David Abrams, Engility: In a new Form 4, David Abrams‘ hedge fund, Abrams Capital Management, showed another bearish move in Engility Holdings Inc (NYSE:EGL) after revealing the sale of 654,600 shares yesterday. This time, Abrams disclosed selling a smaller amount of 35,209 shares. The sale occurred in three transactions, with the price varying around $31.90 per share. After the disposal of shares, Abrams holds 1.84 million shares of Engility.

Disclosure: none

In a newly amended 13D filing with the SEC, the second richest man in the world disclosed a 34.3% stake in America Movil SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE:AMX). That man, billionaire Carlos Slim, and his company Inmobiliaria Carso now owns 19.2 billion L-class shares of the wireless communications company, which has lost 20% of its market value over the past year.

Disclosure: none

Bill Ackman, Canadian Pacific Railway: As it was leaked yesterday, Bill Ackman‘s hedge fund, Pershing Square, sold some shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE:CP).

According to an official filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a few minutes ago, Pershing now holds around 17.2 million shares of Canadian Pacific, versus some 24.2 million reported in its latest 13F.

Following the sale, Pershing Square holds 9.8% of the company’s stock, which still makes him the largest shareholder of the company.

Disclosure: none

Crowdfunding has officially hit the big time. Borrowing the model from Kickstarter and other crowdsourcing sites, the SEC is looking to approve a rule that allows for regular people to invest in small start-ups through crowdfunding “portals.”

Source: Social ROI

Should the proposal pass, the crowdfunding measure would be incorporated into the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which was passed in 2012 and relaxed regulations to allow for quicker and easier growth for small businesses.

Previously, companies could only seek investments from accredited investors who have a net worth of $1 million or more or an annual income of $200,000 or more. This forces most small start-ups to seek out venture capital. If that doesn’t pan out, they get a loan, which can be very risky.

This new rule would make it so small businesses could actively raise funds — up to $1 million each year — from unaccredited investors. Regular people could invest in start-ups they believe in and the companies wouldn’t have to register the securities with the SEC.

There would still be regulation through crowdfunding portals, but the specifics as to how they will operate is still hazy. At the moment, all that’s really known is these portals would need to provide information to the investors to reduce fraud risk and they’d require companies to disclose information about their directors, how the money will be utilized, and other relevant financial info.

Source: Queen’s University

Should this model succeed, start-ups that get off the ground will be largely determined by the public. It would be a democratization of business creation. Businesses would be providing products or services by the people and for the people. How American is that?

Setting the legal specs aside, it’s important to note just how revolutionary such a ruling would be. While some are focusing on the potential risk of fraud, the bigger picture is one that includes the diminishing role of business gatekeepers; of a VC structure that values the “it takes money to make money” paradigm.

Plus, this type of social capitalism allows a wider spectrum of people to vote with their wallets. If an idea is deemed worthy, a large group of people back it. Even if they’re only investing a few hundred dollars, they’re still saying, “Hey, this deserves a chance.”

And beyond getting a shot at building a business from the ground up, crowdfunded start-ups also get the benefit of an engaged beta customer base. These were people willing to open their wallets to invest in a company before it had anything to offer. And much like with creative crowdsourcing sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, those initial “backers” act as a ground floor marketing team. They’ll get the word out about a business because they actually have a stake in the company’s success. Word-of-mouth promotion, both in person and across social media, are powerful tools. When leveraged as a foundational component of a start-up? The sky’s the limit.

The article The SEC’s Crowdfunding Rule Could Change Everything originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Brenda Barron.

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Ken Fisher manages a multibillion-dollar fund that has beaten the pants off the stock market for roughly two decades. Every quarter, money managers like Fisher must disclose their stock maneuvers via SEC 13F filings. Many investors use this information to gain insight into which stocks the money pros are buying and selling. Here are three stocks Fisher completely unloaded during the third quarter.

Sidelined
Nashville, Tenn.-based Genesco Inc. (NYSE:GCO) sells footwear, apparel, and accessories in nearly 2,500 stores throughout the U.S., Canada, the U.K, and Ireland under retail names Journeys, Lids, Schuh, and Johnston & Murphy. The $1.7 billion-market-cap company rang up more than $2.5 billion in sales during fiscal 2013. Despite Genesco’s stellar growth rate over the past several years, its enticing forward price-to-earnings ratio of 11, and its minimal 8.8% debt-to-equity ratio, Fisher completely liquidated his position in the retailer. Trading near its all-time high, Genesco shares are up almost 200% over the past five years and nearly 24% year to date. Fisher likely thought it was a good time to get out and off-loaded his shares last quarter.

While cleaning out his closet, Fisher also purged his shares of Saks Inc (NYSE:SKS). The upscale retailer operates 41 Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 70 Saks Fifth Avenue Off Fifth locations in the U.S., and it also sells its products online. The high-end merchant booked a nearly $20 million loss for the second quarter, compared to a $12 million loss in the same quarter last year. Yet same-store sales, a key retail metric that excludes recently opened outlets in order to more accurately reflect overall sales traffic, increased 1.5% for the second quarter, fueled by demand for women’s apparel, accessories, and fragrances. Earlier this year, it was announced that Hudson’s Bay Company would acquire Saks for roughly $3 billion. The deal is expected to close before year-end.

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC) extracts, processes, and sells metals, primarily platinum and palladium. Even though platinum and palladium prices have pulled back, these metals are benefiting from strong automotive demand in both North America and China. Both metals are essential to the auto sector, which has recovered significantly since the recent recession. In fact, more than half of the global supply of platinum and palladium is used in manufacturing our cars’ catalytic converters. Despite the upward momentum, shares in Stillwater Mining aren’t far from their 52-week low. These facts weren’t enough to save Fisher’s position in the stock.

Foolish takeaway
Personally, I don’t own any of the stocks mentioned above that Fisher sold. While I agree with his decision to sell Saks, I’m not so sure about Genesco and Stillwater Mining. As a patient, long-term investor, I think both of these companies hold potential in their respective industries.

The article 3 Stocks Billionaire Ken Fisher Dumped Last Quarter originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Nicole Seghetti.

Fool contributor Nicole Seghetti has no position in any stocks mentioned. You can follow her on Twitter @NicoleSeghetti. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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Seamans Capital, Quantum Fuel Systems Tech Worldwide: Quantum Fuel Systems (NASDAQ:QTWW) was increased in the equity portfolio of Seamans Capital Management, which reported holding 6.5% of the company. In this way, Seamans owns around 1.04 million shares, up from 944,000 shares reported in a previous filing a couple of days ago.

Quantum Fuel Systems is a company engaged in natural gas storage systems. Recently the company received a $9.3 million contract for production of Q-Lite™ CNG storage tanks for heavy-duty trucks, and last month, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Schneider Power, completed Phase 1 of its sale of a 10 Megawatt Trout Creek wind farm development project.

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Phil Frohlich, China Marine Food Group: Phil Frohlich and his hedge fund Prescott Group Capital Management recently reported buying 711,607 shares of China Marine Food Group Ltd (NYSEMKT:CMFO). In a form 4 filing, Prescott disclosed six transactions, following which its exposure in the company went up to around 5.5 million shares. The prices of the deals are around $0.2 per share.

Prescott purchased additional shares of the company right after China Marine Food Group said that its Board of Directors decided to volunary delist the company from the NYSE MKT and deregister it from the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The delisting is possible, since the company has less than 300 shareholders and it is expected to be completed by November 11.

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River Road, Mac-Gray: In a recent filing, River Road Asset Management disclosed dumping a significant amount of its shares of  Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE:TUC), reducing its exposure to 2.3%. River Road reported ownership of 335,678 shares of Mac-Gray, versus over 1.3 million shares disclosed in its latest 13F.

Just yesterday, we reported Mario Gabelli disclosed a 6.7% stake in Mac-Gray. In an earlier filing, Alexander Knaster’s Pamplona Capital Management, one of the wealthiest hedge fund managers in the U.K., reported a 17.7% activist stake in the company.

All this fuss comes on the back of the merger, under the terms of which, Mac-Gray is to be acquired by CSC ServiceWorks for $524 million. Pampalona, which is a controlling shareholder of CSC, said that it is willing to pay up to $594 million to buy Mac-Gray.

Moab Capital, another hedge fund, signed an agreement with the buyer to vote in favor of the sale. Moab holds around 1.34 million shares of Mac-Gray, which represent 9.1% of the company.

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The Coach CEO: On Thursday, Lew Frankfort, Chairman and CEO at Coach, Inc. (NYSE:COH) acquired 21,000 shares of common stock at a price of $48.38 each, for a total transaction worth $1,015,980. With this transaction Mr. Frankfort has allocated a total of 2,053,141 shares of common stock under his direct control, for an estimated capital investment worth $100.7 million.

According to our records, this is Mr. Frankfort's first transaction for 2013 concerning Coach, Inc. His previous acquisition dates from March 2, 2009, when he purchased 50,000 shares of common stock at a price of $13.24 each, or a total capital investment of $662,000. Hence, at current prices the capital investment has so far appreciated an impressive 77%.

Mr. Frankfort has not been the only one purchasing the stock during the current year. Reed Krakoff, President and Executive Creative Director, reported two purchases during last September. The first transaction was completed on September 4, involved 35,821 shares of common stock for a price of $53.42 each, for a total capital investment of $1,913,557. The second transaction was reported on the following day, and Mr. Krakoff acquired 56,452 shares of common stock at a price of $53.40 each for a transaction worth $3,014,536.

As of today, October 25, 2013, Lone Pine Capital is the hedge fund holding the largest stake at Coach Inc with 5,858,347 shares of common stock, representing a 1.62% of its portfolio. Other important hedge funds are Gates Capital Management and Ariel Investments with 1,193,519 and 928,907 shares of common stock correspondingly.

Coach currently trades at 13.6 times its trailing earnings, carrying a 33% discount to the industry average. Also, cash dividends in the form of quarterly dividends have steadily increased since 2009 and stand today at $0.3375, representing an annual yield of 2.60%.

Disclosure: Jodor Jalit holds no position in any of the mentioned stocks.

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Insider buying Tompkins: On Wednesday of this week, Francis M. Fetsko, EVP, COO, CFO and treasurer at Tompkins Financial Corporation (NYSEMKT:TMP), purchased 500 shares of common stock at $50.35 each, for a total transaction worth $25,175. The recent acquisition has taken Mr. Fetsko's holding to a total of 11,164 shares of common stock, all under direct control, or a total capital investment worth $566,238 approximately.

Mr. Fetsko holds indirect control over an additional 2,427 shares of common stock through an employee sponsored retirement plan. Another 3,200 shares of common stock are indirectly controlled by Mr. Fetsko through an employee stock ownership plan. In total, Mr. Fetsko indirectly controls 5,627 shares of common stock, or a capital investment worth $285,401 approximately.

Wednesday's transaction has been the first done by Mr. Fetsko this year. The previous acquisition was done in 2011, for 231 shares of common stock at a price of $40.43 each. Before that Mr. Fetsko completed an acquisition in 2009, for 248 shares of common stock at a price of $42.60 each. Hence, Mr. Fetsko’s are spread across time and in small quantities.

Mr. Fetsko is not the only insider buying stock, but transactions for the current year do not abound. According to our records, Daniel J. Fessenden, Director at Tompkins Financial Corp acquired 240 shares of common stock at a price of $41.63 each during the month of May. In the same month, Sandra A. Parker, Director at Tompkins Financial Corp acquired 1,719 shares of common stock at a price of $40.41 each.

During the current month quarterly dividends have been raised after a full year of stable rates. Today, the stock offers a $0.04 quarterly cash dividend, representing a 3.0% annual yield.

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Lazard, Baillie Gifford: Today, the London-listed Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (LON:BGFD) reported that Lazard Asset Management decreased its exposure in the company, falling below the 8% mark. According to the filing, Lazard Asset Management now holds around 5.35 million shares, down from 5.45 million owned earlier. The new position held by Lazard represents around 7.95% of the company’s voting rights.

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Ameris Bancorp insiders: J Leo Hill, Director of the Board at Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) acquired stock from the company on Wednesday and Thursday, after it publicly reported its third quarter results on October 21^st.

Amongst the highlights are: net income available to common shareholders of $0.26 per diluted share, compared to $0.04 per diluted share, for the same quarter last year; return on average assets of 0.94% and return on average tangible equity of 10.75% (both very close to industry averages); and an annualized growth rate of 8.62%, year-over-year, for non-covered loans .

Although the stock was up on Monday and Tuesday, following the announcement of the results, it dropped on Wednesday. On that day, Hill bought 1,500 shares at $17.93 each. As the stock price continued to decline, Hill added, on Thursday, another 915 shares to his portfolio at a price of $17.85 each. Following the reported transactions, the insider directly owns 4,415 shares, valued at approximately $79,161 (as of the market close of Oct. 24^th).

These are not Hill's first purchases this year. He had already bought shares in three occasions during March and has already perceived an upside of more than 25%. Besides Hill, another insider, D Jimmy Veal -also a Director- has bet on the firm this year. However, his luck wasn't the same as Hill's: he bought 525 shares in July at a price of $18.54 each, and shares now trade at $17.93.

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We’re in the midst of a quiet revolution in North America. New technologies like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have unlocked vast quantities of hydrocarbons in massive oil finds like the North Dakota Bakken, the Texas Eagle Ford, and the Alberta oil sands. And according to some analysts, the continent could become energy self-sufficient by 2020.

It’s no surprise that an opportunity this big has attracted the attention of legendary investor Warren Buffett. Over the past few years, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) has been accumulating positions in some of the country’s top energy names. Here’s what the Oracle of Omaha is buying in the oil patch.

Servicing your portfolio
Legendary investor Peter Lynch once said, “During the Gold Rush most would-be miners lost money. But people who sold them picks, shovels, tents, and blue jeans made a nice profit.” The same principle applies in investing. While some riverboat wildcatters will strike it rich, a far more reliable strategy is to invest in the companies that provide the products and services that keep the oil fields humming.

National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) is one such example. The company provides a broad array of products and services for the oil patch. And because of its dominating market share, the company has one of the widest moats in the business.

The company is well positioned to profit in a big way as customers are both increasing the number of new drilling rigs and updating their aging offshore platforms. Best of all, National is poised to profit without the dry holes and volatile commodity prices that accompany an investment in your typical exploration company.

Bigger is better
As the largest independent oil and gas company, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is a solid energy choice for any investor. The company is projected to grow production at a 3% to 5% annual clip over the next five years. That might not sound fast, but relative to big oil rivals like Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), it’s lightspeed. 

Even after investing billions of dollars to fund this expansion, ConocoPhillips still has plenty of funds left over to reward shareholders. The stock currently yields 3.9%. Not to mention that management has also repurchased 25% of the company’s outstanding shares over the past five years.

Pumping profits into your portfolio
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) is a new refining company that was spun off of ConocoPhillips a few years ago. While Conoco kept all of the lucrative upstream assets, that doesn’t mean Phillips 66 was left emptyhanded. The new company maintained control of a collection of valuable pipelines, chemical businesses, and refineries. Phillips 66 has a refining capacity of 2.2 million bpd and affiliation with over 7,100 branded retail outlets.

John Walker, EV Energy: Earlier this week, two insiders at EV Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:EVEP) filed Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Last Friday, Oct. 18th, B John Walker, Chairman of the Board, purchased 135,000 company shares at a price of $36.86 each. After a transaction that totaled $4,976,100, Walker holds 1,743,498 shares indirectly*and 203,542 shares, directly. His total holdings are valued at $73.5 million.

Last Friday, as well, A Mark Houser, President and CEO, acquired 15,000 shares at the same price as Walker. After the reported transaction, Houser owns (between directly and indirectly owned stock) $29.6 million in shares.

I should highlight that both purchases occurred within the context of a public offering of 5,000,000 common units at $36.86 each. The company intends to use the proceeds from the offering, closed today, to repay borrowings outstanding under its senior secured credit facility.

Trading at $37.79, the stock price is quite close to its 52-week low. While some analysis firms like Raymond James cut its target price from $50 to $47, Walker and Houser seem to be betting strong on EV Energy Partners.

Although the company’s outlook is a matter of disagreement amongst analysts and investors, there is one thing that makes this stock particularly attractive: its dividends. Yielding about 8.2% of its current stock price in the form of dividends, this is a great company to add to your income portfolio.

* 1,733,098 shares are held by John B. and Lisa A. Walker, L.P., of which Mr. Walker is a general partner along with his wife. Mr. Walker disclaims beneficial ownership of the units not owned by him directly. An extra 10,400 shares are held by his spouse.

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We recently asked you for questions for the White House about the financial crisis. Your response was impressive.

Among the 150-plus questions, we were able to narrow it down to nine of the most representative ones, which we then sent over to the White House. Here are the administration’s answers to your questions.

1. Crooked Wall Street bankers should have gone to jail. Why didn’t they?

First, remember that decisions on law enforcement are made independently by the Justice Department. But here are the facts:

The past five years have been one of the most prolific periods for financial prosecutions brought by the Justice Department in recent history, and the SEC, CFPB and state regulators have taken significant steps in holding Wall Street firms accountable. On top of that, the new protections that Wall Street Reform puts in place are designed to prevent the kinds of abuses that contributed to the financial crisis from happening again.

To highlight a couple of the most notable efforts to bring those who broke the law to justice have included the Justice Department charged more than 37,000 white collar defendants from 2009 to 2012 — of which more than half were financial fraud cases, including 3,520 mortgage fraud defendants. The average sentence length of this type of fraud case has nearly doubled in the last decade. The United States and 49 States’ Attorneys General completed the largest mortgage settlement in history, helping 640,000 borrowers get more than $50 billion in gross relief.

Meanwhile, as the Attorney General has indicated, no one who has inflicted damage upon our financial markets should think they are out of the woods just because of the passage of time.

2. Banks are bigger than ever. Too big to fail has gotten much worse. How do you guarantee that taxpayers won’t pick up the tab the next time a large bank gets into a position to wreak havoc on the economy again?

Over the past five years, we’ve put an end to “too big to fail”, and we’ve made sure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for Wall Street’s reckless behavior. The landmark Wall Street Reform law did two things. First, it made sure our banks are less risky and better capitalized, which means they are less likely to fail. Second, it created new authorities to make sure regulators have the tools they need to wind down banks in an orderly manner in the event they do fail. This means no more bailouts, and it means no more “too big to fail.”

Today, our banks hold more and better-quality capital than they did before the crisis. In fact, new rules will require the largest banks to hold even more capital. That will make sure they have an adequate cushion against losses, and it will reduce the chance any bank will fail. Reforms that are under way also prohibit banks that take deposits from consumers from engaging in risky hedge fund type trading unrelated to serving their customers’ needs. This will make sure that middle class families aren’t left holding the bag for risk-taking on Wall Street.

And if a big bank fails, Wall Street Reform ensures taxpayers aren’t on the hook. The largest bank holding companies and nonbank financial companies designated for Federal Reserve supervision and enhanced prudential standards also must have “living wills” to provide a roadmap for resolving these firms through bankruptcy. In addition, new tools are now available to orderly and responsibly resolve financial institutions that pose a systemic risk to the financial stability of the United States. If such plans are not satisfactory to the regulators, they’ll have the authority to impose stronger capital and liquidity requirements on those firms, or order them to divest assets and business operations to ensure the safety and stability of the financial system. Finally, Wall Street Reform makes it clear that when a firm fails, its shareholders, creditors, and the financial industry will bear the costs — not taxpayers.

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Endeavour International Corporation, Steelhead Partners: According to a recent 13G filing, Michael Johnston‘s Steelhead Partners recently decreased its stake in Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE:END). Steelhead now holds around 6.27 million shares of Endeavour International, which represent 13% of the company. In its latest 13F, Steelhead reported ownership of some 6.34 million shares at the end of the third quarter.

The Board of Endeavour recently completed the strategic review process that started in February. In this way, the Board adopted some measures meant to decrease costs and retain the company’s existing asset base. Among the changes for cost reduction, Endeavor will close its office in London and consolidate its team in Scotland’s Aberdeen. Endeavour also completed the development at Rochelle and expects to produce oil from its platforms soon.

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