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Credit Suisse maintained its Underperform rating on Sears. What stands out the most is its price target of $20, given that Sears closed at $36.71 on Friday.
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courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.On Wednesday the head of hedge fund Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, pointed to General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) as a stock with nearly 40% upside to its current price....
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Kyle Bass's Hayman Capital Management reportedly has taken a large stake in General Motors. Bloomberg TV reported that the fund manager has taken a large stake, although its size was not initially...
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Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsIn an exclusive report from the New York Post Monday morning, the newspaper cites unnamed sources who say that Eddie Lampert, the chairman and CEO of Sears...
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Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsFor much of the past two years, technology has dominated both long/short exposure and long/short performance in the hedge fund world. This has changed over the...
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harley-davidson.comWhether it is a bull market or a bear market, short sellers have their place, and they will be looking for companies they think need to be sold now. There is a short-selling...
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ThinkstockThe UBS proprietary institutional flow data indicates that hedge funds are increasing exposure to financials and decreasing exposure to health care. Given that health care has outperformed...
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ThinkstockWith a stock market that has posted a 23% gain on the S&P 500 Index so far in 2013, the Prime Brokerage team at Credit Suisse is starting to see some interesting changes in hedge fund...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesMany college courses will try to teach you that it is nearly impossible to beat the market through time because the broad markets are supposed to reflect all...
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Jon OggThe government shutdown may be averted for a few months and the S&P 500 Index may have just hit new all-time highs, but a short seller is maintaining his aggressive stance against shares...
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Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. is a huge fan of dividends. Rising dividends and safe high-yield dividends are even better. What is not good is when things are bad enough that a company will have to cut its...
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ThinkstockHedge funds are often copycat artists. When a trade comes in vogue, they all tend to pile into the same trade. There is always one little issue, and that is their use of leverage. In an...
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thinkstockGreece and its banks may have found a friend in billionaire investor John Paulson. A report from Reuters has said that Paulson now favors the recapitalized banking sector as a bet on...
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The phrase “A rising tide lifts all boats” is frequently used around Wall Street when the good times roll. It basically helps to explain why in a good market almost everything works, with little...
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ThinkstockCan you imagine winning $400 million in a lottery drawing? This is empire-making money. A winning ticket in the Powerball was sold at a gas station in South Carolina. You probably only...
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