Carl Icahn

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) shares were up another 1.6% on Wednesday following reports that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is still short-selling the stock. Entering 2021 GameStop was one of the most heavily shorted stocks in the market, but short interest in the video game retailer has declined...

Longtime activist investor Carl Icahn is still shorting GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) and has been since early 2021. Confirmed short-seller reports would previously send the retail investor-backed stock soaring, but GameStop shares are barely budging Tuesday (Nov. 22), which begs the...

Legendary investor Carl Icahn said Thursday’s Wall Street rally did not change his negative view on the market, and he believes a recession is still lurking on the horizon, according to a CNBC report. “We keep our portfolio hedged. I am still very, quite...

Back in 2021, reports surfaced that famed investor Carl Icahn held a roughly $400-million stake — around 1.2% — in Illinois-based insurer Allstate Corp (NYSE: ALL). Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported in May 2021 the billionaire...

Activist investor Ryan Cohen is a person who can move the markets with a tweet. A tweet from Cohen on Monday night has investors speculating on what could be coming for GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME), a company that counts Cohen as an investor and the chairman. What Happened: On Monday, Oct. 17...

Corvex Management was founded in 2011 by Carl Icahn’s former right-hand man Keith Meister, and saw its assets double by 2013. Activist investor Meister used Icahn’s philosophy of being contrarian and aggressive and he received $1 billion in seed capital from George Soros...

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ: BBBY) shares hit 52-week lows on Wednesday after the company reported weak earnings results and announced a CEO transition. One analyst believes the pain is just getting started. What Happened: Bed Bath & Beyond's worse-than-expected results didn...

The latest round of 13F filings from institutional investors is out, revealing to the world the stocks that some of the richest and most successful investors have been buying and selling. Takeaways From 13F Season: Investors who follow particular fund managers can easily look up what each was...

Longtime activist investor Carl Icahn has warned of the looming fallout of corporate America on the back of poor management. He called out several companies last week for lacking accountability practices, and on Monday set his sights on America's largest grocer.  What...

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Last week's bullish calls included the world's top EV maker and a leading technology company. A social media platform along with a multinational entertainment conglomerate were among the bearish calls...

The markets on Tuesday continued to build on the recovery staged last week, but longtime activist investor Carl Icahn isn't buying the action. "I think there very well could be a recession or even worse," Icahn said Tuesday on CNBC's "Closing Bell: Overtime."...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn increased his bid for Southwest Gas Holdings Inc (NYSE: SWX) to $82.50 a share, an increase of 10% from the prior $75/share. Representing a premium of 27% over the price on Oct. 13, the day before, a $75-a-share bid was announced by Icahn. Southwest...

An SEC filing on Friday revealed Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett purchased an additional 27.1 million shares of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) worth about $1.6 billion from Wednesday through Friday of last week. What Happened: The additional shares were...

It is not very often, that two titans of the investment world — Warren Buffett and Carl Icahn — are on opposite sides of a trade. It's occurred for the second time since 2016. Over the last few days, both revealed making opposing moves in SEC filings in Occidental Petroleum (...

For Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY), it's one billionaire Wall Street legend in and another one out. On Friday, new filings from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) revealed Warren Buffett has taken a sizable new position in the oil and gas giant. Just two days later...