Bill Ackman is wrong about Warren Buffett and Coke
Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman is in a strong dispute against Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger over Berkshire Hathaway's big position in Coca-Cola.Ackman has gone as far as saying that...
View ArticleBill Ackman just boosted his stake in Valeant to 9.9% from 5.7%
Bill Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, has boosted its stake in Valeant to 9.9% from 5.7%, according to an SEC filing.The firm raised its holdings to 34,118,551 shares, according...
View ArticleThe most influential name in activist investing you've never heard of crushed...
There is a big name in activist investing that has been involved in more than 70 campaigns so far this year.It isn't Pershing Square, Icahn Associates, or Third Point. You've probably never heard of...
View ArticleValeant just picked up a key new partner and the stock is going off like a...
Valeant is finally getting some good news to close out the year. The specialty pharmaceutical and device company has struck a deal with Walgreens that will extend Valeant's distribution reach into the...
View ArticleBill Ackman is saying this could be his firm's worst year ever
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund investor William Ackman, whose funds have suffered double-digit losses this year, on Tuesday told investors that 2015 could be his firm's worst ever, but said...
View ArticleBill Ackman just laid out how he could dig himself out of a huge hole with...
Bill Ackman, the activist investor who runs Pershing Square Capital Management, is confident that his money-losing bet in Canadian drug company Valeant Pharmaceuticals will eventually pay off.Valeant...
View ArticleBill Ackman made one final trade at the end of 2015
BOSTON — Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Thursday he had sold roughly 5 million shares in the drug company Valeant International to generate a tax loss as investors in his Pershing Square...
View ArticleBill Ackman is getting crushed, again (VRX, HHC, HLF, QSR, PAH, MDLZ, ZTS,...
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, the fund's publicly traded vehicle, has fallen 11.4% in 2016, according to a performance update.That performance is through January 12. Pershing...
View ArticleThis trade has contributed to Bill Ackman's rough start to 2016
The Hong Kong dollar has dived to a four-month low, falling by the most since 2003 as worries grow that the peg is about to break. Activist investor Bill Ackman is being hit by the nosedive, as he was...
View ArticleBill Ackman is getting slammed in 2016 (VRX, HHC, HLF, QSR, PAH, MDLZ, ZTS,...
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, the fund's publicly traded vehicle, has fallen 14.5% in 2016, according to a performance update.That performance is through January 19. Pershing...
View ArticleHere are the top 20 hedge fund managers of all time
Ray Dalio, the founder of hedge fund behemoth $160 billion Bridgewater Associates, has dethroned George Soros as the most successful hedge fund manager, according to a new ranking.London-based fund of...
View ArticleBILL ACKMAN: I'm short China and Saudi Arabia
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management just released its annual letter.The fund had a terrible 2015, posting a -19.3% gross return, and Ackman notes in the letter that it is a year he will...
View ArticleACKMAN: There could be a bubble in index funds, and it risks turning America...
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman was humbled in 2015. His Pershing Square Capital Management had a terrible year, posting a -19.3% gross return.The fund really took a nosedive in August, when Valeant...
View ArticleBill Ackman's lieutenant is leaving Pershing Square to pursue a new venture
Pershing Square Capital partner Paul Hilal is leaving the activist hedge fund to launch his own venture, Bill Ackman wrote at the end of his fourth-quarter investment letter.Hilal, who roomed with...
View ArticleOne ugly chart shows how Bill Ackman's investments have been decimated
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings, the fund's publicly traded vehicle, suffered its worst year in history, falling 20.5% in 2015.It was a year Ackman "will not forget," according...
View ArticleBill Ackman says he would've lost less money if other people didn't think he...
Bill Ackman, billionaire founder of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, had a horrible 2015.His fund delivered a -19.3% gross return.Naturally, he then had to explain why his fund...
View ArticleBill Ackman just confirmed an idea about stocks that had Wall Street totally...
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has confirmed a dark narrative about the stock market that Wall Street was freaking out about at the end of last year.Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, had a...
View ArticleBill Ackman is very sorry he didn’t sell at the top (VRX, BRK.B, BRK.A, PSQ)
Bill Ackman wishes he had sold some of his winners in 2015. In a letter to Pershing Square shareholders published Tuesday, the hedge fund manager outlined a number of the struggles his firm faced in...
View ArticleWSJ: Government probes into Ackman and Herbalife haven't found evidence of...
(Reuters) - Two government probes into the conduct of longtime antagonists Pershing Square Holdings and Herbalife have failed to find sufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing by either party, the...
View ArticleWatch the 18-year-old tennis player once sponsored by Bill Ackman hit a...
Francis Tiafoe, the 18-year-old tennis pro once sponsored by hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, won a point with an amazing trick shot on Tuesday night.It seems Tiafoe pretended to have given up on a point...
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