The Gates Foundation sold all of its Microsoft shares. Bill Ackman is taking stock. What is Wall Street missing?

The Gates Foundation sold all of its Microsoft shares. Bill Ackman is taking stock. What is Wall Street missing?

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust revealed Friday that it sold its last 7.7 million shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) during the first quarter, an outflow of approximately $3.2 billion that ends a decades-long position in the company Gates co-founded (1). That morning a very different story had already been revealed. Hours before Gates’ filing…

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‘This is a mistake, President’: Bill Ackman responds to Trump’s call for a one-year 10% cap on credit card interest

‘This is a mistake, President’: Bill Ackman responds to Trump’s call for a one-year 10% cap on credit card interest

Bill Ackman said President Donald Trump’s call to impose a one-year cap on credit card interest was a “mistake.” The hedge fund billionaire said a rate cap could lead to millions of people having their credit cards cancelled. Trump on Friday called for a 10% cap on credit card interest for one year. Bill Ackman…

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