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What Steven Cohen Did With His Wealth In Q2
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 4:02pm | 647Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management recently disclosed its long equity stakes for the second quarter of the year. After more than 960 stock purchases and sales, the fund’s equity portfolio’s value fell slightly, from $14.67 billion as of the end of the first quarter, to $14....
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Warren Buffett Bullish On Axalta Coating Systems, Sells Out Of National-Oilwell Varco, Phillips 66
Friday, August 14, 2015 - 5:34pm | 595Just a few minutes ago, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway filed its Form 13F for the second quarter of the year, disclosing its long equity positions as of June 30, 2015. Below is a look into the firm’s portfolio and some of its most interesting moves and positions. As is the norm...
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D.E. Shaw, Griffin's Citadel, Cohen's Point72 & OZ Management Lead This Week's Hedge Fund Moves
Saturday, July 25, 2015 - 1:38pm | 428Tracking hedge fund activity is central in many investment strategies. This article will take a look at some of the most relevant moves from this week in order to provide readers with some interesting ideas. On Monday, D.E. Shaw & Co. declared a 30 percent increase in its wage on Liberty...
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Thursday's Hedge Fund Moves: A Look At Small & Micro-Caps
Friday, July 3, 2015 - 9:36am | 297Many investors consider tracking hedge fund moves central to their strategy. So, let’s take a look at Thursday’s most relevant transactions involving small-cap companies. The largest company featured in this article is a $2 billion market cap specialty chemicals manufacturer: Olin...
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What To Expect From Dollar Tree's Earnings
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 1:36pm | 296Shares of Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) are down Wednesday as the company prepares to announce its first quarter financial results on Thursday before the market opens. For the quarter, the company guided a 7 percent growth in earnings, to $0.72 per share, up from $0.67 per share reported a...
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Steven Cohen Is Putting His Own Money Down In EQT, Advance Auto Parts & Visteon, Among Others
Sunday, May 17, 2015 - 11:05am | 457Last year, Steven Cohen closed his legendary hedge fund SAC Capital, and created a new group of funds called Point72 Asset Management to manage his personal assets, as well as those of certain eligible employees. Same as in the last quarter, the portfolio is highly diversified, but has a slight...
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Talisman Energy Speculation: Which Hedge Funds Could Benefit?
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 3:08pm | 414Talisman Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE: TLM) was up about 19 percent Monday, as the company confirmed its engagement in discussions with Repsol SA (ADR) (OTC: REPYY) regarding a potential acquisition. According to a press release issued by Talisman Energy, other parties have also approached the company...
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Why You Should Pay Attention To 13F Filings
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 3:13pm | 497Investors are eagerly awaiting second quarter 13F filings to get a peak at which stocks Wall Street’s most prominent hedge funds are betting on. The 13F is a quarterly filing that funds with more than $100 million in assets are required to publish.The report shows which securities the...
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Cohen Increases Stake in Zynga
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 2:19pm | 156On Thursday night, the SEC disclosed that Steven Cohen, founder of SAC Capital Advisors (SAC), has increased his stake in Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) to 5.3 percent. Steven Cohen increased the total number of beneficially owned shares to 38,694,391, which makes up approximately 5.3 percent of the total...
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Market Wrap For March 7: Markets Cap Off Positive Week With Small Gains
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 5:31pm | 2369U.S. stocks were mixed as investors continue to follow the standoff in Ukraine and digested February's jobs report which indicated that harsh winter weather could be the culprit behind weakness seen in recent economic data reports. The S&P 500 trading at new all time highs at 1,883.57 but...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For March 7
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 11:20am | 664Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com QIHOO 360: Strong earnings and guidance, home page visits a concern Last night, QIHOO 360 (NYSE: QIHU) reported its fourth quarter results. The company announced an EPS of $0.70, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43. Revenue of $...
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The Top 23 Gay Marriage Supporters in Business Today
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 4:32pm | 1663Editor's note: This piece was originally published on March 27, 2013 This week, the Supreme Court is hearing two landmark cases on the issue of same-sex marriage that may change the current government definition of marriage as we know it. The heavy-hitters who have financed the battle to...
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For One Day, Coal ETF is a Diamond
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 2:47pm | 676The once high-flying Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL) is, for what feels like the first time in ages, enjoying a solid performance in Wednesday trade. Sparked by speculation of insider buying in Walter Energy (NYSE: WLT), coal stocks are popping and that is helping KOL to a gain of nearly two...
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Hedge Funds Are Bullish About These Agriculture Plays
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 9:44am | 1492By Robert Baillieul, Insider Monkey Staff Writer Severe drought and record heat is wreaking havoc on the mid-west food harvest. Lower farm yields and dwindling inventories have resulted in a 50% surge in corn prices over the past month with little relief in sight. But record food prices have...
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Invest Like Steve Cohen...Using ETFs
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 1:13pm | 556Investors looking to pull off their best impression of SAC Capital honcho Steve Cohen have a few options. Among them: Come up with the coin to invest in SAC and have Cohen and his crew manager you money. However, the minimum investment, whatever it is, is probably off limits to more than 90% of...