Baupost Group

Among the many investment firms that filed second-quarter 13Fs on Friday, there’s David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital, a hedge fund with an equity portfolio worth more than $7.97 billion. Between April and June, the firm acquired six new stocks, increased its exposure to another eight...

Shares of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE: LNG) were up more than 5 percent on Friday, after Carl Icahn disclosed late Thursday a new activist position in the company. According to the 13D filing, Icahn owns 19,353,530 shares of the company’s Common Stock, which represent 8.18 percent of the...

Seth Klarman, the billionaire value investor, has amassed large stakes in Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (NYSE: BXE) and Sunedison Semiconductor Ltd (NASDAQ: SEMI), according to GuruFocus. Klarman amounted an 11.4 percent stake in Bellatrix Exploration and a 9.99 percent stake in Sunedison...

Futures Lower Following Eurozone GDP U.S. equity futures traded lower in early trade following weak GDP data from eurozone nations released overnight for the fourth quarter. Eurozone GDP fell 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter, worse than expectations of a decline of 0.4 percent and below the...

Hedge funds are piling into shares of American International Group (NYSE: AIG). The company's latest investor is the Baupost Group's Seth Klarman. The fund released its 13-F report for the fourth-quarter of 2012 on Wednesday after the market close. As of December 31, 2012 the hedge fund had...

The Baupost Group is one of the largest hedge funds in the world and boasts a terrific stock picking track record. The fund's founder and president is Seth Klarman, one of the most respected value investors in the world. In fact, Klarman has even been called "the Warren Buffett of his generation...