Can Brian Moynihan Catch Jamie Dimon? Bank Of America Warrants Seen As Best Bet
There's a zany new high-risk, high-reward banking industry trade circulating Wall Street to speculate upon.
View ArticleHow Activists Nelson Peltz And Bill Ackman Would Fix McDonald's
McDonald's is in for a tough turnaround, but it's not dead according to a pair of billionaire hedge fund managers.
View ArticleInvesting Like A Billionaire On Your iPhone
If you want to win a Nobel Prize in the arts or sciences, it’s important to be original. But if you want to make money in the stock market, originality is vastly overrated. In fact, there are a...
View ArticleEnough Research? William Ackman's Bad Bets on Valeant And Herbalife
Hedge funds managers get paid more than anyone on the planet. But do they know more than the rest of us? If so, is that showing up in their performance statistics? The answers are maybe not and not on...
View ArticleWhy Railroads And Beat-Up Pharma Are A Better Bet Than Retail Stocks
Whitebox Advisors' Paul Karos likes the durability of rail stocks; there's a reason Warren Buffett bought Burlington Northern.
View ArticleThe World's Hedge Fund Billionaires (Some Are Less Rich Than They Used To Be)
George Soros is the world's richest hedge fund manager with a net worth of $24.9 billion. Other prominent hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman, David Einhorn and Larry Robbins are still billionaires,...
View ArticleValeant CEO Michael Pearson Lost $180 Million Yesterday, And $750 Million In...
How a star CEO's fortune unraveled along with his company's plummeting stock price.
View ArticleValeant Admits To 'Improper' Conduct, Ousts CEO, And Could Break Up
Valeant Pharmaceuticals just issued a statement saying that it would begin a search to replace longtime chief executive Michael Pearson, and that William Ackman, the chief executive of hedge fund...
View ArticleLands' End: A Victim Of Sears' Serial Retail Abuse
Federica Marchionni, who exited as CEO of Lands' End's on Monday, follows a long line of hapless leaders appointed by Sears who have failed the brand.
View ArticleTiffany & Co. Names Former Railroad Executive As CFO
Erceg, 47, will be based in New York and will report to Frederic Cumenal, Tiffany CEO. His appointment will become effective on October 18.
View ArticleLower Gas Prices, Higher Wages Boost Back-To-School Spending
This boost in back-to-school spending is thanks to three key retail trends: ''"localization, customization and personalization."
View ArticleWhy The Big Rally In Department Store Stocks Can't Be Trusted
Earnings season surge erases the slide from last quarter, but there's not much reason to expect big upside from the likes of Macy's and Nordstrom.
View ArticleWhat We Should Expect From Prime Day
So far there have been few real bargains among Amazon's Prime Day Countdown Deals. Perhaps the Prime Day deals will be bigger barn burners, but I think we’re seeing something else at play here:...
View ArticleThe Explosive Northern Growth Of Metro Dallas
The relocation of people and corporations has produced a development boom.
View ArticleThe Biggest Hedge Fund Paydays Of 2016, From Charter Communications To...
Here are the biggest hedge fund paydays of 2016, where Wall Street's billionaire ranks have made billions of dollars on investment wins.
View ArticleWhy the Border Adjustment Tax Is Likely To Sneak Back Into Trump's Plan
With lawmakers offering no indication that the BAT is gone for good, retail investors have to be careful to not take their eye off the BAT, at least not yet.
View ArticleHow Chipotle's Comeback Attracted Big Data Robots And Value Investors Alike
Bill Ackman is making a billion-dollar bet that the fast-casual burrito franchise isn’t permanently ruined from its e-coli scandal. Data shops Orbital Insight and M Science agree -- but for very...
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