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Editorial illustration of Elliott Investment Management’s defensive hedge fund strategy, showing a fortified portfolio with hedging, activism, and hard assets amid a volatile 2025 stock market rally.

Elliott’s 2025 Paradox: Why the Parachute Cost Them the Party

While Wall Street partied through an AI-fueled bull market, Elliott Management showed up wearing a parachute. The result was underperformance — by design. Here’s why Paul Singer’s 2025 wasn’t a failure, but a strategic bet on what comes next.

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Editorial illustration of Citadel hedge fund as a fortress built from financial charts and data, symbolizing disciplined multi-strategy investing and portfolio risk management in 2025.

Citadel’s 2025 Scorecard: No Fireworks, Just Relentless Discipline

Citadel delivered another disciplined year in 2025 — not flashy, but formidable. Here’s what Ken Griffin’s fortress is really doing, and what it means for investors.

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Illustration of a restaurant POS tablet and receipt printer printing an upward stock chart for PAR Technology, with playful icons for SaaS, ARR growth, institutions, and short interest—symbolizing an inflection point.

Fundamental Research–Driven Fund Voss Capital Buys PAR Technology: Time to Shop?

PAR Technology is shifting from legacy hardware to a unified restaurant SaaS platform. After Voss Capital’s $7.1M buy, massive institutional ownership, and heavy short interest, the setup looks like an inflection-point story—high upside if execution clicks, sharp downside if it doesn’t.

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Illustration of a modern knight in athletic armor holding a cracked Under Armour shield at a crossroads, symbolizing a high-risk turnaround investment decision.

Insiders Are Buying Under Armour: Strong Suit or Skip the Knight-Mare?

Under Armour trades over 90% below its all-time high—but insiders are buying aggressively. Is this a rare turnaround opportunity or a classic value trap? Let’s break it down.

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The insider action happened at Kenvue — but the longer-term value story may actually belong to Kimberly-Clark. The two tickers KMB and KVUE merge or emerge together.

Kenvue Director Jeff Smith of Starboard Value Buys Shares of KVUE; He Must Love Kimberly-Clark. Should You?

A $111 million insider buy. Nearly 100% institutional ownership. A blockbuster merger with Kimberly-Clark. Kenvue suddenly looks boring… in a very interesting way.

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Cartoon of Leon Cooperman boxing debt monsters while dropping dollar bills into a house-shaped piggy bank labeled “FOA,” symbolizing hedge fund bets on Finance of America.

Finance of America Companies (FOA): When Leon Cooperman Bets, Do You Fetch?

Leon Cooperman doubled down on Finance of America (FOA), betting big on its reverse mortgage growth story. Profits are back, institutions are circling, and the stock trades at just 3.7x earnings. Is this the start of a Rocky-style comeback — or another value trap waiting to snap shut?

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Cartoon Ackman in Brookfield tower waving as value floats away by parachute—symbolizing Brookfield's price rise and shrinking value opportunity.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Still Hearts Brookfield (BN)

Bill Ackman still loves Brookfield, his top Pershing Square bet—now up 39%! But at nearly $68 per share, has the value vanished? We dig into insider buying, institutional interest, financial highlights, and whether this former bargain is still a buy. 💼📈

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Cartoon-style illustration of a modern Robin Hood figure holding a smartphone and profit bag atop a rising candlestick chart, with algorithm wizardry from Jim Simons in the background and Wall Street in awe. A playful take on Robinhood's comeback. 🏹📈🧠

Can Robinhood Steal the Show and Make All Richer? Renaissance Answers Yes!

Robinhood is no longer just a meme darling—it’s a fintech juggernaut turning heads at Renaissance Technologies. With revenue surging 50% and net income up 114%, it might be stealing more than hearts. Is HOOD still a buy? Dive into the numbers, institutional backing, and a few emoji-laced insights. 🏹💸

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