Wall Street Week

One of the most successful value investors on the Street, Omega Advisors’ Leon Cooperman, was on Wall Street Week recently to discuss how he picks stocks and his career at Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS). Goldman Sachs On why he joined Goldman Sachs after his MBA from Columbia,...

When it comes to investing and especially activist investing, there are very few who have reached the pinnacle of success like the chairman of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP), Carl Icahn. He was recently on Wall Street Week to talk about activist investing and what led him to it. Critics...

Few people today may know that when legendary investor and chairman of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) started trading and investing, like millions of others, he too ended up blowing his account in 1962. Carl Icahn was on on Wall Street Week recently, where he discussed how he recovered...

Founder of Kynikos Associates and arguably the best short seller of our times, Jim Chanos, was on Wall Street Week last Sunday to provide his insights on short selling as an investment strategy and to reveal how he manages risk while he is short on a stock. Why Short Selling? "Short selling...

Famous short seller, hedge fund manager and founder of Kynikos Associates, Jim Chanos, has been in the news lately for his severe criticism of the debt-fueled growth of the Chinese economy. According to Chanos, the way China is taking debt, it is not far from becoming another Greece. Chanos was...

If there is one hedge fund strategy that has never gone out of fashion, it is macro investing. In the Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) President and Director Michael Novogratz was on Wall Street Week Sunday to discuss his perspective on macro investing and what it takes to be a...

The markets have feared the possibility of a Grexit (Greece exiting the European Union) for quite some time now. However, if that eventually happens, will it be as disastrous as some are making it out to be? Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was on Wall Street Week recently to answer...

There is a general Street perception that companies and managements fear activist investors or have a strong dislike toward the industry. However, according to Jeffrey Smith, founder CEO and CIO of Starboard Value LP, that's not always the case nor an accurate representation of the profession...

The bull market that begun after the financial crisis hasn't seen a meaningful correction until now, and this seems to be a growing concern among many investors. Among them is legendary activist investor and Chairman of Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP), Carl Icahn. He was on Wall Street...

When 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....

In the past one year, the Chinese stock markets are up by over 120 percent and there doesn't seem to be any signs that this raging bull market is going to slow. Eric Peters, Peters Capital Group CEO and CIO, was on Wall Street Week recently to discuss why the Chinese stock markets are booming...

If there's one investing strategy among hedge funds that has received the most amount of limelight, it has to be activism. This popularity has to do with the fact that in the last few years while other hedge funds struggled to perform, activist investors have reeled in massive wins. One of...