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Leslie Picker Highlights Notable Stock Picks From Sohn: Netflix, Tesla And More
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 8:05am | 422Read More...CNBC's Leslie Picker spoke on "Fast Money" about trading ideas revealed by notable investors on Ira Sohn conference. She said Jeff Gundlach is concerned about the budget deficit in the U.S. and its impact on the interest rates. He is a buyer of interest rate volatility on...
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Top Ideas From The 2018 Sohn Conference: Box, Bitcoin, Facebook, Palo Alto And More
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 6:23pm | 1078Read More...The Ira Sohn Investment Conference moved multiple stocks Monday as the Street’s most prosperous and prescient investors proposed their best trades. Here’s what they had to say. Oleg Nodelman Ecor1 Capital’s managing director likes Ascendis Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: ASND) and its...
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Ira Sohn 2017 Conference: Everything You Need To Know
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 2:48pm | 809Read More...Some of the largest and most successful investors in the world presented their best ideas this week at the Ira Sohn Conference in New York. In case you missed it, here’s some of the highlights from Benzinga Pro’s coverage of the event: Rundown Of Pro's Sohn Coverage Totem...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Intercontinental Exchange, Visteon And More
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 8:49am | 594Read More...Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a financial-exchange operator, an automotive electronics maker and a consumer products company. This issue also offers ETF picks from a panel of pros and picks from the Sohn Conference. Other articles discuss the significance of...
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Sohn Strategy: Go Long The Shorts, Short The Longs
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 1:57pm | 578Read More...This year’s Ira Sohn Conference took place on Wednesday, and high-profile investors and fund managers gave attendees plenty of investment advice. Unfortunately, the track record of Ira Sohn presenters is not so great. Here’s a rundown of some of last year’s key stock picks: David...
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Chanos: I'm Short Tesla And SolarCity
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 2:58pm | 224Read More...Legendary short-selling pro Jim Chanos detailed why he is short two of Elon Musk's crown jewels: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY). Speaking at the Ira Sohn Conference, Chanos argued that the recent departures of senior executives at Tesla represent a "red flag" for...
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Palihapitiya: Amazon AWS Will Be $1.5 Trillion Business By 2025
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 2:29pm | 263Read More...Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO of Social Capital, may have solidified his status as being the top Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) bull. Speaking at the Ira Sohn conference, Palihapitiya slapped a $3 trillion valuation on Amazon's stock within a decade from now. By segment, he valued Amazon...
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David Einhorn: U.S. Oil Drillers 'Dramatically Overvalued'
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 11:05am | 432Read More...In a presentation at the Sohn Conference in New York on Monday, Greenlight Capital manager David Einhorn gave a humorous but extremely critical presentation about U.S. oil drillers. Einhorn specifically singled out Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) as a driller with a massively...
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Hedgie Says Yum! Brands Should Spin Off China Unit
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 3:55pm | 339Read More...Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) could add about 40 percent to its share price by spinning off operations in China, a hedge fund manager said Monday. Keith Meister, head of the $8 billion Corvex Management, made the comment at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference in New York. Corvex is one of Yum...
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Keith Meister: Yum! Brands Is Well-Managed And Has Great Forward Opportunities
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 3:08pm | 383Read More...Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) hit an all-time high of $94.13 on Monday. Shares of the company surged on back of comments made by Corvex Management founder and CIO Keith Meister at the Ira Sohn conference, revealing that his hedge fund owns $1.5 billion of Yum's stock. Additionally, Meister...
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Guru ETFs Reveal Hedge Fund Strategies
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 3:52pm | 520Read More...The Ira Sohn Conference taking place this week in New York is an annual gathering of premiere hedge fund managers that raises money for cancer research. The all-star list of big-league investors includes David Einhorn, William Ackman, Jeffrey Gundlach and several other notable names. Each...
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David Einhorn's New Short: athenahealth
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 5:27pm | 125Read More...Shares of athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) are trading down about 7 percent in Monday's post-market session following news out of the Ira Sohn Conference that David Einhorn is now short the stock. After closing near $127, athena shares are trading down to around $118. Einhorn believes shares of...
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Chris Shumway Goes Long Moody's, Shares Tick Higher
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 2:02pm | 316Read More...Shares of Moody's (NYSE: MCO) jump following comments from Chris Shumway at the Ira Sohn Conference. The founder and managing partner of Shumway Capital Partners LLC, Shumway was recognized as a Top 10 performing manager by Barron's Magazine. He is a board member of the McIntire School of Commerce...
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Ira Sohn Investment Conference Market Movers for Thursday
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 12:45pm | 1088Read More...The annual Ira Sohn Investment Conference was held in New York on Wednesday. At the event, which supports the treatment and cure of pediatric cancer, many of the world's most successful hedge fund managers and other noteworthy investors pitch stock ideas to their colleagues. The investment ideas...
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Einhorn Brings The Pain on Martin Marietta
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 4:44pm | 204Read More...Shares of North Carolina-based Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM), a producer of granite, limestone, sand, gravel, and other products used for construction and infrastructure projects, plunged 8.2% today on volume that was roughly eight times the daily average after Greenlight Capital's David...
