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In the week ended February 27, the total number of working drilling rigs in the United States declined again, according to the Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count.
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has made its quarterly filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission for its holdings as of December 31, 2014. For all...
Hedge fund ValueAct Capital Management has disclosed acquisition of 5.7% stake in Agrium.
Brad Lamensdorf, portfolio manager of the Ranger Equity Bear ETF, says he will continue to short Netflix as a part of this portfolio.
A group called the Modern Markets Initiative has introduced "a framework designed to guide the critical, ongoing review of (our) financial marketplace and its impact on investors."
ThinkstockBarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research announced Tuesday in a report that the hedge fund industry took in $18.4 billion in August. This marks the highest inflow in three months and...
ThinkstockNews that Relational is winding down could be a negative for several stocks. The Wall Street Journal reported that Co-founder Ralph Whitworth’s throat cancer has returned and that the...
Goldman Sachs Asset Management announced the launch of the Goldman Sachs Long Short Fund a hedge fund type of strategy structured as a regular mutual fund.
ThinkstockHedge funds remain somewhat of a mystery to much of the public. They are supposed to have absolute returns, but they do not always outperform their benchmarks. A new report from...
ThinkstockWe have said that there seems to be an exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy for just about every sort of index or investment philosophy that you can think of. So, how does an ETF tracking...
ThinkstockIt seems as though being a millionaire isn’t as rare as one might imagine, at least not in some of the greatest cities around the world. In fact, it turns out that some cities are...
Jon OggStanley Druckenmiller is considered to be one of the greatest hedge fund managers in the world. At CNBC’s Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference on Wednesday, Druckenmiller gave...
courtesy of American Apparel imageUPDATE: Hedge fund Standard General has reached a preliminary agreement to supply $25 million in financing to American Apparel as the company tries to stabilize its...
The board of directors of American Apparel has reached an agreement with hedge fund Standard General under which control of the company passes to the hedge fund.
The same hedge fund that forced the sale and breakup of Hostess Brands now aims to work the same trick on American Apparel. It may get what it wants, but it won't happen soon.