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Pershing Square SPAC Discloses Bill Ackman's Tweets; Could A Deal Announcement Be Coming?
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 1:00pm | 542Pershing Square Founder and CEO Bill Ackman tweeted six times in February. Three of the tweets became part of a new disclosure from the company’s SPAC and could be important to SPAC investors and current shareholders. What To Know: A new filing from Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE:...
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Q4 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 2:44pm | 2210The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Takeaways From 13F Season: Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was...
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2020: The Year Of The SPAC
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - 2:47pm | 1657After spending years in the investing wilderness, SPACs suddenly became one of the hottest routes to the public market in 2020. Why have SPACs suddenly become so popular and which ones should investors watch out for? Investors Love A Fad 2017 was the year of cryptocurrency mania, 2018 saw...
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Bill Ackman Crushed The Market Again In 2020
Thursday, December 31, 2020 - 4:59pm | 484Rumors of Bill Ackman’s demise were greatly exaggerated. After a brutal three-year stretch from 2015 to 2017, Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (OTC: PSHZF) has now put together back-to-back years of stellar returns, and Ackman has eased fears that he lost his stock-picking touch....
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Fintech Focus For December 31, 2020
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 6:48pm | 1939Quote To Start The Day: Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings. Source: Jonathan Huie One Big Thing In Fintech: In a recent outlook for North American and European fintech, Fitch Ratings acknowledged that the sector fundamentals should remain resilient next year, despite pandemic-...
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Why Kevin O'Leary Is Betting On Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Tontine SPAC
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 5:05pm | 629Investor Kevin O’Leary presented at the inaugural Benzinga Global Small Cap Conference. Among the many topics he covered in his presentation was his thoughts on SPACs. O’Leary On SPACs: SPACs are a competition to private equity, O’Leary told Benzinga's Jason Raznick...
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Mastercard Considers Cutting Ties to Pornhub After Child Abuse Content Allegations: Bloomberg
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 9:57am | 304Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) is rethinking its connections to Pornhub.com parent company MindGeek after a New York Times op-ed alleged Pornhub streams video content involving child abuse and non-consensual violence, Bloomberg has reported. What Happened: Columnist Nicholas Kristof ...
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Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings Nets 62.8% Gains In The Year
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 1:06am | 271Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (OTC: PSHZF) has fetched 62.8% in net gains on a year-to-date basis, according to the November report released by the investment trust. The Ackman-led company's otc shares have grown 72% from...
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Q3 13F Roundup: How Buffett, Einhorn, Ackman And Others Adjusted Their Portfolios
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 12:00pm | 2360The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Takeaways From 13F Season: Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was...
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Seth Klarman Bets Big On Bill Ackman, Other SPACs
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 3:00pm | 356Hedge fund manager Seth Klarman revealed several investments in SPACs during the third quarter, including a big bet on the largest SPAC from Bill Ackman. What Happened: A 13F filing from the third quarter reveals Klarman's Baupost Fund took a new 17.5 million-share stake in Pershing Square...
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Fintech Focus For November 13, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 6:51pm | 1822Quote Of The Day: The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - Dalai Lama Fintech Movers: Sandboxes offered by various federal and private banks, regulators, and large-scale organizations reflect the changing environment of bringing innovation to the table through collaboration. - MEDICI NYCE...
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Bill Ackman Bets Against Market Recovery Again, Despite COVID-19 Vaccine Hopes
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 5:14pm | 569Famed hedge fund manager Bill Ackman had his best trade of all-time earlier this year when he bet against the market, and he's placing a similar bet again despite the market optimism surrounding the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. What Happened: Business Insider reports that Bill...
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Bloomberg Denies Report Of Minority Stake Sale Talks With Bill Ackman's SPAC
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 3:28am | 368Financial media juggernaut Bloomberg LP has denied a media report that claimed the company is exploring a deal to sell a minority stake to a company controlled by billionaire investor Bill Ackman. What Happened: "A report today about Bloomberg LP ownership is not true. The company is...
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Q3 The Busiest Since 2014 For IPOs, Led By Unicorns, SPACs
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 2:25pm | 910The third quarter saw 86 companies go public via a traditional IPO. In the third quarter, 165 special purpose acquisition companies also raised funds. Breaking Down IPO Trends: Health care and technology were the two largest sectors in the third quarter for funds raised. Offerings were up...
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Kevin O'Leary Shares SPAC Picks, Impressions
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - 3:26pm | 639Entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" judge Kevin O’Leary shared his takeaways on special purpose acquisition companies Tuesday on CNBC’s "Halftime Report." Investing in Leadership: O’Leary said it’s smart to invest in operators with a "long track...