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If You Don’t Want ‘Bragging Rights’ You Can Get Alpha Done
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AllAboutAlpha
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Sunday, February 23, 2020 5:15 PM EDT
The quarterly investor report of VCapital Management Company looks at the opportunities for attractive returns for investors. It argues that alpha is to be found in the Midwest in two industries: healthcare/biomedical and intellectual property.
"It's Winter-Time For Capital Flow" - Outbreak Sparks Collapse In Chinese Tech Venture Funding
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, February 17, 2020 4:25 AM EDT
Tech companies in China faced a "capital winter" last year, where funding shortages increased as the global economy continued to decelerate.
Tepper's Appaloosa Adds Intelsat, Exits Boeing In Q4
Paulson Adds Pretium, Exits United Tech In Q4
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The Fly
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 12:29 PM EDT
John Paulson's Paulson & Co. disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2019. The fund's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Bausch Health, SPDR Gold Shares, Allergan, Discovery Class C and Horizon Therapeutics
In this article: AGN, CPE, PCG, QEP, S, TIF, UTX, LOGM, DISCK, GOLD, HZNP, TECD, GLD, PVG, CZR, BHC, NMRK, INSW, LYFT
Elliott Adds LogMeIn, Exits Devon In Q4
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The Fly
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 11:05 AM EDT
Paul Singer's Elliott Management disclosed in an SEC filing its holdings as of December 31, 2019. The fund's top holdings as of December 31, in order of size, were Arconic, Dell Technologies, Marathon Petroleum, Citrix Systems, and eBay.
In this article: AXE, DVN, ESI, HES, MPC, NLSN, T, VNO, HYG, LOGM, CTXS, EBAY, LQD, COMM, ARNC, OPB, DELL, NLOK
Meet The 5 Hedge Fund Managers Who Made More Than $1 Billion Each In 2019
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Tyler Durden
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Sunday, February 16, 2020 10:30 AM EDT
Despite the record inflows into passive investing products and a record amount of Fed liquidity constantly forcing U.S. equity markets to all time highs, there are still "old school" hedge fund managers on the street managing to cash big checks.
Investors Agree To Unprecedented 95% "Gate" As They Hand $3 Billion To Englander's Millennium
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Tyler Durden
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Saturday, February 15, 2020 7:34 PM EDT
Izzy Englander's multi-billion "pod-based" fund, Millennium Management has managed to raise $3 billion without batting an eyelid, a remarkable achievement for a hedge fund at a time when its peers suffered nearly $100 billion in outflows in 2019.
Icahn Boosts Hertz, Cuts Freeport In Q4
Tech Deal Review Puts VCs In Regulatory Purgatory
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Lipper Alpha Insight
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 4:46 AM EDT
Silicon Valley is being pushed further into regulatory purgatory. Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are among firms that will be providing data on tiny acquisitions to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under new orders.
Albertsons IPO Would Call On Cerberus’ Tamer Side
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Lipper Alpha Insight
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020 3:00 AM EDT
Cerberus Capital Management has twice tried to unload Albertsons, the U.S. grocery chain, without success. Now it is trying its hand yet again.
Zume: SoftBank’s $4 Billion Pizza
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Tim Knight
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Sunday, January 12, 2020 1:35 PM EDT
The Zume company are essentially vans with pizza-making robots roaming from place to place. And who poured the most money into this venture? SoftBank. The robots may be impressive, but apparently the pizzas they make are not.
In this article: SFTBY
SoftBank Is No Longer Getting A Pass
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Andrew Gordon
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Saturday, January 11, 2020 11:06 PM EDT
SoftBank Is No Longer Getting a Pass
Driverless Car Startup Pony.ai Joins Unicorn Club
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Sramana Mitra
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Saturday, January 4, 2020 9:03 AM EDT
Pony.ai is currently privately held and does not disclose financials. It has raised $264 million in funding from investors.
Week In Review: Geneseeq And Elpiscience Close $100 Million VC Rounds; Zai Lab's PARP Inhibitor Approved For China Use
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ChinaBio® Today
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Saturday, December 28, 2019 4:12 PM EDT
Geneseeq, a Nanjing-Toronto company offering genetic sequencing tests for cancer, completed a $114 million Series D financing led by China Reform Holdings Corporation. Geneseeq uses next-gen sequencing to provide decision-making tools for doctors.
Is This The Best Idea These Hedge Funds Can Come Up With?
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Insider Monkey
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 6:40 PM EDT
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has been experiencing an unfathomable increase in enthusiasm from hedge fund managers since early 2018. BRK-B was in 99 hedge funds’ portfolios at the end of the third quarter of 2019.
Not Much Chemistry Between Sanofi And Hedge Funds
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Insider Monkey
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Saturday, December 7, 2019 8:43 PM EDT
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2019, a total of 27 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long Sanofi stock, a change of 8% from the second quarter of 2019.