Month: December 2019

The fastest-moving area of today’s energy sector can be summed up in one word: renewables.
It’s the area that is responsible for nearly all of the growth in today’s energy supply.
Economics is driving the switch to renewables. Building and operating a solar or wind farm is cheaper than operating an existing coal plant.
And the numbers get better every year.
The costs of solar, wind and battery storage are constantly improving.
And the renewable sector has created hundreds of thousands of high-wage, stable employment opportunities for blue-collar workers. The latest Clean Jobs America report counted almost 3.3 million Americans working in the clean energy …read more […]

Let’s talk about the popular Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY). The company’s shares saw a double-digit share… …read more […]

Most investors tend to think that hedge funds and other asset managers are worthless, as they cannot beat even simple index fund portfolios. In fact, most people expect hedge funds to compete with and outperform the bull market that we have witnessed in recent years. However, hedge funds are generally partially hedged and aim at […] …read more […]

Is Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAST) a good stock to buy right now? We at Insider Monkey like to examine what billionaires and hedge funds think of a company before spending days of research on it. Given their 2 and 20 payment structure, hedge funds have more incentives and resources than the average investor. The […] …read more […]

Hedge Funds and other institutional investors have just completed filing their 13Fs with the Securities and Exchange Commission, revealing their equity portfolios as of the end of June. At Insider Monkey, we follow nearly 750 active hedge funds and notable investors and by analyzing their 13F filings, we can determine the stocks that they are […] …read more […]

Is the glass half full or half empty? Whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist, your tendency could be hindering your ability to achieve career success and attain a rich life.
If it is, Mark Ford explains how you can move forward.

Boldness in taking on new business opportunities is considered a virtue by many… and timidity a vice.
I’m not so sure.
When I am bold, I often gamely invest my time and money into projects that are foolish, unnecessary, and/or unlikely to succeed. When I am feeling timid, I shy away from good and likely opportunities.
Emotional tendencies matter. If you know your …read more […]

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson confirmed Wednesday the agency will not allow Boeing Co’s (BA.N> grounded 737 MAX, involved in two fatal crashes in five months, to resume flying before the end of 2019. Dickson told CNBC in an interview ahead of his testimony before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that there are nearly a dozen milestones that must be completed before the plane can return to service. Some U.S. officials think it may not be until at least February that Dickson gives the green light. …read more […]

The bankrupt specialty retailer is being acquired by Marquee Brands Continue reading… …read more […]

A print advertisement of Alkermes Plc’s addiction treatment, Vivitrol, is false or misleading as it omits important risk information associated with its use, the Food and Drug Administration said in a warning letter http://bit.ly/2LGVKUM to the company. Users of Vivitrol as a treatment for opioid dependence should be made aware of the vulnerability to potentially fatal overdose at the end of a dosing interval, after missing a dose, or after discontinuing the treatment, the agency said in the letter dated Dec. 2. Vivitrol is safe and effective for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence when used as …read more […]

Hedge funds are known to underperform the bull markets but that’s not because they are bad at investing. Truth be told, most hedge fund managers and other smaller players within this industry are very smart and skilled investors. Of course, they may also make wrong bets in some instances, but no one knows what the […] …read more […]

The Insider Monkey team has completed processing the quarterly 13F filings for the September quarter submitted by the hedge funds and other money managers included in our extensive database. Most hedge fund investors experienced strong gains on the back of a strong market performance, which certainly propelled them to adjust their equity holdings so as […] …read more […]

As we already know from media reports and hedge fund investor letters, hedge funds delivered their best returns in a decade. Most investors who decided to stick with hedge funds after a rough 2018 recouped their losses by the end of the third quarter. We get to see hedge funds’ thoughts towards the market and […] …read more […]