Why Bill Ackman Bet $2.3 Billion That the Market Is Dead Wrong
In early 2025, billionaire investor Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, revealed a substantial new position in Uber Technologies. By January, Pershing Square had accumulated 30.3 million Uber shares, a ~1.4% stake worth about $2.3 billion.
Ackman described Uber as “one of the best-managed and highest-quality businesses in the world,” yet still “available at a massive discount to its intrinsic value.”
So is he right about Uber or will the bet flop?
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Is This Heavily Shorted Stock Set To Squeeze Bears?
Despite succeeding in the rough and tumble world of HR management, one particular firm has also become one of the most heavily shorted stocks in the market.
Yet beneath the surface, there are signals that the stock could be on the verge of a sharp rebound—perhaps even a short squeeze that will catch many off guard.
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Trump vs Harris: Who Is Better for The Stock Market?
With an election close at hand, Americans will soon be asked to make a choice between two starkly different candidates and political parties. Though the outcome of the election will affect everything from America’s foreign policy to questions over the balance between state and federal power, the economy is a prominent highlight for both parties and many voters.
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Is Etsy An All-Time Buy Now?
Why is Etsy stock so low? ETSY is down 36.7% year-to-date following disappointing sales reports that missed Street estimates.
The stock that nearly reached $300 per share in 2021 but is now trading under $50 per share. Adding insult to injury, Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) was recently dropped from the S&P 500 index.
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1 Under-the-Radar Pharma Stock with 90% Upside?
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller has been making large changes to his portfolio recently, leaving retail investors struggling to keep up with what the famous stock picker is thinking.
One of the smaller holdings in Druckenmiller’s portfolio that makes for interesting examination is ARS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPRY).
Druckenmiller’s 536,900 shares of SPRY are currently valued at around $7 million.
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AI Bets and Buffett’s Seal of Approval, Is This a Bet on a Cashless Future?
There is something inherently attractive about buying a stock and holding it for a long time. Stable don’t just have strong balance sheets that can weather rough markets but they often pay dividends, which account for as much as 95% of total returns over the past century according to research by Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel.
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1 Defense Contractor Going Global
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is doing very well and making great progress with its 21st Century Security® strategy. The bold plan concentrates on three main initiatives that aim to boost the company’s role in the defense and aerospace industries.
The first initiative focuses on making Lockheed Martin’s production system stronger and able to handle more.
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Trump tariffs live: Federal Reserve’s Powell warns levies will boost inflation and slow growth
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell has warned that Donald Trump’s tariffs will stoke “higher inflation and slower growth” as the president’s plans for steep levies on the US’s trading partners shake global financial markets.
“It is now becoming clear that the tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected,” Powell said in prepared remarks to a conference in Virginia on Friday.