Psychology

One of the more interesting investment stories in the Internet space is the turnaround taking place at Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). The company, which has seen its revenues fall sharply in recent years, has become a target of activist investors amid its struggles. In 2008, Carl Icahn purchased a large...

Last Friday, Ray Dalio, one of the world's foremost investors, participated in a Bloomberg debate at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. While most of Wall Street was focused on the epic verbal throw-down between Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman, which occurred live on CNBC, Dalio's...

Citigroup (NYSE: C) CEO Michael Corbat discussed compensation, growth and underperforming assets with Bloomberg TV's Erik Schatzker at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Corbat said that he expects the environment for investment banking will remain "challenging" and weigh on compensation. Corbat...

The history of the stock market has pretty convincingly proven that "what goes up, must come down." When it comes to hyper-growth technology companies, this is particularly true. At the very least, most of these stocks hit an incredible peak before pulling back and consolidating for years. Some...

There are a number of controversial CEOs on Wall Street. Any number of different personality quirks, management styles or missteps can gain you admission to the "most controversial club." One reason for this is likely because of the eccentric personalities displayed by many entrepreneurs. At...

David Tepper, founder of Appaloosa Management, told Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle on "Market Makers" today that he's "going to come out of the closet right now…we are bullish… This country is on the version of just an explosion of greatness. Do you like that? Explosion of greatness." On...

Dan Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC has already made some very fast paper profits on its stake in multi-level marketer Herbalife (NYSE: HLF). Loeb purchased his 8.2 percent stake in the embattled company at roughly $32 according to The New York Post. All told, the hedge fund purchased around 8....

The Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) saga continued on Wednesday as famed hedge fund manager Dan Loeb's Third Point Capital revealed that it has acquired an 8.2 percent stake, valued at around $350 million, in the embattled multi-level marketing company. Later on in the day, the SEC announced that it was...

On the first trading day of the New Year the U.S. stock market exploded higher in the wake of a last-minute Congressional deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Investor exuberance sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketing more than 300 points higher to over 13,400. The Nasdaq did even better,...

The U.S. stock market jumped on Monday as Congressional lawmakers suggested that a deal to avert the looming "fiscal cliff" appears to be near at hand. Throughout the day, the market continued to rise and closed out on the highs of the session as an optimistic tone prevailed. Some of the gains may...