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Steven A. Cohen

Steven "Steve" A. Cohen (born 11 June 1956) is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder of SAC Capital Advisors, a Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund focusing primarily on equity market strategies.

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What the Big Guns are Doing

Big gun investors John Paulson, Steve Cohen, Anton Schutz and Eddie Lampert all made surprising investment moves this past quarter that investors may want to take note of, according to Wall Street research shop SNL Financial.

While hedge fund manager Paulson ditched financials, we already told you that George Soros is buying them (see Emac's Bottom Line, "Soros Dumps Google and Apple, Buys Banks" )Add Anton Schutz's Mendon Capital to the bulls on the banks, as his shop doubled its JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) stake in the first quarter. SNL has more detail you won't want to miss:PAULSON CUTS BACK ON U.S. FINANCIALSClosely watched John Paulson is the hedge fund manager famous for making smart bets against the U.S. subprime mortgages in 2007. He's hit a rocky patch, with some of his funds dropping by a third to a half, notably due to investments in gold, which have sunk into the red.And now his fund, Paulson & Co., has taken a big scissor to holdings of U.S.-based financial services stocks in the ...

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