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Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital Group Bets On Technology: 13F Filing Q1 2009

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:15:00 GMT

This is the 1st Quarter 2009 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the Hedge Fund 13F filings series preface. Next up, we have Tremblant Capital Group. Tremblant is a $3 billion hedge fund based in New York and is run by Bret Barakett, who is a former portfolio manager at Moore Capital Management (the hedge fund run by the great Louis Bacon, whom we also track). If the last name of 'Barakett' sounds familiar, its because his brother, Timothy Barakett, manages fellow hedge fund Atticus Capital, whose portfolio we recently covered. Taken from their site, Tremblant Capital Group's objective is "to achieve superior risk adjust returns[More...]

Dividend Investors Running With The bulls

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:55:56 GMT

The stock market index S&P 500 has risen by 37.8% from its lows in early march. The S&P 500 is also almost 1.80% higher since the beginning of 2009. Investors are now being bombarded with conflicting advice from both from the bullish and the bearish camp. The bears claim that the rally overextended and due for a sharp correction once S&P 500 falls below 878. The bulls believe that bears are in for a surprise once S&P[More...]

Toby Smith: Tight Budgets Boost Fred's

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:28:00 GMT

Although he expects the retail outlook to continue to worsen, Toby Smith states, "One bright spot is discount retailers, which continue to draw large numbers of the shoppers who are managing tight budgets this season." In ChangeWave Investing, the growth stock expert looks at Fred's (NASDAQ: [More...]

Back to the Real Side of the Economy: Recession Watch

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:43:00 GMT

Only on a day like today does an over 1 percent decrease in industrial output move to third page. But this item (and this hilarious article) reminded me to update the indicators used by the NBER BCDC are headed. Their trajectories are, in general, not too comforting. Consider first the series that prompted the investigation. In Figure 1, I show (in logs) industrial production and manufacturing production; the former is the one considered by the NBER BCDC.[More...]

Analyst Comments: Autoliv, Fred, IPC Holdings, Durect, Williams Companies, Korea Electric Power, Anaren

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:44:00 GMT

Autoliv Inc. (ALV) is witnessing positive earnings growth by shifting production to low-cost regions and increased safety needs. Shares in global markets are increasing. However, difficult conditions in North American and West European automotive markets, as well as pricing pressure from original equipment manufacturers (OEM), are undermining Autoliv?s near-term prospects. Hence, we rate the stock a Hold with a target price of $34.50. Autoliv is set to grow globally by entering into partnerships and making acquisitions while introducing new safety products and streamlining its operations to cut costs. The company has a 40% global market share in airbags. The European market share is 65% and the North American market share for airbags is 38%. For seat belts, market share in North America rose to 28%, in Europe to 62%. Airbag and seatbelt market share in[More...]

Discount Retailers Continuing to Thrive

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:40:00 GMT

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Analyst Comments: Lehman, American Oriental, Penn Virginia, Hanger Orthopedic, Fred, Home Depot, Sanderson Farms, International Rectifier, Methanex, Nordstrom, Ultra Clean Holdings, Nucor Corp, Fifth Third Bancorp, Tenneco

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:41:00 GMT

As the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all sell off roughly a percentage point as of mid-day Monday, an AP report cites a Wall Street Journal article from this morning about Lehman Brothers' (LEH) difficulties continuing.? Lehman may need to pre-announce losses f[More...]

Trends in Key Recession Indicators

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:01:43 GMT

Since December 2007 is a commonly identified turning point (1), (2), I thought it would be of interest (given Jim's take on whether it matters if we're in a recession) to see what the indicators that the NBER BCDC focus on -- payroll employment, industrial production, real personal income less transfers, real manufacturing and trade sales, and to a lesser extent monthly real GDP -- are doing. They're declining... [More...]

Stock Market Summary for June 5th 2008

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:54:32 GMT

Lisa and I are putting...[More...]

The Oil Shock of 2008

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:51:08 GMT

Time to reassess the potential for recent oil price increases to contribute to an economic downturn.[More...]

Coffee Break / Sales at Fred's dip a bit in October

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:49:00 GMT

Fred's Inc. sales slid slightly in October to $128.1 million, down from $128.4 million last October.
Growth in comparable store sales rose 0.4 percent this October, but that is down from a 1.3 percent increase last year.
Year-to-date sales are down 1 percent for the first nine months to $1.31 billion, compared with $1.32 billion for the same period last year.

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Bret Barakett's Tremblant Capital Group Bets On Technology: 13F Filing Q1 2009

Dividend Investors Running With The bulls

Toby Smith: Tight Budgets Boost Fred's

Back to the Real Side of the Economy: Recession Watch

Analyst Comments: Autoliv, Fred, IPC Holdings, Durect, Williams Companies, Korea Electric Power, Anaren

Discount Retailers Continuing to Thrive

Analyst Comments: Lehman, American Oriental, Penn Virginia, Hanger Orthopedic, Fred, Home Depot, Sanderson Farms, International Rectifier, Methanex, Nordstrom, Ultra Clean Holdings, Nucor Corp, Fifth Third Bancorp, Tenneco

Trends in Key Recession Indicators

Stock Market Summary for June 5th 2008

The Oil Shock of 2008

Coffee Break / Sales at Fred's dip a bit in October

Fred's 2Q Profit Jumps 3-Fold -- Cost-Cutting Helps As Overall Sales Decline

Sales-Tax Weekend Surpasses Expectations

BRIEF: Cubby's Online Antics Lead Him to Tyra Banks

Movers: Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, AMD

Movers: MBIA, Fannie Mae, Williams-Sonoma, Tiffany

Business Wire Retail Report on October 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Business Wire Retail Report on September 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Business Wire Retail Report on August 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Business Wire Retail Report on July 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Fred's Reports July Sales

Business Wire Retail Report on June 2009 Retail Sales Figures

Fred's Reports June Sales

Fred's Reports May Sales

Fred's Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend to $0.03 Per Share

Fred's Reports 18% Increase in Net Income for First Quarter 2009

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