John Paulson

According to a DealBook article, even John Paulson's friends in the investment community felt sorry for him once they found out about his huge bet against the subprime mortgage market, which subsequently netted his hedge fund $15 billion in profits. He told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission...

Both Warren Buffett and John Paulson sold large stakes in Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). The question remains why? There were rumors yesterday that the information Wikieleaks has on Bank of America may have influenced Buffett and Paulson's decisions to get rid of some of his shares in the country's...

John Paulson of Paulson & Co. has disclosed new stakes in healthcare and oil companies, while cutting stakes in his financial holdings like Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) Paulson added stakes in Transocean (NYSE: RIG), Anadarko Petroleum Corp (NYSE: APC), and significantly...

Doug Kass tweeted that John Paulson has moved towards a neutral view on gold. At last check, shares of SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD) are up 75 cents to $133.07, a gain of 0.56%.

It's a case of the rich getting richer for John Paulson of Paulson & Co. In a note to clients obtained by Bloomberg, Paulson said that he made more than $1 billion on his investment in Citigroup (NYSE: C) since the middle of 2009. While a remarkable trade, it's not Paulson's greatest trade...

In Yahoo's TechTicker, Aaron Task just interviewed Wall Street Journal staff reporter, Greg Zuckerman, who recently wrote a book on John Paulson, as that is where the Smart Money is placing its bets. "A lot of people who bet against housing and did very well have shifted over to gold," said...

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet 2011 Big-Cap Biotech Preview Biotech investors looking for outsized returns in 2010 failed to find them in "Big Five" large-cap biotech stocks. Only Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) yielded...

Paulson & Co. may sell its 10% stake in Harrah's, according to a regulatory filing this morning. The casino operator, which is in the process of changing its name to Caesar's, canceled its IPO last week, citing market conditions.

Under the current conditions, a price of $1500 or even $2000 for an ounce of gold, doesn't seem out of the picture. Though Barron's outlook may disappoint those bulls. "Assuming that panic about the global economy will begin to subside to mere gut-level fear of the chronic sort, the bull market...

John Paulson, famous for becoming a billionaire by betting against the U.S. housing market, lost 11 percent this year in his biggest hedge fund, a source told Bloomberg. According to a Bloomberg report, "[Paulson & Co.'s] Advantage Plus Fund, which uses investment strategies designed to profit...

According to a 13D that was just filled with the Securities and Exchange Commission, John Paulson of the famed hedge fund Paulson & Company, now owns 20,181,818 shares of NovaGold Resources Inc., which is a 9.1% stake in the precious metals company. The report states that the total amount...

According to a report in the Financial Times, hedge fund Paulson & Co, the fund which made its claim to fame after making billions from the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market, is going to launch a new fund that is open to retail investors and will track its existing investment...