We’ve all watched Billions and Wall Street with visions of being like Bobby Axelrod or Gordon Gecko, making big deals and even bigger dollars. But who are their non-fictional peers, and what are these real life financial big dogs trading right now?
We teamed up with the guys at Stake, a Sydney startup making it easy for Aussies to trade US stocks (but more on that at the bottom of the page), to dive into GuruFocus and pull the latest moves three of Wall Street’s biggest dogs are making right now.
Carl Icahn (net worth: $20 billion)
Famous for:
His live CNBC spat with fellow hedge-fund titan Bill Ackman over Herbalife.
What he’s buying
What he’s selling
George Soros (net worth: $8.3 billion)
Famous for:
Breaking the bank of England and making $1b on it in a single day.
What he’s buying:
What he’s selling:
John Paulson (net worth: $4.17 billion)
Famous for:
Making $15 billion for his investors on the collapse of the housing market during the GFC.
What he’s buying:
What he’s selling:
How to get in on the action yourself:
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