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Beyond disappointing. That’s the overarching theme behind a scathing new note from GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen to the board of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY). The Chewy billionaire turned wanna-be-savior of once proud retail organizations has disclosed a 9.8% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond. Cohen says Bed Bath & Beyond’s execution under CEO Mark Tritton has bordered on terrible, compensation is not realistic and the business should be split up (Buy Buy Baby business sold off) and then sold in entirety… Source link

Every retail investor wants to ensure a solid portfolio return. The only question is, how? The stock market produces a vast mine of data, that by its nature forms a barrier to access. Some investors take a path of low resistance, and follow one or more market legends. These legends are the giants of the investing world, people like Steven Cohen. The billionaire trader behind Point72 Asset Management has shown that he can survive the vicissitudes of Wall Street. After recovering from Federal… Source link

Andy Cohen is talking about diversity within The Real Housewives franchise. Cohen, who executive produces the series and hosts the reunion specials, appeared on Garcelle Beauvais‘s podcast and was asked why it took so long to have a Black cast member on the Beverly Hills franchise — and when viewers will see an all-gay cast. Cohen said on Going to Bed with Garcelle that it took to Season 10 of Bravo’s RHOBH, in 2019, to add Beauvais as the first Black woman in 10 seasons because they were… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Perhaps no one, not even the day-trading hero they call Roaring Kitty, is more responsible for the improbable 700% rally in GameStop Corp. this year than Ryan Cohen. At 35 years old, Cohen is a billionaire entrepreneur with a reputation for a Midas touch after building the pet-supply site he co-founded — Chewy — into a booming business. And so when word got out in mid-January that he had secured three seats on GameStop’s board after amassing a 13% stake, shares of the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — GameStop Corp. climbed after saying it intends to elect Ryan Cohen as its next chairman, cementing the activist investor’s influence at the video-game retailer. Kurtis Wolf resigned effective April 5, GameStop said in a filing Thursday. The company said the resignation didn’t result from a disagreement over operations, policies or practices. Cohen will stand for election at the annual meeting on June 9, GameStop said in a statement. It plans to pay all directors entirely in… Source link

TipRanks The Race for Vaccine Against COVID-19 Variants Heats Up; 3 Stocks to Consider Let’s talk about the economy and COVID-19. Normally, this is a subject that will dwell on the economic disaster of the past year – the sharp recession last winter, the huge spike in unemployment, the unprecedented surge in government debt. All of these are important, even urgent, topics for discussion, but we’re here to talk about vaccines and opportunity. Specifically, the vaccines coming out of the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Trading platform EToro, a rival to Robinhood Markets Inc., plans to go public via a merger with a blank-check firm led by serial dealmaker Betsy Cohen. The agreement with FinTech Acquisition Corp. V values the combined company at about $10.4 billion, according to a statement Tuesday confirming a Bloomberg report. The companies are raising about $650 million in equity to support the deal. Investors in the equity transaction included ION Investment Group, Softbank Vision Fund II,… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire Jim Simons Snaps Up These 2 Biotech Stocks Quant trading guru Jim Simons is calling it a day, sort of. The mathematician and cryptologist is famous in the investing community for bringing his analytical eye to the world of the stock exchange, creating both the quant trading revolution and a personal fortune now estimated at more than $22 billion. His has been a career of multifaceted success, and his innovations on Wall Street have influenced the strategies of two… Source link

Last week, the NASDAQ slipped below 13,200, making the net loss from its all-time peak, reached earlier this month, 6.4%. If this trend keeps up, the index will slip into correction territory, a loss of 10% from its peak. So what exactly is going on? At bottom, it’s mixed signals. The COVID-19 pandemic is starting to fade and the economy is starting to reopen – strong positives that should boost markets. But an economic restart brings with it inflationary pressures: more people working… Source link

Shares in video game retailer GameStop (GME) are on a wild rollercoaster ride, fueled by retail trader geeks on Reddit—and newly minted New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen is obscurely involved. GameStop shares rose more than 50% last Friday after users on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets (WSB) ganged up to buy the stock in response to a number of short calls, most notably from Andrew Left of Citron Research, who predicted that the stock would drop to $20. (GameStop isn’t the only one: AMC… Source link