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Perfect Holiday Gifts For Traders: 10 Must-Read Investment Classics To Expand Your Brain (And Bank Account)
Sunday, December 20, 2020 - 8:33am | 616Benjamin Graham, value investing pioneer Last-minute holiday shoppers have little time to get those final gifts for friends and loved ones. Here’s a list of 10 of the best investing books to get for that special stock trader in your life this holiday season. "Market Wizards" by Jack...
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Mario Gabelli Boosts Exposure To Two Small Industrials Companies
Friday, September 4, 2015 - 7:39am | 311Tracking hedge fund transactions can provide investors with great research-backed ideas. On Thursday, Mario Gabelli and his funds filed two Schedule 13D forms, disclosing increases in his stakes in two small industrials companies. Crane Co. Shares of Crane Co. (NYSE: CR) rose 0.29...
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6 Tips From Famous Investors
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 1:55pm | 643Most people believe that achieving the life of a billionaire is impossible. Yet famous investors have done just that through their persistence and disciplined investing approach. Although they may make their accomplishments look easy, in reality it might take a lifetime to match their coveted...
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Summer Reading That Can Help Make You Rich
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 1:04pm | 1005Someone recently asked at a meeting of prominent individual investors about millennials and investing to help newly minted college graduates. My recommendation was Patrick O'Shaughnessy and his excellent book for millennial investor. Also referenced was O'Shaughnessy's father and all his work. The...
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Guess? Expected To Deliver Worst Quarter In Years
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 1:37pm | 338Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) is scheduled to announce Q1 2016 financial results, scheduled for after the market closes on Tuesday. According to Estimize, expectations point towards the weakest earnings in years. The company’s earnings respond to a cycle, peaking in the fourth quarter and...
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Joel Greenblatt: Tesla, Groupon And Zynga's 'Business Models Are Suspect'
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 2:08pm | 466Renowned investor and founder of Gotham Funds Joel Greenblatt was on CNBC recently to discuss the stocks that he perceives to be overvalued and on his shorting list, including Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). Tesla Unattractive “...
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Rite Aid Is Up 40% In The Past Month; Here's Who Could Be Winning
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 10:55am | 345Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) is having a great month, returning almost 40 percent in the past month. The company recently revealed its same-store sales increased by 5.1 percent year-over-year in the month of December, comfortably beating analyst estimates. If the latest 13F data still holds...
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6 Books Every Value Investor Should Read This Summer
Friday, May 30, 2014 - 2:16pm | 871Summer has unofficially started, as Memorial Day Weekend has passed. It is now the season for fun in the sun, backyard barbecues, trips to the beach and lying by the pool. It is also the season for reading. Publishers rush to release the new titles for folks to read by the beach, the pool or...
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Hedge Funds Are Bullish About These Agriculture Plays
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 8:44am | 1492By Robert Baillieul, Insider Monkey Staff Writer Severe drought and record heat is wreaking havoc on the mid-west food harvest. Lower farm yields and dwindling inventories have resulted in a 50% surge in corn prices over the past month with little relief in sight. But record food prices have...
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Bill Ackman, James S. Chanos, and Whitney Tilson among Speakers at the Seventh Annual Value Investing Congress
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 12:07pm | 574Increase your investing knowledge and experience and network with some of the world's most prolific investors at this year's conference in New York. Scheduled to take place on October 17 and 18 at the Marriot Marquis in New York City, the seventh annual Value Investing Congress is a one-stop-shop...
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Joel Greenblatt: One Bubble After Another
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 7:40am | 436Joel Greenblatt, of Gotham Asset Management, spoke at the Ira Sohn Conference yesterday, and said that we have been in one continuing bubble since 2000, just different kinds of bubbles. Since 2000, we have experienced the Internet bubble, which led to the NASDAQ crashing some 50%, of which it...