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Value Investors, Meet John Paulson’s New Stock Positions

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 7:33 pm

John Paulson made a fortune during and after the recession, but he and his investors have not been as successful since (to say the least). Paulson has been taking some ...
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MetroPCS Defends its Plans to Merge with T-Mobile

Posted: March 12, 2013 at 12:13 pm

Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. (NYSE: PCS) jumped to a 52-week high of $14.51 the day last October when the company announced its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, which is ...
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A How-To Guide on the Next Big Short: Treasury Bond Market

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 8:15 am

What is the next big short? The money that was made from 2007 to 2009 on the subprime mortgage short provided some of the most staggering profits that hedge funds ...
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Are Paulson’s Losses on Sino-Forest Overstated?

Posted: June 24, 2011 at 1:33 pm

Reports have been out that Paulson & Co. had suffered severe losses in a Chinese forestry company called Sino-Forest.  Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson may not have been hurt ...
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Whale Watching Stocks: Paulson, Soros, Berkowitz, Icahn, Einhorn (GLD, HPQ, RIG, BAC, JPM, WFC, C, AAPL, BBY, WMT, MA, AIG, BAM, CSCO, SHLD, GGP, GE, DYN, AMGN, SUG, CVS, GM)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:42 pm

We have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn't share many 'confidential positions' so we are whale watching in other ponds.  We wanted ...
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Media Digest (5/10/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 4:00 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is close to a purchase of Skype for $7 billion (WSJ) Microsoft is close to an $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype (Reuters) PIMCO increased its short ...
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Media Digest (1/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 4:12 am

The IMF "Fiscal Monitor" and ratings agencies have both warned Japan and the US on their growing debt loads (Reuters) Ford Motor's (NYSE: F) annual profit may be its largest ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/9/2010) Fund Losses

Posted: September 9, 2010 at 7:53 am

Updated throughout the day Singapore sovereign fund GIC will have an IPO (Reuters) Cerberus Capital Management may be the PE firm that made an offer worth up to $2.5 billion ...
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Media Digest 7/22/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 4:02 am

Reuters:   Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) beat Wall St.  expectations but it stock did not move. Reuters:   The pay czar will criticize Goldman Sachs Group, Citigroup (NYSE: C), and ...
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