Tag: Wall street
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“I have just informed the purchasing department that they should no longer purchase paper clips. All of us receive documents every day with paper clips on them. If we save these paper clips, not only will we have enough for our own use, but we will also, in a short…
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“I’ve come to get what’s mine,” Hetty Green told the bank president. Her entire $25 million fortune was on the line as the bank neared insolvency. And Hetty wasn’t about to take a loss. Hetty prevailed, as she did in so many deals. When she died in 1916, she left…
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“It was like 24,992 people making dough and 8 losing it.” On September 15 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. It was the largest bankruptcy in American history at the time. Larry McDonald had a front row seat. In the book A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, the former Lehman…
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On January 18th, 2007, Bear Stearns stock reached an all-time high, valuing it at over $20 billion. Just 14 months later, the company was gone. How it happened is the story of the fascinating book Street Fighters. Cracks in the Facade Bear lacked the polish of a firm like Goldman.…
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These hedge fund fees are getting ridiculous. Some are taking almost 60% of investment gains, according to a new Bloomberg report. These days, a handful of large multistrategy funds dominate the hedge fund industry. Investors are falling all over themselves trying to write bigger and bigger checks into the same…
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Ken Griffin’s Citadel is one of the biggest hedge funds on earth. But last year, its performance lagged well behind the S&P 500. From CNBC: Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s various hedge fund strategies at Citadel all posted double-digit returns for 2023, but they failed to beat the S&P 500. Citadel’s multistrategy…
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It should’ve been the trade of a lifetime. Instead, Carl Icahn’s bet against shopping malls has cost him $742 million — and counting. The Big Short 2.0 Reporters called it the Big Short 2.0. In 2019, the hedge fund billionaire placed a massive bet that the growth of e-commerce would…
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Hedge fund Pelham Capital is in hot water. The London-based giant has lost almost 80% of its assets after years of poor returns. From a report out overnight in The Financial Times: Pelham Capital, once one of the biggest names in London’s equity hedge fund sector, has lost more than…
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“On the screen before her was a figure she had never seen before, at least not on an ATM…$45 million, newly deposited in their joint account. It was Pellegrini’s bonus for the year….” Paolo Pellegrini’s wife Henrietta could hardly believe their good fortune. A few short years ago, Paolo had…
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn took a massive loss Friday as his company, Icahn Enterprises (IEP), slashed its dividend by half. From a new report in Forbes: Shares of Icahn Enterprises plunged 25% Friday morning after Carl Icahn’s firm cut its quarterly distribution in half, leading to a $1.7 billion drop…