Lantheus Holdings isn’t a healthcare firm that springs to the top of investors’ minds as say a United Healthcare might but it’s attracted the interest of one money manager who oversees almost $20 billion, Farallon Capital Management.
What is it that this astute asset manager sees in this off-the-radar firm which has sold off big time in the past 3 months?
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Most people think of index funds as boring but that’s because the majority don’t have a good understanding of how these funds actually work. To simplify it, consider the following analogy.
Imagine you’re betting at a horse race but you don’t know which horse will win so you’re permitted to bet on all the horses and whoever wins you win.
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You would probably assume that Apple’s rise to become a $3 trillion market capitalization company cements its holding on the title of the best performing stock over the past quarter century. If not Steve Jobs’s firm, surely Microsoft holds the top spot as the largest company by valuation in the S&P 500 today?
It turns out neither company has the title,
In the investing world, Jim Cramer grabs a lot of headlines, but other less well-known names arguably deserve substantially more attention. Oliver Kell is one such name. He’s got the distinguished title of US Champion Trader with a 941.1% return in 2020.
He’s also got quite a knack for finding the hottest stocks in the market,
When a market leader does an about turn, it’s time to pay really close attention to the sentiment changing in the market.
On Friday, February 16th that’s precisely what happened with SMCI, a market leader that had run up from $55 per share in September 2022 to over $1,000 per share by February 2024.
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When we first spotlighted Verizon, it had a yield that approached 8% but after its recent move higher, it still offers a handsome yield of over 6.4%.
That’s more than enough to turn a $15,000 investment into an annual payout of $1,000+, assuming the dividend stays in place, but will it?
Here’s what you need to know about Verizon and its potential to pay a steady income stream for the foreseeable future.
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With an $863 billion market capitalization, Berkshire Hathaway is not the largest company in the world, not by a long shot. That title goes to Microsoft with Apple a close second. Both tech giants are about 3x larger than Buffett’s firm but what the Oracle of Omaha has built is the largest company by revenues.
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For investors who are only familiar with stock investing, the options market can seem like a great unknown. That market is so large that it can sometimes act like the tail wagging the dog.
As we approach the monthly expiration of options in February, the risks to the market grow. That fact is well understood by one analyst,
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You may not have heard of Glenview Capital Management or Larry Robbins, who leads it, but the asset management firm oversees $4.4 billion and has taken a meaningful stake in one little-known firm that appears to be substantially undervalued.
The information technology services and consulting company that has earned Robbins favor goes by the name DXC Technology Company,
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It seems every generation needs to learn the same lesson the hard way. In 2000, when technology stocks were flying high but fundamentals failed to justify the valuations, the fear of missing out on big gains caused many to chase higher highs and regret it.
More recently, a similar type of investment, draped in narrative and shy on fundamentals,
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