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• Billionaire Tom Steyer's Farallon Capital Likes these Stocks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - June 4, 2012 | Tickers: GR, HPP, KMI, OI, UTX

  Thomas Steyer is known for generating massive returns at San Francisco-based hedge fund Farallon Capital, in addition to a very non-NYC modest lifestyle -- circa 2008 he still drove a Honda. By being outside of the “NYC feedback loop,” he maintains strict independent thinking that drove his at-the-time-unique absolute returns strategy when he founded the firm. We look at his Farallon Capital’s top Q1 picks below:

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• Revisiting the United Technologies-Goodrich Merger

  By John Mylant - May 9, 2012 | Tickers: GR, UTX

  It is about time to revisit the merger of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) and the Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) that was announced last year. This merger of giants is going to be the largest acquisition that United Technologies has ever made. There are some good long term aspects to this merger for United Tech we should take a look at.

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• Spirit Aerosystems: All Systems Go

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 29, 2012 | Tickers: GR, SPR, BA, TGI

  With a roughly $3.5 billion market capitalization, Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR) is the largest independent supplier of aerostructures (i.e., fuselage components, engine components, and wing structures) to both Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Airbus (EPA: EAD). BA is SPR’s largest customer, accounting for more than 80% of total annual revenues—specifically the Boeing 737 model contributes to more than 50% of SPR’s revenue. SPR’s customers include more »

• Most Popular Aerospace/Defense Stocks among Hedge Funds

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 15, 2012 | Tickers: GD, GR, HON, LMT, BA

  We track hedge funds for two reasons: they have access to better information and better analysts than ordinary investors. When a large number of hedge funds are bullish about a stock, the consensus usually indicates that the stock has more than an even chance to outperform the market. In this article we are going to talk about aerospace/defense stocks that hedge funds love the most.

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• Billionaire James Dinan’s Top Stock Picks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 27, 2012 | Tickers: C, EP.DL, XOM, GR, WMB

  James Dinan began his career at investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, working 100 hours per week. In 1991, he founded York Capital Management with about $3.6 million from DLJ colleagues and today serves as the CEO of the firm, which specializes in merger and acquisition transactions. In 1993, Dinan invested about $600,000, 5% of York’s AUM at that time, in Sears (SHLD). He successfully doubled his money more »

• Billionaire Israel Englander’s Undervalued Stock Picks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 22, 2012 | Tickers: BP, GD, GR, TGT, WMT

  Israel Englander is the founder of successful Millennium Management, a fund that has returned 17% per year and that grew to $8 billion between its inception in 1989 and 2005. The fund also returned around 8% in 2011. Today, its 13F portfolio has a value of nearly $12 billion and Englander is one of the top paid fund managers. According to Forbes, he has a net wealth of $2.1 more »

• Three Mergers You Could Bet On

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - February 17, 2012 | Tickers: EP.DL, GR, KMI, OI, UTX

  Tom Steyer is the founder and co-senior managing partner of Farallon Capital Management LLC. The main investors of the fund are college endowments and foundations. Founded in 1986, Farallon is now the 14th largest hedge fund in the world with about $20 billion assets and eight offices worldwide. We like Steyer. He is not only a successful money manager, but also a great philanthropist. In 2010, Steyer and his wife more »

• A Great Holding For The Long-Term Income Investor

  By Brian Gorban - January 30, 2012 | Tickers: GR, UTX

  Dow giant and conglomerate United Technologies (NYSE: UTX)  is a company worth owning for the long-term income investor looking for relatively consistent growth, a secure dividend, and stability in this currently unstable world economy. UTX unsurprisingly this past Wednesday, Jan. 25, reported another solid quarter coming in with a $1.47/share, a penny better than consensus estimates, and revenue that pretty much matched estimates at approximately $15 billion. Moreover more »

• 5 Stocks Poised for Growth in the Coming Year

  By Robert Fisher - January 28, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BMY, GR, RRC

  Investor activity can make a stock price jump like nothing else, and with a bullish start to the year, several companies are making headlines. In my analysis of the current market I noticed five stocks, ranging from manufacturing to technology that are stirring up investor activity, sparking interest, and making headlines in 2012. In the following article I discuss why I believe these five stocks are poised for positive growth more »

• United Technologies Innovates to Crush the Competition

  By Michael French - January 17, 2012 | Tickers: GR, UTX

  Aerospace, climate, and building products manufacturer United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) was busy at the end of 2011, setting itself up for continued growth in the face of economic uncertainty and plenty of competition. United Technologies did not become one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by resting on its laurels.  In this article, I anlyze how this conglomerate's more »

• Price the Market Part 44

  By Glen Bradford - January 16, 2012 | Tickers: ETN, GD, GR, DNB, GWW

  287. Grainger (W.W.) Inc. (NYSE: GWW) has literally gone parabolic. Danger! Sell this one on the chart alone. I may be off $20 from the high but eventually even the longest of the long term holders will find a price that they are willing to ring the register. You can bet on it.