Icahn Enterprises

Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP), the holding company owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, experienced another bloodbath on Thursday, plummeting 21% after dropping by 13% the day before, and on track for the worst session of its history.  This comes after Icahn's...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. Insider purchases at a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), two health care companies and an energy company were reported last week. Some insiders at conglomerates added to their stakes as...

Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. This past week, some insiders added to their stakes in REITs, a specialty retailer and a packaged foods giant. Some insiders were making return trips to the buy window to increase their stakes....

  Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. Some insiders were making return trips to the buy window last week. Some of those purchases were made by C-level executives.     Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10%...

Carl Icahn on Thursday filed a 13D disclosing a new 14.8-million share stake in AmTrust Financial Services Inc (NASDAQ: AFSI). With 9.38 percent ownership of the company, Icahn is now one of AmTrust’s largest shareholders, behind Chairman and CEO Barry Zyskind and George Karfunkel, one of its...

Coattail investing is a simple concept: If a stock is worthy of Warren Buffett's attention and investment dollars, then surely its good enough for ordinary investors. Investors who don't feel that their own investment needs and strategies align with Buffett's long-term investing philosophy could...

U.S. stocks were mostly higher on Thursday as both the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq index recorded a fourth straight winning session in a relatively slow news day that was heavy on earnings. The Dow Jones rose as much as 35 points and falling as much as 56 as earnings from Dow listed companies...

U.S. stocks held on to strong gains as U.S. industrial production rose more than projected. The Fed confirmed it will maintain a "friendly" policy that will support the economic recovery. According to Fed Chief Janet Yellen there are three main concerns the central bank is facing. Specifically...

Activist Investor Carl Icahn rattled the cage again last week at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), one of his top stock picks at the moment, along with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In his latest letter to eBay shareholders, Icahn said he had "not yet begun to fight...

U.S. stocks moved sharply higher today as investors and traders digested positive news about the job market. It is unclear if Thursday's momentum will be carried forward Friday with the release of the January employment survey. The Dow gained 1.22 percent, closing at 15,628.53. The S...

Activist investor Carl Icahn in a CNBC interview last week said that in some ways he would be better off if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) chose not to take his advice and increase its stock buyback. "As far as I'm concerned,” Icahn said, “I'm actually better off with them doing...

Major indices began selling straight at the opening bell as investors drew closer to the conclusion that the Fed could scale back its bond buying activity as soon as next week following the new budget deal. Helping the Fed taper argument was a report released by BlackRock which made the case...

Thursday is Thanksgiving, and most Thanksgiving get-togethers include the classic question, “what are you thankful for?” If you’re an investor and you’ve held any of these stocks since the beginning of the year, while others talk about health and happiness, you might mention your portfolio....

While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...

Tuesday, Carl Icahn made news when he tweeted that he had dinner with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook to discuss increasing its share buyback. Icahn revealed his long position in Apple on August 13 and according to his CNBC interview Tuesday, Icahn now owns about $2 billion worth of Apple...