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Bill Ackman Bets Over 60% Of Pershing Square's Portfolio In These 4 Stocks: UBER, HHH And More
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 4:05am | 1006Read More...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...
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Michael Burry Makes Major Portfolio Shift, Holding Only One Asset He Deems 'Recession-Proof'
Sunday, May 18, 2025 - 1:21pm | 436Read More...Renowned hedge fund manager Michael Burry has made a substantial alteration to his portfolio, maintaining only one bullish position. What Happened: The recent SEC filings indicate that Burry’s Scion Asset Management has adopted a predominantly bearish outlook. The firm has established a...
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Peter Lynch's Advice for Successful Investors: 'Stick With Your Stocks No Matter What,' Ignore So-Called 'Smart Advice'
Sunday, April 13, 2025 - 1:46pm | 501Read More...Investment maestro Peter Lynch once shed light on the distinguishing traits that set successful investors apart from the average ones. What Happened: Lynch underscores the significance of patience, courage, and discipline, asserting that these qualities hold more weight than mere intelligence....
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JD Vance's Investment Playbook Has Bitcoin And ETFs: Here's What Else The VP-Elect Is Betting On
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - 1:23am | 587Read More...Vice President-elect James David Vance is a venture capitalist with investment experience in technology and connections to several notable industry mavens. What Happened: According to his pre-election financial disclosures dated Aug. 13, 2024, Vance’s top holdings include investments in ETFs...
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Nvidia's Soaring Stock Price Prompts Analysts To Suggest A Diversified Portfolio Approach: Tech Giant's 'Dominant Market Share Position Will Be Tested'
Sunday, May 26, 2024 - 11:28pm | 695Read More...The recent surge in NVIDIA Corp‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock price has led some analysts to caution investors about the company’s future growth prospects. This has prompted them to suggest alternative investments for a more balanced portfolio. What Happened: The AI-driven boom of Nvidia has...
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Why The 60/40 Portfolio Rule Is NOT For Everyone – The Statistics Might Surprise You
Monday, August 21, 2023 - 12:15pm | 952Read More...Earlier this week I tweeted the following question: Would you retire with $1M in your bank account? — Daniel | The Money Maniac (@RealMoneyManiac) August 14, 2023 The replies were fairly divided (an ambitious bunch!) but one response stuck out to me in particular... One person said no...
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Managing Trading Anxiety Means Allowing Yourself To Be Human
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 11:04am | 673Read More...Trading anxiety is not as uncommon as many people in high finance might think. When your trading account is not where you want it and you have taken more losses than you care to admit even to yourself, it can take as much of a psychological toll as it can a financial one. Anxiety and trading are...
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SLIDESHOW: The Transformer Portfolio That Outperformed the S&P 500
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 3:13pm | 67Read More...Have you ever seen news on a company and thought, "Hmm, that company's name sounds like it could be a Transformer?" Well, the analysts at Benzinga have and went on to compile a list of 20 stocks that could be the names of Transformers. And just for fun, the 20 stocks were formed into an equal-...
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Six Rules to Follow When Picking Stocks
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 6:30pm | 946Read More...With so many options, selecting stocks can be a challenge for the average investor. While each individual's goals may alter their investing framework, having a clear set of rules can help. The following are six basic rules to consider: Rule One: - Invest in stocks that offer an easy-to-understand...
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Options for Portfolio and Risk Management
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 6:14pm | 856Read More...Can options actually provide conservative portfolio management? Putting this another way, is it possible to reduce risk while increasing profit? Most conservative traders think about options as high-risk. But in fact, they do not have to be. Some very conservative options strategies can be used to...
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Three Effective Tools For Controlling Portfolio Risk Without Relying Purely on Fixed Income
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 11:24am | 883Read More...Many investors are looking for new ways to effectively hedge portfolio equity risk without relying exclusively on mid and long term fixed income investments. Although almost all portfolios should have some exposure to ‘high quality’ fixed income (investment grade and US treasury securities), using...
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What's Up With Europe? Should You Avoid Investing There?
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 11:00am | 547Read More...Everywhere you turn, there is Europe fear. The banks are in trouble, and are having difficulty meeting the new capital requirements. The Bloomberg Europe Banks and Financial Services Index is down 33.5% for the year. The sovereign debt crisis shows no signs of abating. The picture in Europe is...
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How to Leave a Secured Investment Portfolio for the Next Generation
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 5:06pm | 508Read More...Image by Getty Images via @daylife The recent financial crunch left a number of investors out of the share market. Investors who were retired from any regular job received the deadliest of blows. Many of them invested their life savings only to lose everything with the fall. Thus the question of...
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How to Profit Amid the Pain in Spain
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 7:00am | 911Read More...It has been a rough summer for investors, but our heavy allocations to steady dividend-paying stocks and to defensive sectors such as utilities — represented by the Utilities SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLU) took less damage that the overall market averages. During a panic-fueled rout — such as the one that...
