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Price of Gold per Ounce Jumps in Today’s Market

If you love volatility, you likely own stakes in some hedges.
Because we all know that the bulls can’t win every day.
These hedges can be bonds, cash, puts or precious metals.
And the latter is what we’re going to dig into today.
Precious metals are enjoying glittering performances in 2019.
Even the investors’ favorite, gold, has gained nearly 17%!

That puts it ahead of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and right in line with the performance of the S&P 500.
Now, during the difficult six-year bear market in precious metals, gold really wasn’t worth talking about.
Everyone wanted to know when gold was going to get its …read more […]

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Buffett's Berkshire seeks Fed leeway to boost BofA bet – Bbg

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc is seeking permission from the Federal Reserve to boost its stake in Bank of America Corp above the 10% level, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Shares of BofA were up 3% after the report came out. Berkshire, which has a 9.96% stake in BofA, filed an application with the Fed in recent weeks making a variety of assurances that it will passively invest in the bank, the report said https://bloom.bg/2ISBQEW citing a copy of the application provided by the regulator. …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On HUYA Inc. (HUYA)

Hedge funds run by legendary names like George Soros and David Tepper make billions of dollars a year for themselves and their super-rich accredited investors (you’ve got to have a minimum of $1 million liquid to invest in a hedge fund) by spending enormous resources on analyzing and uncovering data about small-cap stocks that the […] …read more […]

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Warren Buffett Seeks Fed Leeway to Boost Stake in Bank of America Past 10%

(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is seeking permission from the Federal Reserve to potentially increase its stake in Bank of America Corp. to more than 10%, a level that often triggers a regulatory review. The bank’s shares rallied.Berkshire, which disclosed in July that it had hit that threshold, filed an application with the Fed in recent weeks making a variety of assurances to show that it will passively invest in the bank, according to a copy of the application provided by the regulator.Berkshire “may decide to purchase additional shares of common stock of Bank of America based on …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Have Never Been This Bullish On Zynga Inc (ZNGA)

With the first-quarter round of 13F filings behind us it is time to take a look at the stocks in which some of the best money managers in the world preferred to invest or sell heading into the second quarter. One of these stocks was Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA). Is Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) ready to rally […] …read more […]

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Is Hexcel Corporation (HXL) Going To Burn These Hedge Funds ?

Hedge funds and large money managers usually invest with a focus on the long-term horizon and, therefore, short-lived dips or bumps on the charts, usually don’t make them change their opinion towards a company. This time it may be different. During the fourth quarter of 2018 we observed increased volatility and small-cap stocks underperformed the […] …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Are Selling Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (MLNX)

We know that hedge funds generate strong, risk-adjusted returns over the long run, therefore imitating the picks that they are collectively bullish on can be a profitable strategy for retail investors. With billions of dollars in assets, smart money investors have to conduct complex analyses, spend many resources and use tools that are not always […] …read more […]