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The hedge fund manager who continues to buck the trend is David Tepper, founder of Appaloosa Management.
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The founder and head of Appaloosa Management guided his flagship hedge fund to net returns of nearly 30%.
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David Tepper, founder of Appaloosa Management, returned 30% for 2012, making him one of the top-performing hedge fund managers last year.
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Among the biggest buyers were Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners Management, Bill Nygren of Oakmark Select and David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, according to datarama.
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It earned his firm Appaloosa a 148 percent return that year.
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Tepper, a former Goldman Sachs bond trader, has generated average annualized net returns of approximately 30% since he founded Appaloosa in northern New Jersey in 1993.
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Mr. Tepper, who runs Appaloosa Management LP, said during an interview on CNBC that he was "definitely bullish" on the market, citing improvements in the housing and auto markets.
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In 1882, they enter Appaloosa, a New Mexico frontier town, and offer their services to people who are being terrorized by a rapacious landowner and gang leader (Jeremy Irons).
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