A Challenging First Quarter for Hedge Funds
The $2 trillion dollar hedge fund industry is still struggling to reduce losses that resulted from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. “Hedge funds had a challenging March,” said Mary Ann Bartels, an...
View ArticleEinhorn and the Mets
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital has purchased a minority stake in the Mets. More than a few people have speculated on this move. Wall Street investors have been collecting sports teams for years....
View ArticleHedge Fund Managers Top Global Stock Picks for 2012
One logical investment strategy is to go like the pros; find out what the top investors are investing in, and ride along with them. As investors headquartered in the United States are learning more...
View ArticleFocus on Companies: Is It a Good Idea to Buy Dell Now?
Dell has a hard time over the past several years as Apple expanded its product base into the PC market. Despite the challenge and the resultant decline in revenue from the consumer and public segments...
View ArticleTop 5 Hedge Fund Managers to Watch in 2012
Market Watch recently published a list of five hedge fund managers who they have deemed worth keeping tabs on in 2012. Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates: In an interview late last year he said: “the...
View ArticleFund Manager David Einhorn Says Bye-Bye to Best Buy
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital explained to his investors in a letter to them why he felt compelled to drop Best Buy stock from their portfolio and realize as much as a $100 million loss. Einhorn...
View ArticleBaby Sister Hedge Funds Showing Better Results than Big Brother
This year has been another slow year for the hedge fund industry, with the average fund growing by an anemic 2.10 percent as of June. Yet there is a glimmer of exciting results within the $2 trillion...
View ArticleDavid Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Sees 4.2% Growth in August
August saw promising growth for Greenlight Capital and hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who reported a 4.2% gain during the month as Coventry Health Care’s stock price jumped. According to two...
View ArticleHedge Funds Keeping Their Eyes on Apple
No matter what their hedge fund strategies may be, many top funds in the hedge fund industry are anxiously awaiting Apple Inc’s announcement concerning second quarter earnings for 2013, which is...
View ArticleEinhorn Wants Name of Blabbing Blogger to Bring Lawsuit
David Einhorn, vocal head of Greenlight Capital, wants to know who leaked the name of one of his firm’s investments last year in a blog post published on the financial website “Seeking Alpha.” Mr....
View ArticleEinhorn Drops Lawsuit After Discovering Blogger’s ID
Head of Greenlight Capital, David Einhorn, has decided to drop the lawsuit he filed to unearth the name of the Seeking Alpha blogger who revealed his fund’s stock positions in advance of a public...
View ArticleEinhorn Predicts Tech Bubble About to Pop
David Einhorn, head of the $10.3 billion hedge fund Greenlight Capital, is betting that a group of technology stocks based on what he says is increasing evidence that a bubble is forming and about to...
View ArticleGreenlight’s Einhorn Bursting Athenahealth’s Bubble
Given David Einhorn’s track record, it makes sense for listeners to pay attention when the founder and president of Greenlight Capital speaks. Einhorn told investors at this year’s Sohn Investment...
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Hedge Funds Dropping Apple Even as Shares Climb
Hedge Funds wary of Apple According to Friday’s mandatory regulatory 13F filings, top US hedge fund firms are reducing, or seriously divesting of their stakes in the wildly successful consumer...
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Senator Wyden Seeking to Close Hedge Fund Tax Loophole
Official portrait of United States Senator Ron Wyden. Former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden introduced a proposal to put an end to Hedge Fund tax evasion through what he says is the...
View ArticleGreenlight Up 2.9 Percent in February
David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital posted an excellent month in February, rising by 2.9 percent. The total increase for 2016 is 3.3 percent, outperforming the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. That...
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Sohn Conference Picks Disappointing
The Sohn Investment Conference is one of the year’s most respected conference for the Portrait of David Einhorn courtesy of Insider Monkey hedge fund investor and wannabes. Fund managers of means come...
View ArticleRising Star in Hedge Fund Galaxy Just 28 Years Old
At a time when many hedge fund firms are closing shop, it is noteworthy when a new one enters the marketplace. It is even more eye-catching when the founder is a mere 28 years old. Harvard Business...
View ArticleSuperstar Hedge Managers Facing Hemorrhaging Funds
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital lost $400 million from its investor base in response to a depressing 2 percent loss during the first half of 2017. The...
View ArticleEinhorn’s Greenlight Hits Red Light in February
Performing more poorly than the S&P 500 Index loss of 3.7 percent in February, David Einhorn’s main fund, Greenlight Capital, lost 6.2 percent during the same period for a total downturn of 12.3...
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