Bill Ackman

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) spent most of the past two years in the market's penalty box. Today, it's the comeback kid propelling hedge fund P&Ls into the stratosphere. When news broke Friday night that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) had taken a $4.3...

Billionaire hedge fund results for the third quarter are in, and the shake-up is bigger than anyone expected. David Tepper walked away with the quarter, leaving even the strongest long-term performers behind. Track Tepper’s top holding BABA here. Tepper Doesn't Just Win Q3, He Runs Away...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is set to introduce a fresh proposal for mortgage-finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday, Nov. 18. What Happened: Ackman is scheduled to detail his plan during a livestream event. He asserts that his proposal will allow the Trump...

Tech investor and entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya sharply criticized the U.S. higher education system on Saturday, calling out colleges for saddling students with massive debt for degrees with little practical value. Palihapitiya Criticizes College Debt And Worthless Degrees Posting on X,...

The Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund, run by Bill Ackman, made several small changes in the third quarter. Here’s a look at the positions as of Sept. 30 and the top changes made in the third quarter. New and Exited Positions In the third quarter, Pershing Square Capital took...

Economist Peter Schiff is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s plans for an initial public offering for Fannie Mae or the Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC:FNMA) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (OTC:FMCC), also known as Freddie Mac. Freddie And Fannie’s IPO A...

Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman revealed new bets on the Magnificent 7 stocks in the second quarter, taking a new stake in Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and increasing a bet on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL). After being down in the third quarter, Ackman’s new...

When billionaire Bill Ackman quietly built a $104 million position in Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:HTZ) this summer, few noticed. It was a small 0.76% slice of Pershing Square Capital's portfolio — easy to miss next to his billion-dollar stakes in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) and...

Legendary investor Bill Ackman has bet big on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) over the last two years, with a stake unveiled in 2023. The initial stake and increased position size in the Google parent have paid off nicely for Ackman since the end of the second quarter. GOOGL shares are...

Two of the most well-known figures whose trades are tracked by Wall Street are former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman. When it comes to stocks owned by the two figures, they have two in common, including one of the top-performing...

Pershing Square‘s Bill Ackman believes New York City will face wide-ranging consequences if Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the election, but he’s still optimistic on America as a whole under President Donald Trump. What To Know: Tuesday morning on CNBC’s “...

President Donald Trump is evaluating plans to take mortgage giants Federal National Mortgage Association (OTC:FNMA), or Fannie Mae, and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTC:FMCC), or Freddie Mac, according to Bill Pulte, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Mortgage Giants Have $7...

Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge fund investor and an ally of President Donald Trump, has reportedly made a significant donation to a super PAC opposing the mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.  Ackman Is The Largest Donor Ackman has contributed $1 million to Defend NYC, a...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani publicly apologized to the New York City Police Department this week, marking a sharp reversal from his earlier calls to defund and dismantle the department during the 2020 protests over police brutality. Mamdani Issues Public Apology To NYPD On...

Pershing Square Capital Management CEO Bill Ackman increased his bets on two Magnificent 7 stocks in the second quarter, taking a new stake in one and raising his holdings in another. While one position has yielded nice gains since the end of the second quarter, the other has struggled. What...