Trading Ideas

Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) lagged the larger S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 10 percentage points since the end of the third quarter of 2018 as investors first worried over the possible ramifications of rising interest rates and the escalation of the trade war with China. The hedge funds and institutional investors we track […] …read more […]

How do we determine whether Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) makes for a good investment at the moment? We analyze the sentiment of a select group of the very best investors in the world, who spend immense amounts of time and resources studying companies. They may not always be right (no one is), but data […] …read more […]

We can judge whether BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT) is a good investment right now by following the lead of some of the best investors in the world and piggybacking their ideas. There’s no better way to get these firms’ immense resources and analytical capabilities working for us than to follow their lead into their best ideas. […] …read more […]

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 […]

Is BHP Group (NYSE:BBL) a good place to invest some of your money right now? We can gain invaluable insight to help us answer that question by studying the investment trends of top investors, who employ world-class Ivy League graduates, who are given immense resources and industry contacts to put their financial expertise to work. […] …read more […]

While the market driven by short-term sentiment influenced by the accomodative 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 second quarter and hedging or reducing many of […] …read more […]

World-class money managers like Ken Griffin and Barry Rosenstein only invest their wealthy clients’ money after undertaking a rigorous examination of any potential stock. They are particularly successful in this regard when it comes to small-cap stocks, which their peerless research gives them a big information advantage on when it comes to judging their worth. […] …read more […]

Today we’ll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Vertex… …read more […]

Hedge fund managers like David Einhorn, Bill Ackman, or Carl Icahn became billionaires through reaping large profits for their investors, which is why piggybacking their stock picks may provide us with significant returns as well. Many hedge funds, like Paul Singer’s Elliott Management, are pretty secretive, but we can still get some insights by analyzing […] …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 […]

In 2013 Ken Meyers was appointed CEO of United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE:USM). This report will, first… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday that President Donald Trump should be impeached.“He should be impeached,” Biden said to a standing ovation from supporters in Rochester, New Hampshire.Biden had yet to explicitly call for Trump’s impeachment, saying only that Congress would have no choice but to impeach if the Trump administration refused to cooperate with a probe into his behavior.On Tuesday, the White House said it would not participate in an impeachment inquiry it considered to be run by a “kangaroo court,” saying it would prohibit witnesses from testifying and would block any document submissions.“Donald Trump …read more […]

My main gripe with the TechCrunch Disrupt event I went to in San Francisco last week?
No angst.
You’d think that with Uber trading 30% below its IPO price, Lyft trading 40% below and Slack trading 8% below, there’d be just a little anxiety. But I didn’t hear a single word spoken in defense (or criticism) of everybody’s favorite whipping boy, Alfred E. Neuman.

Oh, wait a minute, I meant the other happy-go-lucky guy, WeWork’s ex-CEO Adam Neumann.

I suspect you know WeWork’s story by now. WeWork was originally expected to IPO near (at least) the $47 billion valuation it had during its last …read more […]

If you love investing in stocks you’re bound to buy some losers. Long term Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT) shareholders… …read more […]

How many political lives does President Trump have? He has survived the Mueller report, and his approval ratings remains stable as House Democrats begin impeachment proceedings. And now, a forecasting firm predicts Trump will win re-election, if the economy alone is the determining factor. …read more […]