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Institutions Dumping Boeing Amid Uncertain Future

Posted on June 17th, 2019 by daniel

Boeing Co.’s (BA) stock has fallen by 21% since peaking in early March. The sharp decline has come following two crashes of its 737 MAX jets and the grounding of the fleet around the world. The recent developments have hampered the stock as investors have lost visibility into the future of the company. Institutional and […]

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Square Was the Number One Stock Among Hedge Funds in the First Quarter

Posted on May 20th, 2019 by daniel

Square (SQ) Inc. was one hot stock among the investing community in the first quarter, with shares soaring by over 33%. As a result, the equity landed on WhaleWisdom’s heat map at number 1 and was included on the WhaleWisdom WhaleIndex 100. The first quarter come back was likely spurred by the fact that the […]

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IBM’s Stock Continues its Fall from Grace

Posted on April 1st, 2019 by daniel

For what seems like years, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has seemingly been unable to get its act together, plagued by quarter after quarter of declining revenue. The steep stock market sell-off that started in October 2018 resulted in equity falling to its lowest level since 2010 as institutional investors dumped the stock. The stock […]

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Were Hedge Funds Buying the S&P 500 in the Fourth Quarter?

Posted on March 11th, 2019 by daniel

While the S&P 500 was tanking in the fourth quarter, some of the smartest hedge funds appeared to be buying. At this point, that bet appears to have paid off. According to the WhaleWisdom Heat Map, the top 150 hedge funds that WhaleWisdom tracks were buying shares of the S&P 500 tracking ETF, the SPDR […]

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Lowe’s Shares Fall as Hedge Funds Flee

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by daniel

Lowe’s Companies Inc.’s (LOW) stock has had a bumpy road since September, falling 17% from its all-time high. That is in-line with home improvement peer Home Depot Inc. (HD), but worse than the S&P 500’s decline of 12%. The shares of Lowe’s fell with the broader stock market on fears of an economic slowdown and an overly aggressive Federal Reserve. Couple that with rising mortgage rates and slower home sales, it spelled out trouble for Lowe’s.