall Streeters gathered at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan last night to raise funds for Success Academy Charter Schools — the charter school network that's been battling with Mayor Bill de...
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It's The Last Day To Submit An Investment Idea For One Of The Biggest Hedge...
Today is the last day to enter an investment idea contest at one of the biggest hedge fund events of the year.Entries for the Sohn Investment Idea Contest are due by 5 p.m. today. The judges include...
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The Young Pershing Square Analyst Who Worked On The Herbalife Short Has...
Shane Dinneen, the young Pershing Square analyst who worked on the Herbalife short, has broken his silence since resigning from the hedge fund several months ago. Dinneen wrote a blog post on...
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DAN LOEB: Be Prepared To Buckle Your Seatbelt
Closely followed fund manager Daniel Loeb, CEO of Third Point, just sent out his first-quarter investor letter.So far this year, Third Point's Off Shore Fund is up 3.3%. The S&P is up 1.8%.It's a...
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SEC Investigates Possible Hedge Fund Collusion Against Bill Ackman's Massive...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is probing whether a number of hedge funds many have acted improperly when they made bets on nutrition and weight loss company...
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REPORT: A Pershing Square Analyst Told His Roommate About The Herbalife Short...
DealBook's Ben Protess and Alexandra Stevenson have a big article on how federal authorities are looking into a number of hedge funds on both sides of the Herbalife trade.Authorities are looking into...
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Today A Bunch Of Hedge-Fund Managers Will Unveil New Stock Picks — Here's How...
Today, hundreds of investors will be gathering at Lincoln Center in Manhattan for the 19th annual Sohn Investment Conference. This charity conference brings together some of the biggest names in the...
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JEFF GUNDLACH: Short The Homebuilders (XHB)
Bond god Jeffrey Gundlach, the CEO of DoubleLine Capital, is bearish on single-family homes. Gundlach said single-family housing is "over-believed and over-rated."His trade is to short XHB Homebuilders...
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