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By admin - Posted on February 29th, 2008
Red has been the color most associated with the mutual-fund industry this year. Indeed, every major domestic and international fund category is in negative territory during 2008 with the exception of gold. As painful as it might sound, it still pays to look beyond the bleeding and see how some fund categories are performing during these tough times. Investors who have done that have noticed one dramatic shift amongst all those return numbers.
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Red has been the color most associated with the mutual-fund industry this year. Indeed, every major domestic and international fund category is in negative territory during 2008 with the exception of gold. As painful as it might sound, it still pays to look beyond the bleeding and see how some fund categories are performing during these tough times. Investors who have done that have noticed one dramatic shift amongst all those return numbers.
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By admin - Posted on February 29th, 2008
Tagged: Warren Buffett is placing his bets on the Brazilian real, with Joyce Chang, JP Morgan; Geoffrey Dennis, Citi; and CNBC's Dylan Ratigan.
Warren Buffett is placing his bets on the Brazilian real, with Joyce Chang, JP Morgan; Geoffrey Dennis, Citi; and CNBC's Dylan Ratigan.
By admin - Posted on February 27th, 2008
Tagged: Baupost Group, a hedge fund run by deep value investor Seth Klarman, just raised their stake in SLM Corp from 1,415,000 shares at the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2007 to 21,911,966 shares at the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2007. An increase of nearly 20.5 million shares.
Baupost Group is now the fourth largest holder of SLM with a position worth $482 million. Baupost Group, run by Seth Klarman, is a $7+ billion investment group that has returned approximately 20% annually since inception. SLM is now the firm's largest holding.
Baupost Group, a hedge fund run by deep value investor Seth Klarman, just raised their stake in SLM Corp from 1,415,000 shares at the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2007 to 21,911,966 shares at the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2007. An increase of nearly 20.5 million shares.
Baupost Group is now the fourth largest holder of SLM with a position worth $482 million. Baupost Group, run by Seth Klarman, is a $7+ billion investment group that has returned approximately 20% annually since inception. SLM is now the firm's largest holding.
By admin - Posted on February 25th, 2008
Tagged: Students from Emory's Goizueta Business School and McCombs School of Business at UT Austin were invited to come visit Mr. Buffett for a Q&A session. Dang Le of Underground Value blog shares the notes.
Read the Buffett meeting notes.
Students from Emory's Goizueta Business School and McCombs School of Business at UT Austin were invited to come visit Mr. Buffett for a Q&A session. Dang Le of Underground Value blog shares the notes.
Read the Buffett meeting notes.
By admin - Posted on February 25th, 2008
Surprisingly, Value Investing at one point did not exist. At the turn of the 20th century, Wall Street was a place where insider information and speculation ruled.It was until a man by the name of Benjamin Grossbaum brought structure to a rather lethargic Wall Street. Here are the list of defining moments that has molded value investing to what it is today.
Surprisingly, Value Investing at one point did not exist. At the turn of the 20th century, Wall Street was a place where insider information and speculation ruled.It was until a man by the name of Benjamin Grossbaum brought structure to a rather lethargic Wall Street. Here are the list of defining moments that has molded value investing to what it is today.
By admin - Posted on February 22nd, 2008
Tagged: Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., which has just cashed in on a huge bet against the U.S. bond market, has laid down a wager that the credit crunch will hit Europe with a similar force.
The insurance firm yesterday revealed a 2007 profit of $1.1-billion (U.S.), more than quadruple the previous year's results, thanks to its investment in credit default swaps (CDS), which rise in value when market conditions deteriorate. Fourth-quarter profit more than tripled to $564-million.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., which has just cashed in on a huge bet against the U.S. bond market, has laid down a wager that the credit crunch will hit Europe with a similar force.
The insurance firm yesterday revealed a 2007 profit of $1.1-billion (U.S.), more than quadruple the previous year's results, thanks to its investment in credit default swaps (CDS), which rise in value when market conditions deteriorate. Fourth-quarter profit more than tripled to $564-million.
By admin - Posted on February 22nd, 2008
Tagged: Oil mogul and billionaire T. Boone Pickens, who accurately predicted that the price of oil would rise to $100 a barrel, said Thursday that both the oil and natural gas market price will decrease.
"I think oil's going to back off," he said, during an interview on Squawk Box. "The weakest quarter is the second quarter. We'll drop $10 or $15 a barrel in the second quarter. I think we'll be back above $100 in the second half of the year."
Oil mogul and billionaire T. Boone Pickens, who accurately predicted that the price of oil would rise to $100 a barrel, said Thursday that both the oil and natural gas market price will decrease.
"I think oil's going to back off," he said, during an interview on Squawk Box. "The weakest quarter is the second quarter. We'll drop $10 or $15 a barrel in the second quarter. I think we'll be back above $100 in the second half of the year."
By admin - Posted on February 22nd, 2008
Tagged: After disappointing holiday sales and recession fears sent many retail stocks tumbling in late 2007 and the beginning of 2008.
After disappointing holiday sales and recession fears sent many retail stocks tumbling in late 2007 and the beginning of 2008.
By admin - Posted on February 22nd, 2008
Tagged: Consider the following scenario: A great company faces a languishing stock price. A few quarters of managerial efforts fail to revive profits. The stock continues to decline. As a result, the CEO is ostracized for having lost his ability. Sound all too familiar?
Consider the following scenario: A great company faces a languishing stock price. A few quarters of managerial efforts fail to revive profits. The stock continues to decline. As a result, the CEO is ostracized for having lost his ability. Sound all too familiar?
By admin - Posted on February 20th, 2008
Tagged: Cries of foul arose yesterday against Warren Buffett after the powerful credit-rating agency Moody's Investors Service - in which he's the largest shareholder - began pulling the rug out from under his rival insurers to force them into "egregious" deals with Buffett.
Allegations of conflicts came from insurance industry sources as the credit crisis deepened over fears that insurance guarantees trading widely on Wall Street - basically private IOUs backing trillions of dollars of bonds and junk paper debt - could become almost worthless.
Cries of foul arose yesterday against Warren Buffett after the powerful credit-rating agency Moody's Investors Service - in which he's the largest shareholder - began pulling the rug out from under his rival insurers to force them into "egregious" deals with Buffett.
Allegations of conflicts came from insurance industry sources as the credit crisis deepened over fears that insurance guarantees trading widely on Wall Street - basically private IOUs backing trillions of dollars of bonds and junk paper debt - could become almost worthless.
