Sentences with phrase «hedge against our shares»

Cenovus Energy -LRB--1 %) was eliminated as discussed last quarter, and Actavis (+2 %) had a negative impact given we had a small short position as a hedge against our shares in Forest Labs that were short - term, as discussed in the March 2014 letter.

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They seem to have gotten turbocharged by a ruling in 2007 that permitted people — in practice, mainly hedge funds — to buy shares after a merger has been announced and for the express purpose of voting against it and then seeking an appraisal.

Ackman, who runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP, has been betting against Herbalife shares since 2012, claiming the company is a pyramid scheme — where new investors unwittingly fund the profits of older investors.

Elliott does not seem to share those qualms: On at least three occasions, according to both court testimony and the accounts of seven people who spoke with Fortune, children of people facing the hedge fund's attack have been pulled into the fray in some way, in an apparent bid to gain either information on or leverage against their parents.

It is not used to shift or hedge any economic risk or as a bet against FedEx shares and, therefore, does not create any misalignment of management and stockholder interests.

Other similar things might be investing in supermarkets and «consumer staples» (because if your weekly shopping basket inflates, their shares and divis probably will too) or investing in healthcare as a hedge against future healthcare costs inflating or investing in utilities as a hedge against utilities bills rising (I've yet to buy any but I quite like the idea of owning enough ~ 7 % yielding Centrica for the divis to cover the gas and electricity bills) or investing in travel and tourism companies as a hedge against holiday costs inflating.

A favorite strategy that has been deployed successfully by many investors to trade indices utilizing binary options entails hedging an option based on the shares of a chosen firm against another whose underlying asset is the index that includes that company.

The initial profit warning on July 10th 2017 saw the share price tumble and hedge funds double down on their bets against the company's survival.

This portfolio is conservative because of the large portion of the shares in bonds, but it provides moderate growth and a hedge against market downturns.

The companies will still provide a hedge against inflation as their sales increase on higher commodity prices and you will earn a dividend yield while you hold the shares.

In 2008 as the price of gold soared mining shares fell, therefore physical gold is a great hedge against the stock market.

@JohnFx, Renesis - Correct, I'm interested more in if the value of gold (besides uses) is derived more from it being viewed as a hedge against inflation or if it is also viewed as a possible investment in the same way shares in a company are.

The OCM Gold Fund is designed for investors desiring diversification of their investment portfolio with a gold related asset to hedge against currency devaluation or inflation and are willing to accept the risk and volatility associated with investments in gold and gold mining shares.

Cambridge Analytica instead was a hedge against the RNC, in case it wouldn't share its data.

Eminence Capital, the $ 6 billion hedge fund run by Ricky Sandler, owns 3.9 percent of Sabra's outstanding shares and plans to vote against the deal at an August 15 meeting, according to a letter to the property trust's board.

In a white paper released Friday, BlackRock Inc. cautioned against what's known as recap and release, a proposal pushed by some hedge funds and advocacy groups that calls on the U.S. Treasury to quickly sell its shares in Fannie and Freddie after allowing the companies to build up capital.

In recent weeks, firms such as Alder Hill Management — an outfit started by protégés of hedge - fund billionaire David Tepper — have ramped up wagers against the bonds, which have held up far better than the shares of beaten - down retailers.

In the short term, the shares are likely rising because investors are looking to hedge against the possibility of a U.S. recession.