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Eddie Lampert raises stake in AutoNation

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November 13, 2008 10:09 pm

Billionaire investor Edward S. Lampert, already the largest shareholder in AutoNation Inc., spent nearly $3.2 million this week on more stock in the nation’s largest car seller. Lampert, a former ... Read more »

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Lampert’s Housing Bet

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
June 12, 2008 2:23 pm

Billionaire hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert is placing a big bet that the slumping housing market is nearing a recovery, reports CNBC’s Diana Olick watch it at CNBC here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=769311741

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LAMPERT LICKING WOUNDS

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
May 30, 2008 10:38 pm

Hedge-fund billionaire Eddie Lampert’s big investment in Sears is plummeting in value, and skeptics on Wall Street say it could dwindle further this year.Sears, surprised by the severity of this ... Read more »

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`Like Eli Manning’

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
February 28, 2008 2:31 pm

Sears Holdings Corp., the retailer controlled by investor Edward Lampert, reported fourth-quarter profit that plunged more than analysts projected after appliance and clothing sales declined Lampert began a letter to ... Read more »

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Lampert again raises AutoNation stake

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February 19, 2008 9:01 pm

Billionaire investor Edward Lampert has acquired an additional 631,100 shares of AutoNation Inc., increasing his stake in the nation’s largest auto retailer to roughly 33 percent, according to a Securities ... Read more »

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EDDIE FEELING USED

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
February 8, 2008 3:10 pm

Billionaire Eddie Lampert’s run of bad luck is even causing a big stall at his car lots.After losing nearly $1 billion on a bet that Sears will would fly again ... Read more »

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The testing of long-term Eddie

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
February 1, 2008 8:16 pm

   Once dubbed the next Warren Buffett, Eddie Lampert is now being well and truly buffeted.  In 2007 his investment firm, ESL Holdings, turned in its worst performance since he ... Read more »

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Eddie Lampert’s failing Sears-Kmart experiment

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January 21, 2008 7:33 pm

Inside a Sears store in the Cincinnati suburbs, Steve Sunderland, the vice president for store initiatives at Sears Holding is exuberant as he shows off his company’s latest experiment. With ... Read more »

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Lampert Increases Stake in AutoNation

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
December 14, 2007 4:39 pm

Billionaire investor Edward Lampert has increased his stake in AutoNation Inc. to 31.9 percent, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. Lampert’s hedge fund, ESL Investments Inc., and ... Read more »

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Lampert Seeks U.S. Approval to Boost AutoNation Stake to 25%

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September 28, 2007 4:49 pm

Billionaire investor Edward Lampert’s hedge-fund group sought regulators’ approval to boost its stake in AutoNation Inc., the largest U.S. auto retailer, to at least 25 percent.Funds controlled by Lampert hold ... Read more »

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Is Eddie Lampert Feeling the Pain?

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Hedge funds
August 15, 2007 11:23 am

  Edward Lampert, long ranked among the world’s best-performing investors, may be enduring a rough patch, according to Reuters. Mr. Lampert’s hedge fund, ESL Investments, has a long history of ... Read more »

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Lampert Raises Citigroup Stake in Second Quarter

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10:27 am

Billionaire investor Edward Lampert’s ESL Investments Inc. hedge fund increased its stake in Citigroup Inc. by 63 percent, purchasing almost 9.6 million shares during the second quarter.ESL held 24.8 million ... Read more »

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Lampert Plans to Raise Billions for ESL Fund

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June 11, 2007 10:47 pm

Eddie Lampert, the billionaire hedge fund manger and controlling shareholder of Sears Holdings, is embarking on an effort to raise billions in new money for his widely successful hedge fund, ... Read more »

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Are billions made by hedge fund managers justified? Story of how very few make billions each year!

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, James Simons - Renaissance Technologies, Hedge funds
May 23, 2007 4:59 am

  James Simons, a 69-year-old mathematician who was at the top of the list, earned $1.7 billion, which equaled the amount of money that the federal government spent last year ... Read more »

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Billionaire Eddie Lampert buys stake in Citigroup

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May 16, 2007 7:04 am

Billionaire investor Edward Lampert, who built his fortune investing in underperforming companies, has purchased an $800 million stake in Citigroup Inc.ESL Investments Inc., the hedge fund Lampert founded in 1988, ... Read more »

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How hedge fund billionaires spend

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, James Simons - Renaissance Technologies, Hedge funds, Lifestyle
May 8, 2007 4:59 am

Article in  New York Times  reports  that most of these money makers put the money back into their funds, “betting that they will continue to beat the markets.” She says Jim ... Read more »

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Eddie Lampert: The best investor of his generation

Filed under Eddie Lampert - ESL, Profiles
May 7, 2007 3:58 am

Eddie Lampert is the Steve Jobs of the investing world: He thinks differently, and acts differently, with extraordinary results. “He’s the greatest investor of his generation,” says fellow billionaire (and ... Read more »

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