Hillary Clinton is going after Wall Street
MONTICELLO, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton blasted executive pay and tax rates for hedge-fund managers on Tuesday, using the first stop of her low-key campaign rollout in Iowa to highlight...
View ArticleSTAN DRUCKENMILLER: I just know this is going to end badly; I can feel it in...
Billionaire hedge fund legend Stanley Druckenmiller, the now retired founder of Duquesne Capital, thinks the Federal Reserve's aggressive approach to monetary policy could "end badly."According to...
View ArticleA key analyst at the hedge fund that took on Marissa Mayer just quit
Cristiano Amoruso, an analyst at hedge fund Starboard, is leaving the firm for a new gig at Lion Point, a global special situations fund which launched on April 1st. We've heard this from two...
View ArticleReport: Ben Bernanke is joining a hedge fund as a senior adviser
Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, will become a senior adviser to the hedge fund Citadel Investment Group, The New York Times reported.Bernanke, who handed the reins of the US...
View ArticleHedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is selling his other waterfront Florida...
Legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II just listed his stunning Florida Keys home for $14.5 million, Realtor.com reports. Earlier this month, the Palm Beach Daily News reported that Tudor...
View ArticleHedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is selling his other waterfront Florida...
Legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II just listed his stunning Florida Keys home for $14.5 million, Realtor.com reports. Earlier this month, the Palm Beach Daily News reported that Tudor...
View ArticleThe hot trend in hedge fund land is going all in on one single investment idea
It's like a hedge fund except the fees are lower, your funds are tied up for longer, and the firm is even more secretive than usual about its bets. That, and your money only goes to one single...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn really ripped into GE in his fund's quarterly letter
Closely-followed hedge fund manager David Einhorn, the CEO of Greenlight Capital, blasted General Electric Co. in his fund's first quarter letter.Earlier this month, GE announced plans to exit most of...
View ArticleArgentina is gloating in front of its hedge fund enemies
The Argentine government on Tuesday held a bond offering — something it really hasn't had an opportunity to do much since its 2001 default. The Republic sold $1.4 billion worth of bonds.So economy...
View ArticleTech companies are already scared of this activist investor and now he's...
Jesse Cohn is known for threatening to simply buy the technology companies he often targets as an activist investor. Now he may start doing that through a new private equity division his hedge fund,...
View ArticleAmazon investors' patience may be 'wearing thin'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For many years, investors have been very tolerant as Amazon.com has sacrificed profits for rapid growth in sales and as it built new businesses. That patience may finally be...
View ArticleOne of the most mysterious hedge fund managers in the world is launching his...
Israel Englander, the billionaire founder of Millennium Management, is launching a new venture with his top quant, The Wall Street Journal reports.The as-yet unnamed business will be Englander's first...
View ArticleTuesday's your last chance to enter the investment contest of the year
If you've ever wanted to run your ideas by some of the world's leading investors, now is your chance.A panel of all-star judges — including Bill Ackman, David Einhorn, Joel Greenblatt, Seth Klarman,...
View ArticleThis star hedge fund manager has CIA interrogators give all his potential...
Hedge fund manager Jason H. Karp, the founder of Tourbillon Capital Partners, said all of the potential hires at his firm take a personality test."We actually administer a three-step personality exam...
View ArticleDan Loeb revealed a stake in YUM! Brands and the stock is shooting up (YUM)
Third Point founder Dan Loeb has issued his first quarter letter, and he says he's taken a significant position in YUM! Brands, the owner of food chains including KFC. YUM! stock was up about 4% on the...
View ArticleEverything you need to know before the biggest hedge fund conference of the...
On Tuesday around 2,000 hedge fund managers, DC insiders, Wall Street bankers, reporters, security experts, and will.i.am will descend on the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas for an annual four day meeting...
View ArticleWe haven't heard Carl Icahn this bearish in a long time
Carl Icahn gave a wide-ranging interview on Sunday's Wall Street Week, and he was more bearish than Business Insider has heard him in some time.He told hosts Anthony Scaramucci and Gary Kaminsky that...
View Article'Motherfrackers': Einhorn just came out swinging against the fracking industry
David Einhorn, the founder of Greenlight Capital, came out swinging Monday against the fracking industry at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City."We object to oil fracking because the...
View ArticleActivist hedge funder Barry Rosenstein says Qualcomm is 'significantly...
Activist investor Barry Rosenstein, the founder of $11 billion JANA Partners, gave two ideas at the Sohn Conference in New York.First, he discussed Walgreens Boots Alliance. He explained that through...
View ArticleWe just sat through the most terrifying presentation we've ever heard at a...
Serial entrepreneur and inventor Jay Walker gave the most terrifying presentation at the Sohn Conference in New York City.Walker is the chairman of TEDMED, the health edition of TED. In his...
View Article