Many traders know of Bruce Kovner, the cab driver turned multi-billionaire, from his interview with Jack Schwager in the classic investment book Market Wizards. As founder and Chairman of Caxton Associates from 1983 to 2011, Kovner reportedly averaged 21% annual returns. Kovner managed as much as $14 billion...
Tiger Global and Matrix Capital are the two best performing "Tiger Cubs" over the last year. In fact, the two hedge funds' long 13F returns are two of the best in the entire hedge fund universe. That's based on equal-weighted holdings of each fund's top 20 positions,...
Over the last several days SRS Investment added to its Avis Budget Group (CAR) stake. The New York-based hedge fund acquired 243,000 shares of the rental car company from Aug. 17-19. In Form 4s disclosed Wednesday, SRS reported buying the stock on the...
Fastly Inc. (FSLY) shares surged nearly 45% from July 24 through Aug 5. -- going from $78 to a high of $117.79. But since then, FSLY has pulled all the way back to $79.25. Tons of volatility, but Fastly's #1 holder -- Abdiel Capital -- hasn't sold...
If you figure out exactly what Michael Burry was up to in the second quarter of 2020, please let me know. Scion's Q2 13F portfolio released today shows that Burry dumped his #1 holding -- and new position -- from last quarter, Jack in the Box (JACK)....
Value Investor Clifford Sosin, founder and manager of CAS Investment Partners, runs a concentrated portfolio -- as of Q2's close the fund held only five positions. However, an equal-weighted portfolio of those five stocks is up 80% Year-to-date. The fund's top holding, online car retailer Carvana (CVNA),...
Activist hedge fund Glenview Capital filed a 13D on Bausch Health (BHC) after market hours Monday. The $13.3B fund, managed by Larry Robbins, disclosed a 5.9% stake in the pharmaceutical company. Bausch Health is now Glenview's #3 portfolio position.
BHC shares closed at $18.79...
The ten most underrated hedge funds are not famous. But the managers running these funds have consistently generated exceptional returns despite (or maybe because) they fly under the radar. The stock picks of the managers on this list have handily outperformed most of the "wizards of...
Below is a list of the top ten most overrated hedge fund managers. Many of these guys (they're all men) have become celebrities, idolized by investors, just like movie stars or great athletes are in mainstream American society. And most of them made their billions -- and...
On June 17, EcoR1 Capital filed a 13G on Xencor Inc. (XNCR), disclosing the purchase of over 2M shares. EcoR1 now owns 8% of Xencor. The purchase makes XNCR the #1 position in EcoR1's $957M 13F portfolio.
Xencor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company...