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REITs Rejoice On Fed Remarks: Were These Top Gainers Driven By News?
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 3:07pm | 1210While a rising tide usually helps to raise all ships, conversely, sharp rises in short-term interest rates tend to sink shares in the REIT sector. However, after Mr. Market finished parsing the latest Fed pronouncement by Chairman Janet Yellen, REIT investors were thrilled to see that there...
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5 Banks Warren Buffett Is Betting On For 2014
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 4:41pm | 846As we begin to ponder what sectors will rule the markets in 2014, technology, healthcare and industrials are areas that many pundits point to. If you ask Warren Buffett, though, he’ll provide a decidedly different answer. On CNBC earlier this week, Buffett gave a ringing endorsement to large-...
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10 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds – Q2 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 2:03pm | 1141By: Jake Mann There are a lot of people that think hedge fund filings are delayed and hedge funds can't even beat the market. They say tracking hedge funds is useless. Guess what? Our small-cap hedge fund strategy returned 55.6% over the last 11 months and beat the S&P 500 index by 33...
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Hedge Funds Are Bullish About These Agriculture Plays
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 9:44am | 1492By Robert Baillieul, Insider Monkey Staff Writer Severe drought and record heat is wreaking havoc on the mid-west food harvest. Lower farm yields and dwindling inventories have resulted in a 50% surge in corn prices over the past month with little relief in sight. But record food prices have...
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Palo Alto Investors' 5 Largest Healthcare Holdings
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 2:41pm | 718Founder of Palo Alto Investors William Edwards invests largely in the healthcare sector and small cap stocks that have a market capitalization lower than $3 billion. In the second quarter, Palo Alto Investors' largest five long positions returned an average of 26.2 percent according to Insider...
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Bill Gross Versus the Internet
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 10:06am | 422On Monday, Bill Gross appeared on CNBC to clear up a misconception regarding the holdings of his PIMCO Total Return Fund. In April, market blog Zero Hedge reported that Gross was actively betting against U.S. government bonds. Zero Hedge stated, “In March, PIMCO's flagship Total Return Fund has...