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Over the last 70 years, value stocks clocked a 13.4% average annual return, vs. 10.2% for growth stocks, according to Ibbotson Associates.

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John Templeton, the philanthropist and legendary investor, died recently. It’s difficult to take a comprehensive look at a man who squeezed a lot of life into 95 years, so I’ll focus on Templeton the investor.

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Keeley Asset Management, which made its name by selecting small and forgotten companies, said on Wednesday that it took an 18 percent stake in beleaguered money manager Pzena Investment Management.

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“We’re paying $700 billion a year for foreign oil. It’s breaking us as a nation, and I want to elevate that question to the presidential debate, to make it the No. 1 issue of the campaign this year,” Pickens said, USA Today reported.

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The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported that Steve & Barry’s, a clothing chain that tried to undercut competitors by selling celebrity fashion and shoes for less than $10, was preparing to file for bankruptcy protection. A private company, Steve & Barry's had been one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, "opening hundreds of stores selling clothes under the names of Sarah Jessica Parker, Venus Williams and Stephon Marbury."

Warren Buffett wrote an article for the November 10, 2003 Fortune about the negative consequences of America's growing trade deficit. In the article, Buffett tells the story of the citizens of Squanderville and Thriftville. The citizens of Thriftville work hard to produce goods for which the Squanderville are willing to pay.

America is Squanderville. Soveriegn wealth funds have been buying hundreds of millions of securities of American companies and American real estate.