Ackman's Pershing Takes Big Stake In Zoetis Inc [REPORT]

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Mark Melin
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Activist hedge fund Bill Ackman was coy this morning on his conference call, keeping his cards on future investments close to the vest.  But he made a major move today, according to a press report. Ackman buys 10% stake in Zoetis Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital has taken a roughly 10 percent stake in Florham Park, N.J.-based Zoetis Inc (NYSE:ZTS), a veterinary products and animal care company, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Ackman’s $2 billion stake was taken along side an investment with Sachem Head Capital Management LP, according to unnamed sources quoted in the Journal article….

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.