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Carl Icahn Investor Spotlight

Carl Icahn Investor Spotlight

About Carl Icahn Carl Icahn is one of the most revered names in stock trading and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Icahn was the 26th wealthiest person on the 2020 Forbes 400 list, having amassed $16.7 billion in net worth over the course of a several...

Benjamin Graham Investor Spotlight

Benjamin Graham Investor Spotlight

About Benjamin Graham Benjamin Graham is widely considered to be the father of value investing. Among his disciples are famous investors like Warren Buffett, Irving Kahn, and Sir John Templeton. In fact, Warren Buffett described Graham’s classic 1949 book, ‘The...

What is a Stock Market Bubble?

What is a Stock Market Bubble?

It’s common for traders and investors alike to hear warnings of a market bubble whenever the market is aggressively bullish for an extended period. Bubbles occur when investors within a specific sector or across the entire market inflate the value of assets well...

George Soros Investor Spotlight

George Soros Investor Spotlight

About George Soros George Soros is one of the most successful speculators and financiers in modern history. Over his more than 60-year career, Soros earned an estimated $40 billion – and then gave away the majority of it to charities and political causes. Soros’ early...

David Gardner Investor Spotlight

David Gardner Investor Spotlight

About David Gardner David Gardner is best known as one of the three founders of The Motley Fool, an investment advice platform that has consistently beaten the market for more than 25 years. Gardner was introduced to investing at a young age by his father, who owned a...

Bill Ackman Investor Spotlight

Bill Ackman Investor Spotlight

About Bill Ackman William (‘Bill’) Ackman is the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management and a widely feared activist investor. Ackman, through Pershing Square and a prior hedge fund, has earned a net worth of more than $2 billion. Ackman was well-poised...

Paul Mampily Investor Spotlight

Paul Mampily Investor Spotlight

About Paul Mampily Unlike a lot of famous US investors, Paul Mampily wasn’t born in the US. Mampily was originally from India, but immigrated to the US as a young adult after his father made money working in the booming city of Dubai. Mampily ended up at Fordham...