The Jana Partners website says its investing strategy is “Unlocking value through active shareholder engagement.” That’s a polite way of saying it shakes the trees until money falls out. Activist investing dates…
One of the most ubiquitous investment tips among Gen-Z and Millennials is “VOO and chill”. Translation: Buy the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) and hold it. Ironically, the most famous old…
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 haven’t been hit this hard in quite a while. With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 correcting, self-guided investors with too much cash may wish to…
The tariffs-inspired stock market rout that began last week picked up steam on Monday, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) falling about 2.1% through noon ET, and the Nasdaq…
The median household income for a family of four was $114,425 annually last year. For an individual, it’s about $60,000. Yet there are some people with special skills that can earn far…
It’s the big question that I’m sure many new investors share: is it better to go with the S&P 500 or the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100? The latter will give one a shot…
If you’re building out your first portfolio, having most of that in a low-cost exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a good idea. Most investors have the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) in…
For six decades, Warren Buffett has dominated the investing world. He has consistently beat the S&P 500 by a 2-to-1 ratio. Generating cumulative returns of 4,384,748%, he has compiled a compound annual…
The stock market has been on a roller coaster ride for the past five years. It crashed at the outset of Covid, only to immediately make a U-turn and rage higher. Then…
Stock markets took a tumble earlier this year, giving up much of their gains from November, when removal of uncertainty as to the next resident of the White House helped allow stocks…
Billionaire Zach Schreiber’s hedge fund, PointState Capital, is said to have generated a 47.9% return for investors in 2024. Who is Schreiber, and how did he become such a successful investor? The…
Most investors have probably never heard of Juniper Hill Capital Management, a Silicon Valley-based investment adviser run by Chuck Chai, the managing partner and chief investment officer. Founded in 2018, Chai runs…
Former NBC-TV news anchor Tom Brokaw is credited with popularizing the title, “The Greatest Generation” to describe Americans born 1901 and 1927, a great many who wound up serving in WWII. Coming…
John Seetoo Two Sigma Investments founders John Overdeck and David Siegel are worth an estimated $14 billion. The duo founded the company in 2001. In August 2024, they stepped down as co-CEOs, replaced by…
Paul Singer founded Elliott Investment Management L.P., a Florida-based hedge fund known for its investor activism, in 1977. According to Forbes, a Singer worth an estimated $6.2 billion can be highly combative…
