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Bridgewater’s Culture, Performance Not Typical Among Hedge Funds (GE, DIS, EEM, IVV, LQD, VWO, MSFT, ORCL, XOM)

Posted by Eric Monte at 11:59AM on July 18th

Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, may be home to one of the most unusual cultures in the hedge fund universe, but that doesn’t stop the firm from consistently trouncing its rivals. Last year, Bridgewater’s flagship fund, Pure Alpha,…

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Possible Credit Rating Cuts and Stress Tests (ORCL, MU, FINL, UAL, NBS, PTIE)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:32PM on June 24th

Stocks slid on the day over more worries about Europe. Greece once again was a center of concern, but it was joined by its Classical neighbor to the west, Italy. Moody’s earlier threatened to cut the credit rating of over…

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Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates Adds Some Size…In A Big Way (DIS, GE, MSFT, ORCL, XOM, SPY, VWO, AMAT, MW, NVLS)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:55AM on June 22nd

Already the world’s largest hedge fund, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates is getting a bit bigger. Actually, a lot bigger as the firm is nearly done launching a new $10 billion fund, which the Wall Street Journal reports is one of the…

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With Plenty Of Cash, EMC Plans To Go Shopping (EMC, IBM, ORCL, NTAP, SNDK, WDC)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:48PM on June 10th

EMC (EMC), the largest provider of data storage services, is looking to keep pace with rivals such as Dow component IBM (IBM) and software giant Oracle (ORCL) by making acquisitions this year. Just don’t expect the Massachusetts-based company to make any big deals,…

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Fisher Extols The Virtues Of Moore’s Law (INTC, AMAT, EMC, ORCL, AAPL, XOM, OXY, BHP, FCX)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:35AM on June 8th

In a speech to business leaders in Washington state, famed investor Ken Fisher, the author of four New York Times bestsellers and founder of Fisher Investments, said Moore’s Law, an observation made over four decades ago by Intel (INTC) co-founder Gordon Moore,…

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Energy, Tech Tops in Institutional Portfolios (XOM, AAPL, CVX, IBM, MSFT, COP, GOOG, ORCL, JNJ, PG, GE, JPM, GS, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 11:21AM on June 6th

Energy and technology mega-caps are the most popular stocks with Pro investors right now.

ExxonMobil (XOM), Apple (AAPL), Chevron (CVX), IBM (IBM), and Microsoft (MSFT) were the stocks most likely to appear among top-15, U.S.-listed stocks in institutional portfolios at the end of Q1.

Energy giant…

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A Peek into the Goldman Sachs Portfolio (GS, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, QCOM, ORCL, SPY, EFA, IWM, GE, JPM, SLB)

Posted by Jason Smith at 10:07AM on May 19th

After a tumultuous couple of years, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) got back on track in 2010, settling litigation related to the 2008 mortgage meltdown and cementing its position as a big shot on Wall Street. Though a raft of litigation related…

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Predicting the Biggest Tech Earnings Winners: Dell, HP, Tower Semi and More (ADI, DELL, HPQ, IBM, ORCL, TSEM, TSM, BRCD)

Posted by Next Inning at 10:45AM on May 16th

Earnings season is winding down in the tech sector. What should investors expect from these reports? What are the key storylines to follow and are these stocks likely to trade higher or lower in the wake of their results?

In NextInning.com’s…

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Fisher Sees Another Leg Up for This Bull Market (SLB, XOM, NOV, OXY, APC, EMC, AMAT, ORCL, BHP, FCX)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:48AM on May 4th

Highly regarded money manager Ken Fisher has been fairly optimistic about the market over the last few quarters, seeing market dips caused by geopolitical events as potential buying opportunities. As the market has pushed to new highs following the natural…

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Apple’s Nasdaq Influence Set To Drop (AAPL, QCOM, GOOG, MSFT, ORCL, QQQ)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 1:00PM on April 5th

Apple’s (AAPL) influence on the Nasdaq-100 Index is set to decline following an announcement by the exchange that the index will be re-weighted and Apple’s weight in the index will be slashed to 12.3% from 20.5%. The rebalancing will take effect…

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