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The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
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Fortune Brands Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement?   |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2010 |
JCPenney Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan The retailer also declared a dividend. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Use Caution When Investing With Ackman The activist investor's Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund history should play a role in your investment decision. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2011 |
Recent Trades: Pershing Square Capital Management Top holdings and new trades for Pershing Square Capital Management. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
Jim Royal |
What's Fortune Got Up Its Sleeve? There's a lot to like about this conglomerate. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Devin Leonard |
Bill Ackman's Soft Power The hedge fund manager is an open, friendly, talkative guy who makes a lot of companies -- MBIA, Target, etc. -- miserable |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2011
Tom Jacobs |
Bill Ackman Is High on Lowe's Need a great place to find stock ideas? Look no further than the quarterly 13F filings put out by the super investors. Today, Pershing Square activist Bill Ackman. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Pershing Square Capital Portfolio: Bill Ackman's Top Holdings What can we learn from studying this activist investor's portfolio? |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Here's What Bill Ackman Is Buying Bill Ackman founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003. Here's where the firm is winning, currently, and making new bets at present. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Stock Picking Is Alive and Kicking Many winning hedge funds turn to mortgages and commodities, but one famous winner still picks stocks. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Run From This Stock! Despite its deceptive rise, investors should want nothing to do with the lurking danger that is J.C. Penney. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Jeff Joseph |
The Year in Hedge Funds In a year marked by high volatility in the financial markets, the 10 strategies tracked by the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index outperformed major global equity indexes and experienced lower volatility than the overall markets. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
The Ultimate Fight Fund UBS's new unique hedge fund of funds is filled with the most agitating of managers such as Icahn and Peltz. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Funds Redux Despite a midsummer month's nightmare, hedge funds are still pointing to successful records and raking in money. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Brad Zigler |
Which Are Best, Hedge Funds Or ETPs Hedge-replica exchange-traded products are gaining traction. Here's why. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2007
Nanette Byrnes |
Can Retirees Afford This Much Risk? Public pensions may have grown addicted to high-risk alternative investments. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Jim Royal |
Rising Star Buys: Annaly Capital and Fortune Brands These two names sport lower risk. |
The Motley Fool
August 21, 2007
Rimmy Malhotra |
Activist, Heal Thy Company As a savvy investor, fundamentals are always most important to evaluate. But evaluating the prospects of activist situations can certainly provide extra value to your due diligence. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Trade Like a Hedge Fund Although this strategy is often used by hedge funds and applied to equities, you can also build your own 130/30 portfolio using ETFs. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Dan Wheeler |
Hedge Funds, Unplugged Take the buzz out of the hedge fund phenomenon, and you may find less electricity than you think. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
An All-Burger Diet for Wendy's? Another major shareholder asks the company to drop all non-Wendy's brands. The news has sent Wendy's stock to an all-time high. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2008
Liz Peek |
Copycat Selling Maroons Investors as Hedge Funds Cash In There were more than 8,000 hedge funds operating at the start of 2008. How many will survive? |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
How to Profit From Hedge Fund Selling Be greedy when others are fearful. |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
Gene G. Marcial |
Fortune's Spirits Rise Shares of Fortune Brands have vaulted despite concerns that a housing slump might crimp 2007 earnings. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Vaughan Scully |
Replication Offers ETF Investors Hedge Fund Exposure Seeking to profit from the desire among investors to grab a piece of the hedge fund bonanza, ETF sponsors are now attempting to transfer their success in creating investment vehicles based on index replication to hedge funds. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Attack Of The Hungry Hedge Funds To hike stock prices, aggressive hedge fund managers are banding together to force changes on companies. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Bryan Hinmon |
A Money-Making Play You Can Get In on Today The next "jockey play" that might just make you dance. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2007
Sham Gad |
Ackman Takes Aim at Target The activist investor from Pershing Square Capital Management looks to squeeze some more value out of the retailer's shares. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Dave Tsujimoto |
In Defense of Hedge Funds Here's why any rep with high-net-worth clients ought to become familiar with the nuances of hedge funds. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2011
Travis Hoium |
A Smarter Way to Occupy Wall Street The funding to Wall Street from public pension funds is a large problem that Occupy Wall Street could call much-deserved attention to. For starters, public unions can make sure that their funds aren't going into hedge funds and private equity funds. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Michael Lewis |
Michael Lewis on the Case of Goldman's Missing Traders Big Wall Street firms fought hard to keep the 3 percent loophole, now they're giving up their interests in hedge funds they control. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Behind the Scenes of the Market: How Hedge Funds Trade There are a million strategies hedge funds use to make money. Here are a few of the most common. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Tom Jacobs |
Breaking Up Is Fun to Do When a company plans a breakup, investors have plenty of good options. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2007
Lawrence Rothman |
Is There a Bull's-Eye on Target? The "cheap chic" retailer's results are hit-or-miss. Investors, take note. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Fund Backlash Investors deserted hedge funds in droves in 2008, angered by the perceived arrogance of managers who weren't holding up to their promises. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
You Can Invest in This Top-Tier Hedge Fund U.K. hedge fund manager Marshall Wace, which manages over $5 billion in assets, is effectively dropping membership requirements with the planned launch of an exchange-traded fund that will replicate one of its flagship strategies. |
Financial Advisor
November 2003
Alan Lavine |
Alternate Ways To Hedge Portfolios Should you put your well-heeled clients into unregistered or registered hedge funds? Or is it better to select a mutual fund that uses hedge-fund tactics and is managed by a registered investment company? |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Roben Farzad |
Investing: When Cash Takes a Vacation The smart money is every bit as confused as the rest of us. Hedge funds, investors, and corporations are all sitting on piles of money. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Jim Beam Can't Save Fortune Brands Fortune Brands operates in the disparate spirits and wine, home products, and golf businesses. The only thing tying them together is that the products are market leaders. Investors, the only thing untying current results is exposure to housing. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Lucky Fortune Brands Investors toast Fortune Brands' improved outlook for the first quarter. |
CFO
June 1, 2007
David M. Katz |
Hedge-fund Bullies Activist fund managers can make life miserable for CFOs and other executives as they promote their agendas. They can be brutal, but there are ways to fight back. |
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2009
Kristen French |
Hedge Funds Bruised, But New Retail Products Abound So far this year, investors and advisors seem to have put the brakes on new hedge fund investments. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Fortune Brands Shows Strength in Diversity Fortune Brands, Otter Tail, and 3M all look like safe holdings for the long term, shielded from disasters in any one business area by extremely diverse operations. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Hedging Their Bets? Some mutual funds are starting to look like hedge funds. And many don't do very well. Most investors are better off sticking to broad-market mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. |
Knowledge@Wharton
February 26, 2003 |
The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2003
D. Quinn Mills |
The Problem with Hedge Funds Hedge funds are the New Big Thing -- and that's bad for the average investor, says professor D. Quinn Mills. An excerpt from Wheel, Deal, and Steal. |
Financial Advisor
May 2004
Gene Swanzey |
Hedge Funds Can Complement Modern Portfolio Theory Active management can result in higher risk-adjusted returns. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Barreto & Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: ERISA Ponders Alternatives As more pension fund money has been flowing into hedge funds -- catching the eye of the SEC and perhaps pushing the move to manager registration -- legislators have acted to ease pension fund access to hedge funds. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Crashing Hedge Funds Being locked out of hedge funds might actually benefit you. |
