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Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Has Been Buying These Stocks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: EOG, MCD, PG, DIS
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors as part of our work researching investment strategies (we have found, for example, that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year). We also like to take a brief look at what a number of top managers including billionaire Ken Griffin more »
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Investing For The Other Half
By Reuben Brewer - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: DRI, JNJ, MCD, DIS
The severe market sell offs after the tech and housing bubbles appear to have left a large swath of the American public fearful of investing. That's not surprising, but it is a sad remnant of a difficult period. Dipping a toe back in the stock waters, however, can be done in a fun and relatively safe way by buying what you know.
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Billionaire Tiger Cub Blows Off Big Tech
By Marshall Hargrave - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CMCSA, GOOG, NFLX, DIS
John Griffin founded Blue Ridge Capital in 1996 and was once known as billionaire Julian Robertson's right hand man. Griffin and other managers who worked for Robertson at Tiger Management are referred to as "tiger cubs." Griffin's investment method is long/short with a long bias, and a focus on long positions in large cap and high performance stocks. Outlined below are a few of tiger cub Griffin more »
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3 Big Leaders in the Media Industry
By Victor Selva - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: NWSA, TWX, DIS
In the media business, more than in most others, relevance and success go hand in hand with scale. Three giants in particular, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) , Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA), offer very interesting investment prospects. Below, I will look into these companies in order to elucidate which is the best value for our money.
A company in different businesses
This is a well-known worldwide company more »
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Yahoo! Should Acquire Hulu
By Ishfaque Faruk - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: GOOG, NFLX, DIS, YHOO
Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) core business has not seen growth for years. Armed with a lot of cash, the company is on the look out for new sources of revenue growth. Rising video streaming company, Hulu fits the bill perfectly as Yahoo! seeks to ramp up its revenue from video ads. After the failure to buyout the French video site, Dailymotion, the company should go after Hulu, as its owners more »
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Two Cents on Six Flags
By John Timmes - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: FUN, SIX, DIS
Chances are you have heard of Six Flags, most of you have probably visited one of their theme parks over the years. You remember the procedure: bring a coke can to save $10, still pay $50 to enter the park, wait an hour for a 56 second ride on steel pipes only to lose the $25 lunch you purchased earlier from a 17 year-old in a shark costume.
Six Flags more »
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Electronic Arts Gives Investors Another Way to Play Star Wars Movies
By Chris Katje - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: EA, HAS, DIS
On October 30th 2012, Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced a $4.05 billion acquisition of LucasFilm, the owner of the popular Star Wars franchise. That news, and other key performers, has sent shares of Disney up over 35% in less than seven months. One company, also poised to benefit from the acquisition, has also seen shares rally, but has far more upside.
After Disney closed LucasArts, the video game arm more »
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Desperate For Video
By Reuben Brewer - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: NFLX, DIS, YHOO
Now that Yahoo's (NASDAQ: YHOO) efforts to buy a controlling stake in Dailymotion have come to an end, the rumor is that the company is looking to buy Hulu. That could be a costly mistake.
Life After Being Googled
Yahoo! has been outgunned by Google for years. While the company is still an important industry player, revenues peaked in 2008 and have been generally heading the wrong way the more »
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London-Based Egerton Capital Is Bullish On These Stocks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, CMCSA, NWSA, V, DIS
Egerton Capital was founded by John Armitage and William Bollinger in 1994 and has around $4.5 billion in assets under management. The London-based fund primarily takes long/short positions in European equities and has returned more than 15% annually since its founding. A quick look at the top five equity positions of this hedge fund might be a good starting point for your own research.
Retail investors can benefit more »
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3 DRIPs to Buy for Your Kids
By Spencer Houlihan - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: K, PG, DIS
Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) are a great way to accumulate shares of stable, dividend-paying investments for the long term. With a DRIP, an investor purchases shares of stock directly from the company, eliminating many of the fees associated with brokerage accounts and advisers.
Teaching children about investing is a challenge, and it is wise to start small to keep kids focused and relate to what they know. DRIPs are a more »
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McCain's A La Carte Cable Will Make Content Creators Richer
By Jordan Wathen - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, NFLX, TWX, DIS
John McCain may be better known for beating war drums, but he's now taking on the cable industry. His complaint? High cost cable services are the direct result of a bundled service. He wants to push the industry to move to an a la carte model where consumers can pick and choose the channels to which they want to subscribe.
He believes such a solution would result in lower more »
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Viacom, Disney, and J.J. Abrams: A Long Time Ago in the Final Frontier
By Scott Levine - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: EA, VIA, DIS
Reinventing a franchise is a tricky situation. On one hand, a director must stay true to the source material, but he also wants to incorporate his own vision—to distinguish his interpretation from the others. Most fans and investors believe that J.J. Abrams has the force to make two favorite franchises live long and prosper.
To go boldly where some men have gone before. . .
Abrams’s re-imagination of Gene more »
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The Perfect Stock for a Bull Market
By Ted Cooper - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: DWA, SNI, DIS
The run-up in the stock market has eliminated nearly all great bargains, but many stocks remain sanely-priced and could easily reach insane prices, should the bull market continue. Disney (NYSE: DIS) is one such company. Although it has run up to over $65 per share after starting the year at $50, the stock still trades at a decent price for investors looking to get fully invested in this bull market more »
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No Mickey Mousing Around at Disney
By Diane Alter - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: CBS, TWX, DIS
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) shareholders were surely feeling the magic when the media giant posted a 32% increase in earnings.
Net income for the quarter ending Mar. 30 was $1.51 billion, or $0.83 a share, compared with $1.14 billion, or $0.63 per share in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue jumped 10% to $10.55 billion.
Driving the strong numbers were significant growth at its more »
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A Few Reasons Why This Stock Might Get Better
By Nauman Aly - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: NWSA, TWX, DIS
Over the years, there have been a few notable giants in the areas of media and entertainment. The competition is cut-throat in this arena, especially given the numerous different outlets that are available for obtaining media today. Gone are the days of only getting news from the living room television, and likewise, seeing movies only in the theater on Saturday nights. Today, media giants are pursuing viewers from a variety more »
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Sell in May and Go Away: How Dumb Is That?
By William Bias - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: EBAY, LNN, DIS
The “Sell in May and Go Away” concept originates with Wall Street evidence suggesting that the stock market performs at its worst from May-September. To play on the Motley Fool motto “Helping people to invest. Better” the phrase “Sell in May and Go Away” represents one way people can invest: Worse.
First, an investor who subscribes to this philosophy will incur commission costs and capital gains taxes in taxable accounts more »
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A Match Made in Star Wars Heaven
By Mark Yagalla - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, DIS
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) has won the coveted license to produce Star Wars video games from Disney (NYSE: DIS). This agreement gives Electronic Arts the rights to develop new Star Wars titles for game consoles, computers and mobile devices. News of the agreement sent Electronic Arts' stock climbing higher by 2.8% in after-hours trading following the announcement.
Second times a charm
This will be the second go-around for Electronic more »
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What Time Warner Should Learn from Disney
By Leo Sun - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: TWX, DIS |
Note: The original version of this post contained incorrect information about The Avengers' all-time ranking. It has been corrected.
Looking at the recent popularity and profitability of Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) Marvel movie franchises, I’ve frequently wondered why Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), the parent company of DC Comics, has failed to replicate that success with its characters. Whereas Disney was able to brilliantly weave all of its Marvel movies more »
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Pause This Game for a While, You Might Be Better off Exiting It
By Harsh Chauhan - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: ATVI, EA, DIS
Well, it was quite inevitable and I had seen in coming three months ago. Investors had rejoiced after Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) released its fourth-quarter results in January, but I was more or less sure that they were celebrating too early. The Street hadn’t paid enough attention to Activision’s weak outlook then, and nor did any one heed management’s calls that 2013 was going to be a more »
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6 Reasons Why You Should Buy This Entertainment Stock Now
By Yaniv Hirsch - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: EA, NFLX, NWSA, TWX, DIS
Most people perceive Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) as the Mickey Mouse company, but the entertainment and media giant is much more than a Disney character. Disney is a highly diversified company, which owns businesses such as broadcasting studios, theme parks and movie productions. In addition, Disney is a major player in media field, with its ESPN unit and ABC network. I strongly believe Disney is poised to continue its more »
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