Meet The World's Richest Billionaire Hedge Fund Managers
The 30th annual Forbes 400 list of billionaires is out.The number of hedge fund managers on the list jumped this year. We've counted an astonishing 39 hedge funders on the list of the world's...
View ArticleHere Are The Billionaires Trying To Convince Chris Christie To Run For President
Chris Christie swears he is not thinking about running for president in 2012. Even his brother insists the New Jersey Governor is not running.But that hasn't stopped a small but powerful group of...
View ArticleCHRISTIE'S OUT: Brother Says New Jersey Governor Has Made Up His Mind — He's...
Chris Christie's brother Todd told the Newark Star Ledger this afternoon that despite escalating pressure to enter the presidential race, there has been no change in the New Jersey governor's decision...
View ArticleDavid Tepper Goes To War Against The Teachers Unions
Teachers unions are pretty popular punching bags. Even Steve Jobshated them.New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has practically made his career by pitting himself against the teachers unions, frequently...
View ArticleRBS Will Lay Off 30-35% Of Its Fixed Income Unit, David Tepper Has Been...
There was a bloodbath today at RBS's Samford, Connecticut offices with 20 traders and sales people from the credit desk being axed alone. According to Charlie Gasparino, traders who got cut said RBS...
View ArticleDavid Tepper Dumps All Of Bank Of America And Wells Fargo
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management's 13-F filing is out. The hedge fund titan dumped his entire stake in Bank of America and Wells Fargo, according to the most recent filing for the quarter ended...
View ArticleDavid Tepper Bought An 8.64% Stake In MF Global Right After They Filed For...
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management, a hedge fund that specializes distressed debt, purchased an 8.64% stake in MF Global Holdings, Jacob Wolinsky at ValueWalk reports.What's interesting is Tepper...
View ArticleCarl Icahn and David Tepper Are Positioning Themselves To Clean Up If...
Hedge funder Phil Falcone's Lightsquared investment is making headlines again, this time connected to big name investors—Carl Icahn and David Tepper are holding on to the telecommunication company's...
View ArticlePHOTOS: David Tepper's New Hamptons House Really Is Twice The Size Of The $44...
Last year, hedge fund titan David Tepper famously bought a $43.5 million oceanfront mansion in Sagaponack--and promptly tore it down so he could build one twice the size.Well, we're pleased to report...
View ArticleMeet Maneet Ahuja—The 27-Year-Old CNBC Producer Who's More Connected Than God
Maneet Ahuja is CNBC's Hedge Fund Specialist/"Squawk Box" producer and she's incredibly connected to the super-secretive hedge fund industry.We sat down to chat with her about her upcoming book "The...
View ArticleHedge Funder David Tepper Buys Tons More Apple, And Reveals New Position In...
Hedge fund titan David Tepper's latest 13F filing is out and Appaloosa Management massively increased its stake in Apple and bought huge position in Bank of America. For the quarter ended 3/31/2012,...
View ArticleWe Have Never Been To A Party Where We Saw This Many Huge Hedge Funders In...
At just 27 year-old, Maneet Ahuja, CNBC's Hedge Fund Specialist/"Squawk Box" producer, is incredibly connected to the super-secretive hedge fund industry.In fact, she has a massive Rolodex filled with...
View ArticleNew Book Reveals The Cool Childhood Of Hedge Fund God David Tepper
CNBC's Hedge Fund Specialist/ "Squawk Box" producer Maneet Ahuja's book "The Alpha Masters" comes out at the end of this month and it's definitely a must-read.Ahuja—who is known for her massive Rolodex...
View ArticlePRESENTING: 5 Hedge Fund Gods' First Stock Picks
CNBC's Hedge Fund Specialist/"Squawk Box" producer Maneet Ahuja's new book "The Alpha Masters" is out today.Ahuja—who is known for her massive Rolodex filled with the biggest names in the hedge fund...
View ArticleHit Up One Of These Secluded Billionaires' Beaches On Your Next Trip To The...
Forget the high-priced share houses and stuffy hotels of the Hamptons. If you want to have a real East End experience, plunk your beach chair and umbrella down in front of a billionaire's mansion and...
View ArticleA Quick Rundown Of How Much Some Of Wall Street's Most Famous Billionaires...
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has released a report on how much the country's billionaires have given to Super PACs iin 2012. Unsurprisingly, there are a bunch of Wall Streeters on his list.According...
View ArticleThe Biggest Names In The Hedge Fund World Have Officially Gone Sour On...
Yesterday hedge funds filed their quarterly 13-F reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.And if you compare new filings to old ones you get to see what financiers have picked up, and what...
View ArticleDavid Tepper's Appaloosa Management Is Crushing It This Year
Hedge fund titan David Tepper is one of the few who is absolutely killing it this year. The Wall Street Journal's Gregory Zuckerman and Juliet Chung report that Teppers $15 billion Appaloosa...
View ArticleDavid Tepper Picked Up A Staggering Amount Of JP Morgan And AIG Stock
It's 13F season, and David Tepper's Appaloossa Management just turned in its filing to the SEC.Most of the big moves we've noticed this quarter so far have to do with tech companies like Groupon and...
View ArticleDAVID TEPPER: The ECB Has Given Investors Another Free 'Put' And Nobody Has...
Hedge fund manager David Tepper is on CNBC, and he just made an interesting point...The ECB has just given investors another free "put" in Europe, and nobody is talking about it.Specifically, the...
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