Here are all the stock picks from Bill Ackman's private hedge fund conference...
Bill Ackman, the CEO of $18 billion hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, is hosting the 2015 Harbor Investment Conference at the AXA Equitable Building in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday.The...
View ArticleHere's Ray Dalio's attempt at explaining how he makes money
Billionaire Ray Dalio, the founder of $160 billion hedge fund behemoth Bridgewater Associates, is doing a Q&A with Pershing Square's Bill Ackman at the Harbor Investment Conference. The...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn sold 566,500 shares of Apple
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has trimmed his Apple stake in the last quarter of 2014, according to his fund's latest 13F filing. During the fourth quarter, Greenlight Capital sold 566,500 shares of...
View ArticleDavid Tepper dumped all of his Alibaba and Facebook shares
Hedge fund giant David Tepper cut his entire stake in Chinese ecommerce site Alibaba as well as his position in Facebook, according to his fund's 13F filing. Appaloosa's Q4 13F filing shows that they...
View ArticleDan Loeb added to his big Alibaba stake during the fourth quarter (BABA, AGN, C)
Hedge fund hot-shot Daniel Loeb, the founder of Third Point LLC, increased his Alibaba stake in the fourth quarter, according to his fund's latest 13F filing with the SEC. In the fourth quarter, Loeb...
View ArticleGeorge Soros bet on an oil rebound
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Soros Fund Management LLC took new positions in the energy sector in the fourth quarter, including stakes in Devon Energy Corp and Transocean Ltd, a regulatory filing showed...
View ArticleHedge fund manager identifies 10 things that could surprise the market this year
North Carolina-based hedge fund manager Mark Yusko, the founder of Morgan Creek Capital Management, revealed 10 things that he thinks could surprise the market in 2015.He shared it in a presentation...
View ArticleRadioShack's lenders think the company's bankruptcy was a 'suicide' assisted...
(Reuters) - Unsecured creditors of RadioShack Corp said the electronics retailer timed its bankruptcy to benefit a hedge fund trading strategy even though it cost the company millions of dollars in...
View ArticleRAOUL PAL: China's currency peg doesn't make sense for the economy
Business Insider recently asked the smartest people in finance for what they considered to be the "most important charts in the world" right now. Former global macro fund manager Raoul Pal sent us a...
View ArticleA former hedge fund titan says there's one quality he looks for that's more...
According to one former hedge fund titan, finding the best talent is the most difficult part of running your own firm. Arthur "Art" Samberg, the former CEO of Pequot Capital, described his assessment...
View ArticleSo far, hedge funds aren't doing as terribly this year as they did last year
According to data compiled by Goldman Sachs, the average hedge fund is up 1% in 2015, lagging the S&P 500 by about one percentage point."Hedge fund performance is off to a respectable start in 2015...
View ArticleHedge fund manager Whitney Tilson says SodaStream's stock is so beaten down...
Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, who runs Kase Capital, wrote in a group email on Monday that he thinks SodaStream's shares are about to "skyrocket." "...mark my words. I wouldn’t change a word of my...
View ArticleKen Griffin says his soon-to-be-ex-wife is requesting $6,800 a month for...
Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin claims that his soon-to-be-ex-wife is requesting $1 million per month in living expenses/child support, CNBC's Robert Frank reports citing court documents. According...
View ArticleNow we know when the most iconic Wall Street show in decades is coming back...
Wall Street has been buzzing about this since last spring — the return of iconic show "Wall Street Week", revamped by Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital and featuring an all-star roster of...
View ArticleMeet the ex-fighter pilot who runs the top-performing hedge fund in the world
What does it take be manager of the best-returning hedge fund in the world? For Ralph Kruger, the Arcstone Capital managing director who holds that title, the answer is courage and independence.Kruger,...
View ArticleThree things we just learned about the queen of hedge funds
We already knew that Leda Braga, the most powerful lady hedge fund manager in the world with the most assets under management, is a rockstar.Her computer-driven Systematica Investments, recently spun...
View ArticleGuy explains how he scored a job at a hedge fund straight out of college
The topic of getting hired at a hedge fund directly out of undergraduate compels many students. The response to the question: “Is it possible to get hired at a hedge fund directly out of...
View ArticleCNBC won't be at the must-attend Wall Street conference of the year
CNBC will not be covering SALT Las Vegas this year, the hedge fund conference that has become a must-attend event on Wall Street since investment firm SkyBridge capital launched it 7 years ago."We have...
View ArticleHerbalife says 2015 isn't going to be as great as it thought
Controversial nutritional supplements seller Herbalife reported fourth quarter earnings results that beat analysts' expectations. For the fourth quarter, adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.41...
View ArticleHedge fund manager sues the US government over a 'reckless' raid that shut...
David Ganek, the founder of the hedge fund Level Global, is suing the FBI and Southern District prosecutors in New York after the government's 2010 raid resulted in the shutting down of his $4 billion...
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