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Hedge funds gear up for Japan's $60 billion Topix revamp trade
Hedge fund traders are jostling for a slice of the action in Japan this week as the biggest-ever rebalancing of the Topix equity benchmark comes into effect. A reshuffle impacting more than 700 stocks is expected to trigger around $60 billion of…
Meta's 'Muse' Retail Push Draws Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) Into Agentic Commerce Race As Hedge Fund Interest Climbs
Meta's emerging commerce initiative is pulling some of the world's largest retailers into an AI-powered shopping ecosystem, with Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT) among 20 major retail partners signed onto the program known as Muse. The partnership signals a…
Silver Lake's Endeavor Demands Icahn Forfeit Any Profit on Bet
Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. is asking a federal court to order Carl Icahn's company and another hedge fund to give up any profits they make on arbitrage bets challenging its $25 billion buyout by Silver Lake, the latest move in an escalating legal…
Bill Ackman owns only a handful of stocks. Here is his rule for picking a winner.
There's a simple rule for owning a great company, according to billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman. “A great company is a business you could buy today, the markets could shut for 20 years, and you know with an enormous degree of…
Wendy's Shares Jump Following WSJ Report of $1.4 Billion Take-Private Deal
Shares of Wendy's jumped after The Wall Street Journal reported that Nelson Peltz's hedge fund Trian Fund Management is offering to buy the fast-food chain for around $1.4 billion. The stock climbed 17%, to $7.20, in premarket trading Wednesday.
Wendy's Stock Jumps on Peltz Take-Private Bid
Shares in burger chain Wendy's surged about 15% ahead of the bell after the Journal reported that Nelson Peltz's hedge fund Trian Fund Management is offering to buy it for around $1.4 billion. Wendy's had a market value of roughly $1.2 billion as…
Basis trade retreat spurs shift into new rate bets
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Anirban Sen NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The slowdown in one of the US Treasury market's most scrutinized trades has driven investors to other corners of the rates market. The basis trade, a strategy in which…
Allspring Emerging Growth Fund Q3 2026 Commentary (WEMAX)
The fund underperformed the Russell 2000 Growth Index during the third quarter. The July drawdown in AI stocks was further fueled by trading patterns as hedge funds reduced crowded AI exposure and margin-driven selling overwhelmed otherwise…
Wendy's stock soars on report struggling chain could go private
Wendy's soared 16% Wednesday after a report that billionaire Nelson Peltz's hedge fund Trian Fund Management could buy the flailing fast-food chain in a $1.4 billion deal. The hedge fund is leading a group including restaurant operator Flynn Group…
U.S. Stocks Up, Treasury Yields Mixed After Fed Holds -- Update
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 97.53 points, or 0.19%, to 52475.10. The broad based S&P 500 index gained 21.38 points, or 0.28%, to 7743.98, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 72.04 points, or 0.27%, to 26549.85. The Fed held rates at…
Why Wendy's Rallied Big on Wednesday
Shares of fast-food stalwart Wendy's (WEN +14.41%) rallied on Wednesday, rising 14.7% as of 1: 51 p.m. EDT. Wendy's entered the day down about 25% for the year, and down massively from its all-time highs. Today, however, a major investor offered to…
Talos Names Kelly Ye as Head of Research to Expand Institutional Digital Asset Data and Insights
Former Fidelity Digital Asset Management and CoinDesk Indices leader to direct research across market structure, liquidity and onchain finance NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 /CNW/ -- Talos, the premier provider of institutional technology and data for…
If a Stock Market Crash Is Coming, Take This Advice From Charlie Munger
Up until his death in 2023 at age 99, Charlie Munger was Warren Buffett's right-hand man. Munger had served as Berkshire Hathaway 's vice chair since 1978, although he first met Buffett in 1959 at a dinner party and began working informally with…
'Like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory': how did the restaurant end up in a Maga fight over 'elitism'?
Around lunchtime on Tuesday, a Rolls-Royce stopped at the intersection of Beverly Drive and Dayton Way in Beverly Hills, California. Local people in athleisure walked past Balenciaga, Dior and Prada boutiques, as visitors on Hollywood bus tours…
Nelson Peltz-led group offers to buy Wendy's for $1.4B
Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management on Wednesday made an offer to buy Wendy's for roughly $1.4 billion in a move that would make the fast-food chain a privately held company. Trian has been a long-term shareholder in Wendy's, and Peltz's hedge…
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