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Value investor Seth Klarman added Amazon last quarter. Here’s what else he bought
Baupost Group’s Seth Klarman picked up Amazon in the fourth quarter, a bet that has yet to work out for the value investor this year as tech stocks take a hammering. The Boston-based hedge fund manager took a new position in Amazon amounting to $489.7 million, making the online retailer the firm’s second-largest holding, according […]
Read MoreHow Jenny Johnson beat family‑name ‘bias’ to lead $1.5 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Shaped by family legacy, grit and a deep sense of responsibility, Jenny Johnson reflects on the pivotal decisions that took her from “the founder’s granddaughter” to the CEO of Franklin Templeton. Source
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Hyatt Chairman Pritzker leaves board over Epstein ties
Thomas Pritzker, executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corp., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. The conference brings together leaders in business, government, technology, philanthropy, academia, and the media to discuss actionable and collaborative solutions to some of the most important questions of our time. […]
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He quit banking to sell bubble tea — now it’s a global empire that makes over $500 million a year
Martin Berry turned Gong Cha from a small Taiwanese tea franchise into a global bubble tea brand with more than 2,000 stores. Martin Berry, founder and chairman of Gong Cha Global, helped turn a small Taiwanese tea franchise into one of the world’s largest bubble tea chains, now with more than 2,000 locations in 30 countries. Gong […]
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AI disruption could spark a ‘shock to the system’ in credit markets, UBS analyst says
Mesh Cube | Istock | Getty Images The stock market has been quick to punish software firms and other perceived losers from the artificial intelligence boom in recent weeks, but credit markets are likely to be the next place where AI disruption risk shows up, according to UBS analyst Matthew Mish. Tens of billions of […]
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Office real estate stocks tumble as AI disruption casualties in the stock market grow by the day
Real estate stocks have become the latest victim of the artificial-intelligence threat. Commercial real estate brokers are selling off for a second straight day. CBRE tumbled 12.8%, a drop that Oppenheimer pointed out as especially alarming given that the only other times the stock has tumbled further was during Covid and the height of the […]
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Investor Einhorn said he bought Peloton again on this latest dip. Here’s what else he’s buying
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn said he bought Peloton Interactive after its latest dip, along with some other bets. The Greenlight Capital founder said investors have overreacted to Peloton’s latest earnings results, after the connected fitness company’s worse-than-expected holiday quarter caused the connected fitness stock to plunge 26% on Thursday. The poor results added to […]
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Crypto’s ‘age of speculation’ may be over, says Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz
Key Points Bitcoin is down more than 21% so far this year, and nearly 50% from its peak in October. Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz said crypto’s “age of speculation,” where investors expected outsized returns, may be ending as more risk-adverse players enter the sector. “It’s going to be real world assets with much lower returns,” […]
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