29 Stocks Insiders And Hedge Funds Are Crazy About

By Insider Monkey: Insider Monkey tracks over 300 hedge funds. These hedge funds devote significant resources to researching stocks. Sometimes they even cross the line and try to obtain material non-public information before investing. Corporate insiders have material non-public information and they sometimes trade based on such information. Other times they have an edge because they know their companies and industries better than almost all other investors.

By Insider Monkey: Hedge funds devote significant resources to researching stocks. Sometimes hedge funds cross the line and try to obtain material non-public information before investing. Corporate insiders have material non-public information and they sometimes trade based on such information. Other times they have an edge because they know their companies and industries better than almost all other investors.

By Insider Monkey: Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies. The fund’s returns are so spectacular that Simons became one of the richest people in the world. Hedge funds such as Renaissance Technologies devote significant resources to researching stocks and sometimes cross the line to try to obtain material non-public information before investing. Corporate insiders have material non-public information and they sometimes trade based on such information.

By Insider Monkey: Israel Englander founded Millennium Management in 1989. Englander is one of the top paid fund managers today and Millennium has a portfolio of over $12 billion. Hedge funds devote significant resources to researching stocks and sometimes cross the line to try to obtain material non-public information before investing. Additionally, corporate insiders have material non-public information and they sometimes trade based on such information.

By Insider Monkey: David Tepper is a value investor and the founder of Appaloosa Management. The fund manages $16 billion and returned around 30% in 2010. Tepper currently ranks as the 258th richest person in the world. Hedge funds such as Appaloosa devote significant resources to researching stocks and sometimes cross the line to try to obtain material non-public information before investing.

By Insider Monkey: Ken Griffin is the founder and CEO of Citadel LLC. Citadel devotes significant resources to researching stocks, making it one of the largest and most successful hedge funds in the world. Corporate insiders have material non-public information and they sometimes trade based on such information. Other times they have an edge because they know their companies and industries better than almost all other investors.

By Insider Monkey: Whitney Tilson is the founder and managing partner of T2 Partners LLC and the Tilson Mutual Funds. He has a Bachelor's degree in government from Harvard and an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School. Before launching his investment career in 1999, Tilson spent five years working with Michael E. Porter, a professor at HBS, studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner-city-based companies nationwide.

By Insider Monkey: Louis Navellier founded Navellier & Associates in 1980. Navellier is the editor of four investment newsletters and the author of a Business Week best seller. The firm, Navellier & Associates, focuses on growth investments and devotes significant resources to researching stocks. Portfolio managers sometimes cross the line to try to obtain material non-public information before investing.