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Cooperman Skunked By SeaWorld? Bought 1 Million Shares Q2
Monday, August 18, 2014 - 2:25pm | 202Read More...SeaWorld Entertainment (NYSE: SEAS) may have hosed market maven Leon Cooperman in the second quarter when he acquired 1.08 million shares for $3.8 million. Shares in the theme park operator are down 37 percent in the past three months and closed Friday at $18.66, off $0.66. CNBC's Scott...
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Shares Of dELiA*s Up 10% After Leon Cooperman Buys Big Stake
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 10:03am | 124Read More...Shares in dELiA*s (NASDAQ: DLIA) bounced nearly 11 percent after a regulatory filing revealed that investor Leon Cooperman had acquired an 11.4 percent stake. In the filing, Cooperman, who is chairman of Omega Advisors, said he didn't propose "changing or influencing the control"...
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Market Wrap For March 10: Markets Slightly Lower On Chinese Growth Concerns
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 4:56pm | 1832Read More...U.S. stocks closed the day slightly lower as investors digested news that China's exports dropped significantly. Philadelphia Fed Chief Charles Plosser said in a speech today that February's harsh winter likely curbed jobs growth in the month. Plosser's remarks echo similar sentiments by other...
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Highlight's From Leon Cooperman's CNBC Appearance
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 4:05pm | 439Read More...Leon Cooperman appeared as a guest on CNBC on Monday. The Chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors commented on the economy, attractively priced companies and Carl Icahn's response to eBay. Cooperman noted that “Recession is not in the cards” and that the “Proper multiple on the market is 16x.”...
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Big-Name Investor Bullish on Small Cap with Big-Time Clients and Big Growth
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 5:27pm | 383Read More...Leon Cooperman of Omega Partners has long been considered one of the finest investors on Wall Street. He founded Omega Partners after heading up the asset management unit of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Speaking at the recent "Invest for Kids" conference in Chicago, he was bullish about Monetise (...
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Invest For Kids Earns More Than $1.3 Million For Chicago Kids
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 2:54pm | 670Read More...Invest For Kids, Chicago's premiere investable ideas conference, held its annual event late last month. Approximately 1,000 investors attended, bringing in more than $1.3 million. "[That's] a new record in terms of attendance and a new record in terms of funds raised," Ron Levin, who co-founded...
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Leon Cooperman's Top Stock Picks (QCOM, S)
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 12:35pm | 611Read More...Omega Advisors Chairman & CEO Leon Cooperman discussed his favorite portfolio picks on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning, including sharing his bullish market approach and favorites in Europe. For tech... "We rotated out of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) when Apple was trading to 600 and put the...
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13-F Alert: Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors Dumps Apple, Buys Facebook
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 4:11pm | 417Read More...Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors hedge fund released its quarterly 13-F filing with the SEC on Wednesday, showing that his firm dumped its entire stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) during the quarter. Previously, Cooperman had been publicly bullish on the stock and it was the fund's second largest...
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Facebook Hits Session High After Leon Cooperman Shows Stake
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 1:55pm | 73Read More...Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) surged to a session high Wednesday after a 13F filing revealed that Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors had purchased 3.16 million shares in the last quarter. Although Cooperman could've exited his stake within the last few weeks, he was in Facebook as of December 31....
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Leon Cooperman Still Likes Boston Scientific And Apple
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 12:05pm | 343Read More...Omega Advisors' Chairman and CEO, Leon Cooperman, revealed his best investment ideas at the Delivering Alpha conference on Wednesday. Cooperman noted that he is bullish on equities and cited them as "the best house in the financial neighborhood." According to him, the stocks are cheap against the...
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Leon Cooperman: High Frequency Trading Should be Banned, Equities Attractive
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 5:40pm | 355Read More...This afternoon hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman appeared on CNBC to talk about the markets. Cooperman started with an attack on high frequency trading, stating that it should be banned. Cooperman blamed it for the recent volatility, which he said was scaring the retail investor out of the market...
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Leon Cooperman On Bloomberg Television: Buy Stocks, Stay Away From Treasuries
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:05pm | 920Read More...Lee Cooperman, the billionaire chief executive officer of Omega Advisors Inc., spoke to Bloomberg TV's Erik Schatzker this morning about his hedge fund's investments. Cooperman said investing in U.S. Treasuries "makes no sense," he considers stocks the best investment today and that he likes gold,...
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Leon Cooperman Recommends E*Trade
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 5:40pm | 124Read More...Leon Cooperman, founder of Omega Advisors, says he likes eTrade (NASDAQ: ETFC) as one of his favorite picks in the market. He likes eTrade's valuation and likes that it has excess capital even though ETFC can't use it because of the FED regulations. Once the FED let's eTrade use those assets, it'll...
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Invest For a Cause with Invest For Kids
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 2:04pm | 394Read More...Don't miss your chance to participate in Chicago's investable ideas conference benefiting local children. Noted for being the city's “premiere investable ideas event,” Invest For Kids is scheduled to take place on November 9 at the Harris Theater in downtown Chicago. Created with the goal of...
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Leon Cooperman's Top Ideas
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 9:40am | 368Read More...Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors is speaking at the Value Investing Congress. Mr. Cooperman assumes the U.S. will remain in a slow growth environment, and will not go back into a recession. Cooperman cited Warren Buffett and Jeff Immelt of GE (NYSE: GE), who said the same thing, that the U.S....
