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Alternative Thinking on Hedge Fund Rankings, Bill Ackman’s Blues and Facebook Tyranny

June 22, 2016

The top 100 hedge funds averaged a return north of 10.5% in 2015, and the three-year average is a tad below 17%. Meanwhile, there are a lot of equity-long-short funds, indicating that good stock pickers are still around.

Alternative thinking on Warren Buffett, activist investing, and Venezuela’s time zones

Garrett Baldwin

May 2, 2016

“Valeant was a sewer, and those who created it deserved the opprobrium they got.”

Alternative thinking on Bill Ackman’s Blues, All-Cash in Marijuana, and, "You Went to Harvard?”

Garrett Baldwin

March 28, 2016

"As you would expect, we will fully cooperate with the committee's requests."

Valeant says Goldman Sachs sold 1.3 million shares backing loan to CEO

Caroline Humer, Reuters

November 6, 2015

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said on Friday that Goldman Sachs sold 1.3 million shares of Valeant on Nov. 5 that were securing loans made to its CEO Michael Pearson.

Ackman defends Valeant

Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Reuters

October 30, 2015