Earlier this week the CEO of hedge fund Third Point, Daniel Loeb, reiterated his desire for Sony to sell a minority interest in its entertainment assets. The fund now controls 6.9% of the conglomerate and Loeb believes CEO Kazuo Hirai...Show More Summary
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp shareholders pressed its chief executive for a response to hedge fund Third Point's proposal for a partial spinoff of its profitable entertainment arm but Kazuo Hirai pleaded for patience as management reviews the bold plan....
Kaz Hirai said the board will consider the proposal from hedge fund Third Point to sell a 15 to 20 percent stake in the profit-making division. read more
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai said on Thursday that the electronics firm's board will consider hedge fund Third Point's suggestion to spin-off the electronics company's profitable entertainment arm.
"As soon as that baby's lips touched that girl's bosom, forget it," said Paul Tudor Jones, a successful hedge fund manager. He uttered those words in reference to trading acumen at an April symposium at the University of Virginia, and...Show More Summary
Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss. U.S. hedge funds are making aggressive investment moves on Tim Hortons, apparently in an attempt to influence some of the company’s business decisions. This is a dire threat to Canada’s doughnut sovereignty. Mayor Rob Ford made a cameo [...]
SciQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQI) investors should be aware of a decrease in hedge fund interest in recent months. If you’d ask most market participants, hedge funds are seen as slow, outdated financial vehicles of yesteryear. While there are more than 8000 funds with their doors open at the moment, we at Insider Monkey choose to focus [...]
NQ Mobile Inc (ADR) (NYSE:NQ) was in 14 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. NQ investors should pay attention to an increase in enthusiasm from smart money lately. There were 7 hedge funds in our database with NQ holdings at the end of the previous quarter. In the financial world, there are a [...]
AutoNavi Holdings Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:AMAP) was in 6 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. AMAP shareholders have witnessed a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds of late. There were 8 hedge funds in our database with AMAP holdings at the end of the previous quarter. In [...]
Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) investors should pay attention to a decrease in activity from the world’s largest hedge funds in recent months. In the financial world, there are plenty of metrics market participants can use to track Mr. Market. A pair of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment. At Insider Monkey, our [...]
Silicon Graphics International Corp (NASDAQ:SGI) was in 15 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. SGI investors should pay attention to an increase in hedge fund sentiment recently. There were 8 hedge funds in our database with SGI positions at the end of the previous quarter. According to most investors, hedge funds are perceived [...]
Digi International Inc. (NASDAQ:DGII) was in 5 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. DGII shareholders have witnessed a decrease in support from the world’s most elite money managers in recent months. There were 7 hedge funds in our database with DGII holdings at the end of the previous quarter. [...]
By Tom Lydon: ETF Spotlight on the Global X Top Guru Holdings Index ETF (GURU), part of an ongoing series. Assets: $53.4 million. Objective: The Global X Top Guru Holdings Index ETF tries to reflect the performance of the Top Guru Holdings Index, which is comprised of the top U.S. Show More Summary
Is EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ:EZCH) a safe investment right now? Prominent investors are getting less optimistic. The number of bullish hedge fund bets were cut by 4 lately. In the eyes of most shareholders, hedge funds are viewed as underperforming, old financial vehicles of yesteryear. While there are more than 8000 funds in operation at [...]
Who though that a term we coined over a month ago would suddenly get so much airplay: why, it was none other than billionaire hedge fund investor David Tepper who said days later (and just in time to top tick the market) not to fear the taper, that it is a bullish sign. Show More Summary
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity positions in U.S. stocks to the general public. We track hundreds of 13Fs, using the included information to help us develop investing strategies; we have found, for example, that the most popular small [...]
The world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, is based in Westport, Connecticut, and was founded by super-investor Ray Dalio in 1975. From the firm’s headquarters in the heart of hedge fund country, Dalio and his team oversee in excess of $140 billion in investments for institutions such as pensions, endowments and foundations. According to financial [...]
James Altucher is all over the place, and I mean that in the best way. He's not only an investor, hedge fund manager, and entrepreneur several times over (to the tune of founding 20 companies), but his writing on business, family, health, and creativity shows up everywhere from The Financial Times to Thought Catalog. Show More Summary
Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRN) has seen a decrease in hedge fund interest lately. To the average investor, there are plenty of methods investors can use to analyze the equity markets. A pair of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading activity. At Insider Monkey, our research analyses have shown that, historically, those who [...]
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) was in 9 hedge funds’ portfolio at the end of March. LYG investors should pay attention to a decrease in hedge fund sentiment of late. There were 9 hedge funds in our database with LYG positions at the end of the previous quarter. In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, [...]