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Here’s What Hedge Funds Think About TopBuild Corp (BLD)

At Insider Monkey, we pore over the filings of nearly 750 top investment firms every quarter, a process we have now completed for the latest reporting period. The data we’ve gathered as a result gives us access to a wealth of collective knowledge based on these firms’ portfolio holdings as of June 28. In this […] …read more […]

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Here’s What Hedge Funds Think About American States Water Co (AWR)

The market has been volatile in the last few months as the Federal Reserve continued its rate cuts and uncertainty looms over trade negotiations with China. Small cap stocks have been hit hard as a result, as the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) has underperformed the larger S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 10 percentage […] …read more […]

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Is Unisys Corporation (UIS) Going To Burn These Hedge Funds ?

The 700+ hedge funds and famous money managers tracked by Insider Monkey have already compiled and submitted their 13F filings for the second quarter, which unveil their equity positions as of June 28. We went through these filings, fixed typos and other more significant errors and identified the changes in hedge fund portfolios. Our extensive […] …read more […]

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U.S. SEC considers relaxing post-crisis structured mortgage product rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday said it was seeking feedback on whether disclosure rules were discouraging firms from issuing SEC-registered residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) as the Trump administration seeks to overhaul the U.S. housing finance market. The move, which follows five years of limited activity in the SEC-registered RMBS market, could result in the SEC loosening disclosure requirements introduced in the wake of the 2007-2009 subprime mortgage crisis. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said that he had asked agency officials to review SEC disclosure requirements for RMBS introduced in 2014 in a bid to revitalize …read more […]

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Ford shutters oldest Brazil plant as revival bid faces doubts

Ford Motor Co on Wednesday said it was shutting down its oldest plant in Brazil later in the day as planned, with prospects for saving any of the jobs in doubt as talks with a potential buyer have fallen behind schedule. The plant, located in the industrial suburb of Sao Bernardo do Campo, produced buses and the Fiesta compact car, which sold poorly. Ford first announced it would shut down the plant in February, and said it had failed to find a buyer. …read more […]

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Equinix: 3Q Earnings Snapshot

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) _ Equinix Inc. (EQIX) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The real estate investment trust, based in Redwood City, California, said it had funds from operations of $472.7 million, or $5.52 per share, in the period. …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Are Dumping Whitestone REIT (WSR)

Hedge funds and other investment firms that we track manage billions of dollars of their wealthy clients’ money, and needless to say, they are painstakingly thorough when analyzing where to invest this money, as their own wealth also depends on it. Regardless of the various methods used by elite investors like David Tepper and David […] …read more […]

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Brazil president says he wants country to join OPEC

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he wants his country to join OPEC, a move that would add the most significant new producer to the oil cartel for years but met with skepticism in Brazil’s energy industry. The comments come ahead of a massive auction of oil rights in Brazil, which is boosting output rapidly. OPEC membership would likely require Brazil to limit oil production, potentially throwing future expansion plans into doubt. …read more […]

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Twitter to stop all political advertising

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced in a series of tweets that Twitter will stop all political advertising. This comes following Facebook receiving backlash for not vetting political ads. Yahoo Finance’s Jen Rogers, Myles Udland and Dan Roberts discuss on The Final Round. …read more […]

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How Safe Is This Oil Giant’s 6.3% Yield?

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A, RDS-B) is one of the largest oil companies on the planet. But the oil business hasn’t been an easy one over the past several years.
Though the price of oil is up from its 2016 lows, it’s still half of where it was trading in 2013.
Nevertheless, the oil giant grew its cash flow last year.
In 2018, free cash flow came in at $27.3 billion, more than double the total in 2017. The year prior, free cash flow had been negative.
In the first half of the year, free cash flow was $10.9 billion, so it’s behind the …read more […]