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Hedge Funds Watching Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc. (PLX) From Afar

How do you pick the next stock to invest in? One way would be to spend days of research browsing through thousands of publicly traded companies. However, an easier way is to look at the stocks that smart money investors are collectively bullish on. Hedge funds and other institutional investors usually invest large amounts of […] …read more […]

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Here is the 6th Most Popular Stock Among 752 Hedge Funds

While the market driven by short-term sentiment influenced by the accommodative interest rate environment in the US, increasing oil prices and deteriorating expectations towards the resolution of the trade war with China, many smart money investors kept their cautious approach regarding the current bull run in the third quarter and hedging or reducing many of […] …read more […]

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UPDATE 2-Japan govt mulls over $92 billion stimulus package to spur growth – Nikkei

Japan’s government is considering putting together a large-scale economic stimulus package with fiscal spending exceeding $92 billion, the Nikkei newspaper said, as soft global demand and the U.S.-China trade war dampen the country’s fragile recovery. Adding strain to Japan’s tattered finances, the government will issue more bonds to fund public works spending of up to 4 trillion yen ($36.82 billion) and make up for tax revenue shortfalls as firms feel the pinch from the trade tensions, the newspaper said on Saturday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration will finalise the package early next week after consultations with the ruling …read more […]

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Record $2.4 Trillion Bond Binge Is Threatening Investor Returns

(Bloomberg) — An unprecedented frenzy of debt sales around the world is threatening to cool this year’s hot returns on corporate bonds.Companies have sold a record $2.43 trillion so far this year across currencies, surpassing previous full-year records. Investors rushed to snap up all this debt because they were desperate for yield as central banks cut rates. That has pushed up valuations.Now, some troubling signs for the direction of those valuations are converging. Recent data suggest that the worst may be over for the global economy, which means many central banks could have less reason next year to guide down …read more […]

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Icahn Is Said to Push Ahead With Bid to Control Occidental Board

(Bloomberg) — Carl Icahn‘s advanced his effort to replace Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s entire board by submitting nominations for as many as 14 directors, according to people familiar with the matter.Icahn, who owns a stake in the company valued at about $1 billion, filed his slate of directors on Tuesday, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. The candidate slate is designed to replace all 10 members of the current board as well as fill new seats that might be created under Occidental’s bylaws, the people said.A representative for Icahn declined to comment. A …read more […]