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  • A Million Bucks Isn't Necessary for These Hedge Fund-like Stocks

    By Jordan Wathen - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: BH, CBRL, GLRE

    One of the many disadvantages of a hedge fund is that you have to be wealthy, very wealthy, to invest in one. Not only do hedge funds have client minimums, but SEC regulations also require investors be “accredited,” having more than $200,000 in annual income or a net worth (less primary real estate) of more than $1 million.

    Despite the limitations, there are a few ways around these problems more »

  • Five Stocks That Should Be on Your Radar

    By Ted Cooper - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: CEC, MCF, GLRE, LAYN, VLY

    Everybody follows the news on Apple, General Electric, and other enormous corporations. But opportunity is rarely found where everyone is looking. Investors would be wise to leave the safe confines of analyst-covered stocks and venture out into the world of underfollowed -- and oft undervalued -- stocks. Here is a list of undervalued stocks to start you on your journey to market-beating returns:

    Wildcatter with a twist

    Contango Oil & Gas (NYSEMKT: MCFmore »)

  • Apple's $137 Billion in Cash: What Would Buffett Do?

    By Jonathan Yates - February 14, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BRK-A, GLRE, INTC, MSFT

    David Einhorn, billionaire Chairman of Greenlight Capital (NASDAQ: GLRE), has filed a lawsuit against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).  

    The basis of the legal action is Apple's intent to put forth a proposal at the next shareholder meeting that would make it more difficult to issue preferred stock, in the opinion of Einhorn.  As Einhorn spent $250,100 to have lunch with Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), back more »

  • The David Einhorn Taste Test

    By DJ Krieger - October 18, 2012 | Tickers: CMG, CI, GM, GMCR, GLRE, YUM | Editor's Choice

    Normally, we end these blog posts with disclosures, but I'll start with one: I'm a David Einhorn fan. I'm not sure how any literate person or cognizant observer of the market wouldn't be after reading his book, Fooling Some of the People All of the Time. Unless, of course, he or she worked for Allied Capital or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

    But you more »

  • You Want to be Where Warren Buffett Is

    By Jonathan Yates - July 12, 2012 | Tickers: BRK-A, RE, GLRE, PRE, TRH

    Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, known as "The Great One," once attributed his success to, "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." 

     

     

    That is obviously very sound advice for investing, too.  Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), and David Einhorn, head of Greenlight Capital (NASDAQ: GLRE), are two of the best investors in history; and have long been involved in the more »