Bill Ackman is getting slammed in 2016 (VRX, HHC, HLF, QSR, PAH, MDLZ, ZTS,...
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, the fund's publicly traded vehicle, has fallen 14.5% in 2016, according to a performance update.That performance is through January 19. Pershing...
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Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are pouring cash into the campaign group fighting to keep Britain in Europe, ahead of a referendum on the issue that could come as soon as this summer.Sky News reported on...
View ArticleIt looks like one of the biggest hedge fund investors in Valeant sold some of...
Lone Pine Capital, the hedge fund led by Stephen Mandel, appears to have sold some of its stake in the embattled Canadian drug company Valeant Pharmaceuticals, according to a new investor letter seen...
View ArticleCheck out the eye-popping building where hedge fund billionaire David Tepper...
Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper, who runs $20 billion Appaloosa Management, has opened up a small office in Miami.Tepper's South Beach digs are located on Washington Avenue, according to a filing....
View ArticleGEORGE SOROS: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are 'doing the work of ISIS'
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is "doing the work of ISIS." Soros, 85, made the comments in a Bloomberg TV interview at the World Economic...
View ArticleGEORGE SOROS: The world is running into something it doesn't know how to handle
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros is pretty bearish."We are repeating [2008]," Soros said during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in an interview with Bloomberg TV.The root cause of...
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View ArticleGoldman Sachs and JPMorgan are bankrolling the campaign to keep Britain in...
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are pouring cash into the campaign group fighting to keep Britain in Europe, ahead of a referendum on the issue that could come as soon as this summer.Sky News reported on...
View ArticleCREDIT SUISSE: Here's just how disastrous a Brexit could be for the UK economy
The referendum on whether or not to stay in the EU is the UK's main political event of 2016.It's hard to predict with any accuracy the economic and financial effects of the referendum given uncertainty...
View ArticleSeth Klarman's super-secretive hedge fund had its third losing year — here's...
In 2015, The Baupost Group — the $27 billion Boston-based hedge fund — had its third losing year.Baupost was founded by legendary value investor Seth Klarman, the author of "Margin of Safety."The fund...
View ArticleOne of the world's best value investors has a warning about those Silicon...
Legendary value investor Seth Klarman has a warning about Silicon Valley unicorns, the startups valued at $1 billion or more.Here's Klarman in his fund's 2015 year-end letter:Another area that has been...
View ArticleBAUPOST: We've started buying distressed debt
The Baupost Group, the $27 billion hedge fund led by value investor Seth Klarman, has been buying distressed debt, or the bonds of companies that are in or near bankruptcy.In an investor update, Jim...
View ArticleThe crazy story of how one of the world’s best-known investors helped launch...
We recently learned a bit of history about hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates.It turns out he helped McDonalds launch Chicken...
View ArticleHere are the top 20 hedge fund managers of all time
Ray Dalio, the founder of hedge fund behemoth $160 billion Bridgewater Associates, has dethroned George Soros as the most successful hedge fund manager, according to a new ranking.London-based fund of...
View ArticleBill Ackman's lieutenant is leaving Pershing Square to pursue a new venture
Pershing Square Capital partner Paul Hilal is leaving the activist hedge fund to launch his own venture, Bill Ackman wrote at the end of his fourth-quarter investment letter.Hilal, who roomed with...
View ArticleOne ugly chart shows how Bill Ackman's investments have been decimated
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, the fund's publicly traded vehicle, suffered its worst year in history, falling 20.5% in 2015.It was a year Ackman "will not forget," according...
View ArticleThere's one area in hedge fund investing that's expecting a monster pay year
SumZero, the online community for buy-side professionals, has put out its annual compensation report for hedge funds.Of the website's 12,000 members, about 3,500 shared their compensation details for...
View ArticleHere's how much people make working for a hedge fund
SumZero, an online community of buy-side professionals, has released its 2016 compensation report for hedge fund professionals.Of the website's 12,000 members, approximately 3,500 shared their...
View ArticleREALITY CHECK: Working for a hedge fund probably won't make you a...
You might think working at a hedge fund will automatically mean you'll get paid ridiculous amounts of money.Yes, you'll probably get paid very well. But according to a new compensation report, only a...
View ArticleBill Ackman says he would've lost less money if other people didn't think he...
Bill Ackman, billionaire founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, had a horrible 2015.His fund delivered a -19.3% gross return.Naturally, he then had to explain why his fund...
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