Ira Sohn 2017 Conference: Everything You Need To Know

Some of the largest and most successful investors in the world presented their best ideas this week at the Ira Sohn Conference in New York. In case you missed it, here’s some of the highlights from Benzinga Pro’s coverage of the event:

Rundown Of Pro's Sohn Coverage

Totem Point Capital revealed the firm is bullish on Xilinx, Inc. XLNX.
Atalan Capital said the firm is long Gigamon Inc GIMO and Black Stone Minerals LP BSM, noting a $45 price target for Gigamon based on 4x fiscal 2018 sales estimates.
Blackhouse said it is positive on MPLX LP MPLX.
Corvex’s Keith Meister said he is positive on Zayo Group Holdings Inc ZAYO and reveals Centurylink Inc CTL is his top pick in the telecom space ahead of what he sees as an imminent consolidation wave.
Fine Capital’s Debra Fine recommended DHX Media Ltd (USA) DHXM.
Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman said the fund has “never sold a share” of Howard Hughes Corp HHC, and he sees opportunity ahead for the company.
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said the bad in Tesla Inc TSLA is selling pickups and semi trucks, its purchase of SolarCity and its capital-intensive business. However, the Model 3 is tracking closely with the iPhone when it first came out, and Palihapitiya believes Tesla could be worth $100s of billions of dollars in 20 years.
Blue Harbour’s Cliff Robbins reveals a $17–$19 price target for Investors Bancorp, Inc. ISBC.
Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn said Core Laboratories N.V. CLB is not cheap and needs more deepwater drilling to justify its valuation. He has a $62 price target for the stock.
DoubleLine’s Jefferey Gundlach said he does not see much upside in the stock market or equity ETFs like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY. He told investors to “consider investing in something else” and revealed he is short the S&P 500.
The winner of the Ira Sohn Idea Contest pitches eBay Inc EBAY as a long and Paypal Holdings Inc PYPL as a short.
Alitimeter’s Brad Gerster recommended United Continental Holdings Inc UAL as a long idea.
Jericho Capital’s Josh Resnick said Frontier Communications Corp FTR is “going bankrupt.” The firm is short the stock with a $0 price target.
Glenview’s Larry Robbins said he is already long his three top ideas: FMC Corp FMC, Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc Q and DXC Technology Company DXC.

Market-Moving Actions

Traders watching this year’s Sohn Conference live or monitoring Benzinga Pro’s alerts closely were able to get in on some major market action. Here’s a look at some of this week’s biggest Sohn movers:

Gigamon: +14.7 percent.
DHX Media: +9.4 percent.
Black Stone Minerals: +7.0 percent.
CenturyLink: +6.1 percent.
Core Laboratories: -5.8 percent.