RA Capital has outperformed all other healthcare hedge funds over the past decade, based on 13F holdings. In fact, RA's 30.88% annualized return of it's equal-weighted top 20 long portfolio led all other hedge funds over that period. So, when RA manager Peter Kolchinsky discloses portfolio changes,...
If you had to choose one fund to follow, Tiger Global might be it. Chase Coleman's Tiger Global has been the best large hedge fund over the last 3 years. At least based on long-only positions disclosed via 13F filings. Copying or "cloning" Tiger Global's long positions...
Cloning Carl Icahn is a good idea. Now I'm of course not talking about a laboratory experiment whereby we create an army of little corporate activists that will grow into so many billionaires. Rather, I'm referring to following the renowned...
Howard Mark's Oaktree Capital navigated a volatile Q2 2019, returning 9.03%. That's based on an equal-weighted portfolio of the fund's top 20 holdings. It was the best quarterly return for large Hedge Funds -- those with greater than $5 billion in 13F securities. Oaktree's...
MGM Resorts International (MGM) stock has collapsed 72% over the last three months -- losing about $13 billion of market value -- as the Coronavirus pandemic forces a shutdown of the U.S casino industry. MGM's 30 properties around the U.S.,including its trademark MGM Grand casino and...
In 1991 the first (and only) edition of Seth Klarman's book Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor was published. Just 5000 copies were printed, and initial sales were slow. You could have bought it for $25. Today, it might be worth $3000.
Perceptive Advisors' Neptune Wellness Solutions (NEPT) position increased by 50% during the 3rd quarter of 2019, to 4.5 million shares. The stake represents 14.53% of the Cannabis extraction company's outstanding shares. NEPT was Perceptive Advisors' #20 position at Q3 close. The increase in Perceptive'...
Sun Valley Gold led all hedge funds in Q2 of 2019 with a 56% 13F-based return. But the eye-popping performance by the Ketchum, Idaho-based fund comes with an asterisk, as explained below. Ketchum-based Sun Valley is a materials-focused hedge fund managed by Peter F....
Lottery ticket stocks are equities perceived by investors to provide a small chance of a huge payoff. Like playing the lottery, many investors find these stocks -- usually low-priced, thinly traded with little or no earnings -- very alluring. However, studies show that -- like the...
In a 13G filed Friday evening, Citadel Advisors disclosed a 19.9% Avianca Holdings (AVH) stake. Ken Griffin's hedge fund reported that it owns 82,364,111 preferred shares of AVH issued to Citadel in exchange for a $356 million investment in Avianca. To...