MI 03: Jacob Ma-Weaver on Biotech and Running a Long/Short FundPosted onMarch 4, 2015byFred RockwellToday on Micro Cap Investing we have Jacob Ma-Weaver, founder of Cable Car Capital. He runs a concentrated absolute return strategy at his firm. He is always insightful and entertaining.We Discuss:His road to founding Cable Car capital
How he searches for stocks both big and micro
His favorite […]
Below is the February 16th Thoughts from the Frontline, republished in full.We do not have to look to Greece to find massively underfunded obligations. Here in the US we can find hundreds of examples, willingly created by politicians and businessmen who proclaim they are working for the public good. We call them pension funds, but they’re just another form of […]
NEW YORK — Stocks climbed back close to record levels Thursday as technology, materials and energy companies all notched big gains.Cisco Systems led the technology sector higher after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Energy stocks rose as the price of oil rebounded from two days of heavy losses.There were big gains for online travel companies. Expedia and Orbitz jumped after Expedia said […]
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Originally published January 30, 2015 at 5:54 AM | Page modified January 31, 2015 at 2:29 AMThe U.S. stock market capped a rough month Friday, delivering its third loss in five days and extending its declines for the year.All told, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 3 percent in January, its worse monthly performance in a year. While the […]
Four Billionaire Loved Biotech Stocks That Analysts Think Will DoubleAt Billionairesportfolio.com we actively manage a portfolio of the “best ideas” from the world’s best hedge funds, and our members get to follow along.Following the highest conviction trades of the world’s best hedge funds works especially well in the biotech sector. It gives you direct access to the smartest investment minds […]
Biotech stocks had a banner year in 2014. Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGIO ), Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVNR ) and OvaScience, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVAS ), for example, each rose roughly 400%.Indeed, each year brings another set of home run stock picks in this sector, thanks to the twin pillars of FDA approval and promising clinical trial results.Trying to handicap […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil and gas companies led U.S. stocks up Friday, setting the market up for its first gain in more than a week.KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 16 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,009, as of 3 p.m. Energy companies led all 10 of the index’s industries to gains, surging 3 percent.The Dow […]
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The stock market hasn’t had a great start to the year. In 2015’s first full week, the S&P 500 lost ground and on Monday the price of oil was crashing again and bringing stocks lower, too. Still, the benchmark index is less than 3% away from all-time highs, and according to Jim Paulsen at Wells Capital, using the median price-to-earnings […]
By Joe Peta
At Novus we’ve examined the performance of many hundreds of hedge funds and we’ve found that, by far, the most important skill to possess is the ability to size positions effectively. That’s because unlike Exposure Management, and to a lesser degree Security Selection, the ability to size positions efficiently is the most persistent and consistent alpha-generating skill that a […]
