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A Greek Curveball (PFE, BHI, ADM, ICLK, YHOO, EDV, ASIA)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 4:33PM on November 1st

Stocks took it on the chin for a second day as Greece’s prime minister surprisingly said he’d let the Greek people vote on whether to accept the EU rescue package and subsequent austerity measures. If the vote goes through and…

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Hedge Fund Stars Struggle Through Rocky First Half (AAPL, BP, MSFT, PFE, TRV, BAC, C, HIG, STI, APC, RIG, SNOFF)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:09PM on July 6th

The first half of 2011 has been no cakewalk for some of the biggest names in the hedge fund business as funds led by noted managers such as David Einhorn and John Paulson are among those that are down through…

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Afternoon Spy: Select Commodities Lead Market Rebound (GMCR, NEP, CEO, MNEL, REX, EGO, EXK, GRS, SLW, SLV, ABT, PFE, FSLR, RENN, SINA, XOM, JVA)

Posted by Eric Monte at 1:39PM on June 9th

The markets are trading solidly higher this afternoon after finishing lower the previous six sessions. In economic news, weekly jobless claims rose 1,000 to 427,000 for the week ending June 4, 2011. Typically a number above 400,000 indicates weak labor…

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Bruce Fund Doesn’t Like Attention, Likes To Outperform (BRUFX, ABT, PFE, ALL, FTK, SD, HGSI, CTICD)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:36AM on June 9th

Imagine a no-load mutual fund that Morningstar ranks first in its peer group for 1-, 3-, 10- and 15-year periods that over the last decade has beaten the returns offered by some of the biggest names in the mutual fund business.…

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A Peek Into Hedge Fund Guru Einhorn’s Portfolio (BBY, MSFT, BDX, TRV, PFE, GDX, AAPL, S)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:43AM on May 20th

With the deadline for end-of-Q1 regulatory filings behind us, investors are now privy to closely followed Greenlight Capital manager David Einhorn’s first-quarter moves in his long equity book.

Greenlight Capital’s top-15 U.S.-listed equity holdings from the end of Q1 are available…

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Amazon Resolves Cloud Issues (AMZN, PFE, NFLX, ARUN, APKT, NTAP, VMW, RVBD)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 1:24PM on April 25th

After some technical difficulties hampered cloud-computing services offered by Amazon.com (AMZN) last week, issues that sparked concern over how many customers would opt to depend on services provided by computers in remote locations, the company says many of those issues are…

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A Peek Into Hedge Fund Guru Einhorn’s Long Book (FAIRX, JOE, BP, S, BDX, CAH, GDX, MSFT, ESV, AAPL, PFE)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:52AM on February 17th

Greenlight Capital manager David Einhorn made headlines when he pitted his firm against Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme Fund (FAIRX) on Florida real estate developer St. Joe (JOE) back in October, and with the deadline for end-of-2010 regulatory filings behind us, investors are now…

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Big Pharma M&A On The Way For Biotech Stocks? (MRK, PFE, ALXN, DNDN, HGSI, CEPH, UTHR, BMRN, CADX, ONXX)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 12:16PM on January 31st

Biotechs are frequently mentioned as takeover candidates for large pharmaceuticals firms looking to enhance their drug pipelines and Barron’s offered up a list of 13 biotech firms that could draw the interest of big pharma, news that is helping boost the…

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Appaloosa’s Tepper Cautious, But Still Bullish (STD, MU, BAC, C, COF, WFC, MSFT, PFE)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:21PM on January 21st

In an interview with CNBC this morning, noted hedge fund manager David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, which has $15 billion in assets, said he’s “cautious but optimistic” about equity markets and the economy, noting that the Federal Reserve’s second round…

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Yield Hunter: Dividends on the Move (PFE, AZN, BMY, GSK, LLY, IRM, CSC, ACN, IBM, GE)

Posted by Ryan Patel at 9:01AM on December 14th

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) is ramping up its dividend after the firm’s board declared a 20-cent first-quarter 2011 dividend on the company’s common stock, payable March 1, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 4, 2011.…

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