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Major Buys and Sells by Top Funds for 2nd Quarter 2013

Warren Paige — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:13:47 +0000

Hedge fund and mutual funds have begun filing their 13Fs for the second quarter of 2013 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The second quarter of 2013 was a volatile one for equity markets as concerns over an early end to the Federal Reserve’s bond buying program weighed down sentiment. Still, all three major indexes [...]

Steinway Musical Instruments to Be Acquired by Private Equity Firm (LVB)

Warren Paige — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:13:36 +0000

Shares of Steinway Musical Instruments Inc. (NYSE: LVB) have surged today after the company agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Kohlberg & Company. Steinway Musical Instruments, which designs, manufactures, markets and distributes musical instruments, said that it will be acquired by an affiliate of Kohlberg & Company in a transaction valued at nearly [...]

20 Stocks Top Hedge Funds Are Buying – June 1, 2013

Warren Paige — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:18:36 +0000

In the last two weeks, markets have been extremely volatile. All three major indexes in the U.S. have been fluctuating between gains and losses over the past few trading sessions amid speculation that the Federal Reserve might start easing up its aggressive bond buying program as early this summer. Fed’s aggressive monetary easing measures have [...]

Jana Partners Discloses Stake in Groupon and Zynga (GRPN, ZNGA)

Warren Paige — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:50:23 +0000

Jana Partners, one of the leading activist hedge funds, managed by Barry Rosenstein, revealed on Wednesday that it holds stake in Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA).

Jana, which manages in excess of $4 billion in U.S. stock holdings, disclosed in its regulatory filing on Wednesday that it has a stake [...]

SolarCity Shares Surge Ahead of Quarterly Results (SCTY)

Warren Paige — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:41:11 +0000

Shares of SolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY), a San Mateo, California-based company engaged in the design, installation and sale or lease of solar energy systems to residential and commercial customers, are seeing a huge rally ahead of the release of the company’s quarterly results.

This will be SCTY’s second quarterly report as a public company. [...]

What Major Funds are Buying and Selling Now …

Warren Paige — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:48:07 +0000

What Major Funds are Buying and Selling Now

After a solid first quarter that saw all three benchmark indexes rise sharply, equity markets continued their excellent run in the first month of the second quarter. All three indexes finished higher in April. With stocks at multi-year high levels, the key question investors are asking right [...]

What Smart Hedge Funds are Buying and Selling for Early 2013

Warren Paige — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:37:24 +0000

Equity markets are continuing to have an excellent run in 2013. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 has gained 6.45% and crossed the psychological 1,500 mark.

Stocks have been driven higher by some solid U.S. economic data. Recent data from the world’s largest economy has shown signs of continuing improvement. Although there were concerns over the [...]

Cooperman’s Omega Advisors Buys Facebook Shares (FB, AAPL, LVS, SD, SIRI, NYX)

Warren Paige — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:55:07 +0000

A recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing (SEC) showed that Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors bought shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Omega Advisors in its 13F filing disclosed that it purchased nearly 3.2 million shares of Facebook during the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, the filing also showed that the [...]