William Ackman
Bill Ackman runs hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, which he started in 2003 following the dissolution of Gotham Partners.
Ackman is a value investor with an activist bent. Activist investors agitate management for changes. He owns large positions in Target (NYSE: TGT) and Borders (NYSE: BGP). He has also been involved in activist situations at Wendy's (NYSE: WEN) and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD).
Ackman proved his acumen as a short seller in 2007/2008 as short positions he held in MBIA (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac (NYSE: ABK) proved to be big winners due to the credit crunch.
In July 2008, Ackman said he was short the common stock of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). Ackman also laid out a plan to reorganize the GSEs, which would wipe out the common shareholders.
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J.C. Penney (JCP) CEO Change Sounds Alarm on Wall Street; Deutsche Bank Comments
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Buy Herbalife! Ackman's Foresight Under Fire Following JCPenney (JCP) Shakeup
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JCPenney (JCP) Could Take Another Hit on Huge Martha Stewart Inventory Pile
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Ackman Says Herbalife (HLF) Was First Case of 'Sniping' Among Fund Managers
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Too Much, Too Fast at JCPenney (JCP)? Ackman Thinks So...
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Pershing Square Claws for 6% Gain in Q1
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What's the 'REIT' Option for JCPenney (JCP)? Lowered Expectations...
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Ackman Needs to Push Harder for JCPenney (JCP) to Go Private, or Else Risk More Losses
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J.C. Penney's (JCP) CEO Johnson is Safe... for Now
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Is Ron Johnson's Time Up at J.C. Penney's (JCP)?
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Ackman's Flagship Fund Slips 0.1% in Feb.; JCPenney (JCP), Herbalife (HLF) Didn't Help
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Top 10 News Items for 02/25 - 03/01: Investors Love/Hate Groupon; Best Buy Not Bought; Icahn Becomes Vitamin Salesman
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Pershing Square's Ackman Caught Between Rock and Hard Place (HLF) (JCP)
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UPDATE: Gilford Securities Downgrades J. C. Penney (JCP) to Sell; 'No Reason for Bullishness'
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Herbalife (HLF), J. C. Penney (JCP) on Watch Ahead of Harbor Investment Conference
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Loeb Trounches Ackman in January, Despite Volatile Herbalife (HLF) Holding
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Will J.C. Penney (JCP) Be Roadkill in Icahn-Ackman Battle of Titans?
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Billionaires Get Nasty in Epic Icahn vs. Ackman Confrontation
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Ackman Defends J. C. Penney (JCP) CEO Johnson
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Does Dan Loeb Think Bill Ackman Has Lost His Touch? (HLF) (JCP)
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Ackman has 'Enormous Confidence' in JCPenney (JCP) CEO Johnson - CNBC
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Stocks Crossing 50-Day SMA 12/19: (CLF) (USO) (NAV) Above; (GE) (NUS) (JCP) Below
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Ackman's Pershing Square Gets FTC Early Termination on Beam (BEAM), J.C. Penney (JCP) and P&G (PG)
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Bill Ackman Finds a Friend on J. C. Penney (JCP)
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Ackman's Pershing Square Discloses Burger King (BKW), Matson (MATX) Stakes, Sells all Citigroup (C) (more...)
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J. C. Penney (JCP) on Watch on Bill Ackman Interview
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Ackman's Pershing Sqaure Q2 13F: (PG) (C) (FDO) (KFT)
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Q2 Preview: Rule #1 of Investing in JCPenney (JCP) - Patience
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Market Wrap: Bernanke Bites Back; More Big Earnings Names; Ackman's Large Stake; JCP's Johnson is Firm (on Strategy)
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J. C. Penney (JCP) Higher on Positive "15x" Ackman Comments
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Ackman Defends JCPenney's (JCP) Strategy, 'Very Comfortable' with Johnson Handling Marketing
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After-Hours Movers 06/12: (DELL) (JCP) Higher; (SMG) (CASY) (DDD) (END) Lower
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Ackman Said Private Equity Approached Him About a J. C. Penney (JCP) Takeover
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Ackman's Pershing Square Raises Citigroup (C) Stake, Lowers Kraft (KFT)
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Ackman's Pershing Square Trims Family Dollar (FDO), Kraft (KFT); Exits Lowes Cos. (LOW)
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JCPenney (JCP) to Eliminate Thousands of Positions in Cost-Cutting Effort
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Canadian Pacific (CP) Shares Higher as Ackman Looks to Tap Railroad Legend as Next CEO
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Ackman's Pershing Square Releases Q3 2011 13F
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Notable ETF Movers of the Day 09/26: (XLF) (UNG) (XRT) Higher; (GLD) (FXI) (TAN) Lower
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JCPenney (JCP) Shares Rise as Ackman Discloses Swaps, Now Shows Economic Exposure of 55M Shares
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The Search is On: Finding Bill Ackman's Next General Growth Properties (GGP)

