Greenlight Capital

Last quarter, Greenlight Capital exited its short on Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) with a loss and liquidated its PVH Corp (NYSE: PVH) holdings with a gain, according to a Tuesday investor letter from managing partner David Einhorn. The letter also referenced new stakes in Tempur Sealy International...

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) made a new intraday high for the first time since December 2013, trading up to $39.54 Friday. With rival Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) grabbing most of the auto headlines in 2017, GM stock has quietly outperformed Tesla by a wide margin over the past three months. Since...

The latest round of 13-F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Here’s a rundown of how the smart money was playing some of the most popular stocks last quarter....

It seemed investors didn’t quite know what to make of activist investor Snow Park Capital Partners’ new 2-percent stake in Dillard’s, Inc. (NYSE: DDS) Class A stock. Shares initially traded up 5.3 percent Monday in pre-market trading before promptly falling 6.7 percent after the...

With the S&P 500 up another 9.8 percent in 2017, investors are growing increasingly impatient with underperforming hedge fund managers. Active money managers have struggled to keep pace with the market for years now, but even some of the most recognizable money managers on Wall Street are now...

Shares of traditional automakers Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) have had a lackluster run thus far into the year. For that matter, their performance in 2016 wasn't anything to boast about. Lackadaisical 2016 Compared to a mere 2.44-percent gain by GM in...

With Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) set to roll out its first ever Model 3 on Friday, Tesla bulls and bears are digging in their heels and bracing for would should prove to be a pivotal stretch for the auto maker. For anyone who hasn’t taken a side in the hotly-contested debate, here’s a...

David Einhorn needs a new vision for General Motors Company (NYSE: GM). The Greenlight Capital founder suffered defeat at Tuesday’s annual meeting as shareholders rejected his Board nominees and proposal to establish two stock classes. Heeding the advice of advisory firms Institutional...

Some of the largest and most successful investors in the world presented their best ideas this week at the Ira Sohn Conference in New York. In case you missed it, here’s some of the highlights from Benzinga Pro’s coverage of the event: Rundown Of Pro's Sohn Coverage Totem...

Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn is at it again. The firm’s founder and managing partner is known for his short calls, and he added Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB) to the ever-lengthening list. "Core's earnings will disappoint over the next few years," Einhorn said...

For value investors like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch, it doesn’t get much better than a low PE ratio and a high-yielding dividend. Unfortunately, not every stock that gets cheap becomes a value for investors. Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ: FTR), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ...

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ: GLRE)’s first-quarter shareholder letter prompted a 3.5-percent spike in Perrigo Company plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE: PRGO) and 1-percent pop in Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE: SIG) Tuesday, as it highlighted a new stake in the former and closed short in the...

Should General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) split its stock? According to David Einhorn-founded hedge fund Greenlight Capital in a recent presentation, there's a case for two classes of GM shares to unlock value. The Problem And The Solution The firm's contention was GM stock trades at a...

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) shares spiked Tuesday after Greenlight Capital activist investor David Einhorn released a new report pressuring GM management to take measures that Einhorn believes would boost the stock’s share price. According to the report, Einhorn wants GM to create two...

One of the best things about being a retail investor is that there is no penalty for cheating off of the smart kids. Thanks to SEC disclosure laws, hedge funds must reveal every stock they own on a quarterly basis, and retail investors can take the chance to study and mimic some of the greatest...