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How Hedge Funds Trade Options

First, let me say this: Most people lose money trading options. It's a very difficult game. But if you can…

VIX, the Rule of 25 and Leadership Change

Momentum investing, or buying stocks with the largest six-month and one-year price gains, works well when volatility is low, with…

Is Icahn Pushing Apple to buy Nuance or Netflix in Letter to Tim Cook?

If Carl Icahn is going to push Apple to buy one of his holdings, it has to be Nuance (NUAN).…

Why This Bankrupt Stock Is Up More Than 150% Today

10/7/2014 Yesterday GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) declared bankruptcy, sending the stock down more than 90% in one day. It's likely…

The Tech Bubble Has Finally Burst

When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke: There is a start-up company, of course in…

Four Billionaire-Owned Stocks to Buy on the Dip

When high-quality stocks sell off for non-fundamental reasons, billionaire investors lick their chops. As you probably know, Warren Buffett has…

Our Take on Starboard Value’s Activist Campain Against Yahoo

When the news broke on Friday that activist hedge fund Starboard Value had taken a position in Yahoo (YHOO) and…

Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Concentrated Six-Stock Portfolio

9/26/2014 [Our post on Bill Ackman, below, was one of our most widely read stories on Forbes and Yahoo Finance.]…

How Warren Buffett Returned 40% Annualized Between 1980 and 2003

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) is back on top again; it has has returned 18.2% year to date in 2014,…

The Best Hedge Fund You’ve Never Heard Of

The secret of the hedge fund industry is that the best-performing funds are nearly always the newest — and usually…