Private equity has been growing in popularity over the last few years, and it has become more and more of a focus this year. Now a pair of recent... Read More

Former International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Simon Johnson thinks that Citigroup Inc will be broken up, as today former Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) official and now U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack... Read More

European stocks climbed to a new record at the beginning of last month, marking their latest advance in a QE fueled rally that’s been taking place since 2009. The Stoxx... Read More

For the past couple of years, those in panic mode over the impact of the trade war between the U.S. and China have pointed to the sectors that could... Read More

It's no secret that nearly every asset class was in the red toward the end of 2018, or that most hedge funds had a far worse than usual year.... Read More

This week’s newsletter really ought to start with a mea culpa. Like most others, I didn’t see Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market coming. In reporting the... Read More

Fraud After reporting yesterday on the rather unsurprising revelation that one of China’s provinces, Liaoning had fabricated its fiscal figures by as much as 20% from 2011 to 2014, today... Read More

David Einhorn's flagship hedge fund, Greenlight Capital, has lost 20.6% this year according to various sources, as key bets against SunEdison and Consol Energy have backfired. Since its launch in... Read More

JPMorgan agreed to pay $388 million to settle a lawsuit brought by pension investors who claimed the bank misled them about the safety of the $10 billion worth of... Read More

One of Warren Buffett's most impressive qualities is his ability to allocate capital effectively to the most desirable investment opportunities. This is not just the case with stocks and shares.... Read More