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Lessons From NYC's First SALT Conference On Finance, Technology, Geopolitics
Sunday, September 19, 2021 - 11:10am | 1031Why should I go? That’s the question some were likely asking themselves as SkyBridge Capital, a global investment firm, looked to bring thousands of the world’s foremost investors and thought leaders together for three days of high-level collaboration and networking. Let’s answer...
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Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital Launches NFT Platform Flatter
Monday, September 13, 2021 - 2:23pm | 488Anthony Scaramucci-owned hedge-fund investment company SkyBridge Capital is the latest entrant into the world of NFTs. At the SALT conference, which is underway in New York, the company announced the launch of Flatter, a NFT platform which combines NFTs with...
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SkyBridge's Scaramucci Tells GameStop Investors To 'Be Very Careful' After Offering
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 10:16am | 329GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) announced an at-the-market equity offering program in which the company can sell up to 3.5 million shares. The company said it intends to use the net proceeds from any sales of its common stock under the offering to further accelerate its...
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Bitcoin Hits Another All-Time High
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 8:30pm | 91Bitcoin (BTC) hit $58,332.36, a new all-time high, according to data at CoinDesk.com. The leading cryptocurrency has been marking a steady stream of new highs for months. This latest, coming midday on Sunday EST, shows the run isn't letting up. One recent prediction came this past week from...
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Fintech Focus For December 30, 2020
Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 7:14pm | 1342Quote To Start The Day: “Crisis can be… a catalyst or can speed up changes that are on the way — it almost can serve as an accelerant.” Source: Arun Sundararajan One Big Thing In Fintech: Anthony Scaramucci's Skybridge Capital has already invested as much as $182...
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The Positives And Negatives Of Reinvesting In Opportunity Zones
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 2:56pm | 518The SALT Conference is a gathering of the most well-known executives in finance, policy, economics and beyond. Three key players at the core of American investment on Wednesday spoke about opportunity zones, the funding investments and leveling the playing field for society. Brett Messing,...
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17 Things You May Not Know About Anthony Scaramucci
Friday, July 28, 2017 - 3:32pm | 587Other than his affinity for F-bombs, fancy suits, hair products and a blunt, take-no-prisoners brashness reminiscent of his boss, Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci is mainly a mystery to most people. President Donald Trump’s new director of communications made his debut on the world...
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Robert Sechan, Steven Tananbaum And Anthony Scaramucci On 'Post-Economic Traumatic Stress' – Or, The Decline Of Lehman
Saturday, September 19, 2015 - 11:45am | 465Benzinga got a sneak peek of this Sunday’s Wall Street Week show. This week’s guests will be Mary Deatherage, managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management; Robert Sechan, managing director at UBS; Steven Tananbaum, managing partner and CIO at GoldenTree Asset...
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Why Apple Watch Is 'Guaranteed To Sell A lot Of Units'
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 7:28am | 838Many Apple Watch customers are still waiting for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to ship its long-awaited device, but that that may not have any impact on its long-term success. Vladimir Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, told Benzinga that the watch is "pretty much guaranteed to sell a lot of...
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Why SkyBridge Capital Founder Anthony Scaramucci Resurrected A TV Classic
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 3:00pm | 624When Louis Rukeyser hosted "Wall Street Week," investors listened. They eagerly tuned in to gain fresh, valuable insights that were painfully absent from other sources. The show was cancelled roughly a decade ago, leaving a void for many that could never be filled by another program....
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Troy Gayeski Dishes On SkyBridge Capital's Success
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 11:57am | 1002SkyBridge Capital's Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager, Troy Gayeski, sat down with Benzinga to discuss the hedge fund-of-fund's profound success in recent years. The SkyBridge Alternatives Conference (SALT) took place in Las Vegas earlier in May. SkyBridge outperformed the HFRI hedge fund...
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Are Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart Nothing More Than Showrooms for Amazon?
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 5:50pm | 1265It's not easy being a big box retailer. While Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), and Target (NYSE: TGT) once ruled the industry, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has quickly stolen the spotlight as the leading place to shop for just about everything. Brian Sozzi, an equity research analyst at Wall...
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Anthony Scaramucci Moves Markets! (RSH)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 1:32pm | 157Last night on CNBC's Fast Money post market show, Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Skybridge Capital, detailed RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) as the "hedge fund trade of the week." This is a popular segment on the show and definitely has the power to move the market, as we are seeing on Friday. Scaramucci...
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Hedge Fund Trade Of The Week (RSH)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 6:43pm | 174Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge Capital is on CNBC's Fast Money with his hedge fund trade of the week. The trade is RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) for a variety of reasons. The stock is trading at $14.67, and Scaramucci believes it could be worth as much as $25 in a takeout scenario. Radioshack has been...
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Hedge Fund Trade Of The Week (STX)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 2:02pm | 142Anthony Scaramucci is on CNBC with his Hedge Fund trade of the week, and the trade is Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX). Scaramucci likes the name because it has a 30% market share in the disk drive network, it has $6 in cash and Scaramucci said that Whitney Tilson, of T2 Partners is also in the...