On August 30, Scion Capital filed a 13D on Tailored Brands(TLRD) disclosing a 5.18% position in the troubled formal apparel retailer that owns Men's Warehouse and Jos. A. Bank. Michael Burry's hedge fund also disclosed three separate letters sent to management in recent weeks. In the letter...
The Lottery Ticket Stocks Q2 2019 portfolio was down 6.72% for the quarter, tracking the Russell 2000 Index lower. However, the portfolio of top hedge funds' most speculative holdings, rebalanced quarterly based on 13F filings, was up 35.65% year-to date as of August 15.
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...
Michael Burry as activist investor? It doesn't seem likely that the famously media-shy hedge fund manager would take a page from Carl Icahn's playbook, but that's just what appears to be happening. Burry told Barron's in an article published Wednesday that Scion Asset...
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....
Arlington Value's Allan Mecham increased his position in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.B) by 8% during the second quarter of 2019. Including Berkshire A and B shares, Berkshire was 29.93% of Arlington's portfolio at Q2 end. The Salt Lake City-based fund's 13F also showed increases in its Alliance...
GE is another Enron, only worse. That's according to forensic accountant Harry Markopolos, famous for raising red flags about Bernie Madoff ’s Ponzi scheme before most anyone else had a clue. Markipolos released a report on Thursday claiming General Electric (GE) has been...
Scion Management's Q2 holdings are out, revealing extensive turnover orchestrated by manager Michael Burry. The renowned value investor added four new stocks to his portfolio, but closed-out eight positions, cutting the total number of long holdings in his hedge fund to just 10. Maybe...
Starboard Value cut its Cars.com stake aggressively after the online auto retailer's strategic search failed and the company announced disappointing Q2 results. In a 13D/A filing submitted Wednesday afternoon, the hedge fund disclosed selling 4.47 million shares of the online automobile retailer on August 5-6 at...
Activist Cannell Capital raised its stake in Lee Enterprises (LEE) to 7.37%. The hedge fund filed a 13D/A on July 30 disclosing a 1.7 million additional share purchase of the newspaper publisher. Cannell is now LEE's largest shareholder. Lee Enterprises owns 49...