Hedge Funds

Global Payments, Inc. (NYSE:GPN) are trading higher in Tuesday's extended sessions after the Financial Times reported that activist hedge fund Elliott Management acquired a significant position in the company.  The Details: Elliot's demands and size of the fund's stake could not be determined,...

Stanley Druckenmiller‘s Duquesne Family Office LLC offloaded its stake in this famous artificial intelligence stock as it kept building a stake in this dividend-yielding tobacco company as of the end of the first quarter of 2025. What Happened: Druckenmiller, who is the founder and the former...

Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., founded and led by the billionaire Bill Ackman, has a portfolio valued at $11.930 billion, which is concentrated in these four stocks as of the end of the first quarter of 2025. What Happened: The hedge fund, with Ackman as its CEO, had 11 holdings as of...

Both Michael Burry, the famed investor behind "The Big Short," and Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (NYSE:EL) have strategically reduced their exposure to China – and Burry doubled his bet on the global beauty giant.  Burry Shorts China, Buys EL  According to its most recent SEC filing, Burry...

Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. (NYSE:EL) stock has climbed steadily over the past three months and jumped more than 10% on Monday following the death of Leonard Lauder, a longtime executive and son of founder Estée Lauder.  Estée Lauder is Michael Burry's only current long position. Here's what...

Citadel LLC. founder Ken Griffin told the hedge fund's 300 incoming summer interns that investors who "go on defense" during market turmoil almost always lose money, and he advised them to park cash rather than crowd into so-called safe trades. What Happened: "In finance, when you're playing...

Even while geopolitical tensions churn markets and institutional behemoths withdraw billions from one of the globe’s most popular ETFs, existing data implies long-term investors may be wise to stay put. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), one of the largest and most liquid ETFs...

Renowned investor Michael Burry recently liquidated his long positions in Chinese tech stocks—a move echoed by Apollo Global's top economist, who shares his bearish outlook on China's economy. What To Know: On Wednesday, Apollo Global's chief economist Torsten Slok shared three reasons why he sees...

ChargePoint Holdings Inc (NYSE:CHPT) is about to plug into the earnings grid, and Wall Street's biggest brains are already circling the EV charging play. The company reports first quarter results after the bell Wednesday, with expectations for a loss of 5 cents per share on $108.07 million in...

Billionaires Ken Griffin, Steve Cohen, and Izzy Englander are used to setting the pace on Wall Street. But in May, their flagship hedge funds were quietly outclassed — not by each other, but by a scrappy group of lesser-known rivals who are suddenly the ones posting scoreboard-worthy returns. The...

Billionaire hedge-fund founder Ray Dalio on Thursday urged investors to "be afraid of the bond market," arguing that the United States is entering a "very, very serious" debt spiral that could spark a funding crisis within three years. What Happened: Speaking at a Paley Media Council forum in New...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, established a new position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) after the stock dropped more than 30% earlier this year.  The Details: Pershing Square chief investment officer Ryan Israel told analysts on a call...

After a sharp 23% rebound in the S&P 500 since April, hedge funds are now stacking record levels of bearish bets against stocks as investors question the staying power of the tariff-relief rally. Hedge funds have added $25 billion in short equity futures exposure over the last three Commitments...

Wall Street's reaction to Moody's downgrade of U.S. debt is turning into a tale of two titans. On one end, you have Ray Dalio — founder of Bridgewater Associates — warning that the downgrade grossly understates the true risk of owning U.S. debt. On the other hand, there’s Tom Lee of Fundstrat...