Category: Funds

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Dr. Michael Burry of Scion Asset Management has been busy lately. We previously detailed how he re-built a stake in Gamestop (GME) and sent a letter to the board. Well,…

Why is Brookfield buying Forest City for $6.8 billion? Betting on MIT is a smart move in an expensive real estate market.

Archbishop of Canterbury says fund managers are not doing enough to press for changeThe archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the investment industry for inaction over the climate crisis and called…

Top hedge fund managers score 10/10. Most "hedge fund" asset gatherers score 0/10. Do you have what it takes?1) You receive a term sheet for 20{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6} yield AAA rated CLO…

Melvin Capital Management has taken a 5.13{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6} stake in the casino operator.

Argentina Plans Relief for Mutual Funds as Locals Rush for Exit Yahoo Finance(Bloomberg) -- From the moment Jorge Garbero walked into his office at Banco Nacion in Buenos Aires on…

Steve Mandel's hedge fund firm Lone Pine Capital has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding its stake in Dominos Pizza (DPZ). Per the filing, Lone Pine now owns 5{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6}…

Here are the 5 biggest financial regrets - and what to do about them.

The world’s biggest manager of other people’s money is surprisingly reluctant to talk about such a high-profile proposalWe know what many big-name fund management houses think of Unilever’s proposal to…

Buffett's Alpha? Warren Buffett prudently invests 99{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6} of his wealth in absolute return strategies, like most risk averse savers. Leverage, arbitrage, derivatives, event-driven, opportunistic, special situations and macro strategies have…

Widows say becoming the sole financial decision maker was even more difficult than adjusting to a loss of income.

ETFs or Mutual Funds: Which Is the Better Investment Vehicle? Motley FoolOne is more tax efficient (in theory) but that's hardly the only consideration.

Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb is out with its Q4 letter for 2018. Their Sequoia Fund finished the year -2.62{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6} compared to -4.38{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6} for the S&P 500.New Positions in a2Milk, Electronic…

A growing number of soldiers, nurses and self-employed workers are using the investing app Stash. It allows people to invest with as little as $5.

IBM Chief of Human Resources Diane Gherson shares her best career advice and the future of work.

A popular instrument used to manage exposure to volatility is going away as markets have been faced with a number of uncertainties, even if a late-2018 rout for stocks has…

Advisers criticised over keeping poor-performing fund in influential buy-list but excluding top performerBritain’s biggest financial adviser, Hargreaves Lansdown, has slashed the fund offerings on its highly influential buy-list, controversially excluding…

The price of bitcoin falls over 5{01de1f41f0433b1b992b12aafb3b1fe281a5c9ee7cd5232385403e933e277ce6} to below $7,000 after a report that the Wall Street bank would not move forward with its crypto-trading plans.

Who is the world's best investor? Who ran the top performing hedge fund? When do past returns predict future performance? Defining "best" as highest risk adjusted alpha after deducting all…