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By admin - Posted on July 31st, 2008
Being a value investor is a tough job at the best of times. Lately, it's been nothing short of excruciating. Value investors look for stocks that are trading at a discount to their true worth, using such measures as price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios to uncover hidden gems. The idea is to buy stocks when nobody wants them, then cash in when the market comes to its senses and prices rise.
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Being a value investor is a tough job at the best of times. Lately, it's been nothing short of excruciating. Value investors look for stocks that are trading at a discount to their true worth, using such measures as price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios to uncover hidden gems. The idea is to buy stocks when nobody wants them, then cash in when the market comes to its senses and prices rise.
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By admin - Posted on July 31st, 2008
Tagged: Faced with two and a half years of subpar investment returns, famed Legg Mason Value Trust money manager Bill Miller recently turned to a support group.
Faced with two and a half years of subpar investment returns, famed Legg Mason Value Trust money manager Bill Miller recently turned to a support group.
By admin - Posted on July 31st, 2008
Tagged: Renowned investor Jim Rogers thinks it's laughable that some analysts are suggesting the bull market in commodities may be over,but it's nothing he hasn't heard before in his nearly 40 years in the business.
"People have been telling me for seven years that the bull market in commodities is over, practically every time we have a correction, and I suspect they'll be saying it for at least another seven years. The bull market is not over yet - it's had a big correction but it's not over yet,"
Renowned investor Jim Rogers thinks it's laughable that some analysts are suggesting the bull market in commodities may be over,but it's nothing he hasn't heard before in his nearly 40 years in the business.
"People have been telling me for seven years that the bull market in commodities is over, practically every time we have a correction, and I suspect they'll be saying it for at least another seven years. The bull market is not over yet - it's had a big correction but it's not over yet,"
By admin - Posted on July 31st, 2008
When it comes to timber, Kent Croft sees both the forest and the trees. His five-star Croft Value Fund is up an average of 12.27 percent per year over the last five years.
"Timber is not normally correlated very highly with stock and bond markets, but I also think it's a wonderful time to get in," he told CNBC. "The reason you want to get in is sort of the inherent economics of a tree: As a tree grows, obviously the volume increases, but, also, the per-unit use of that volume increases in price."
When it comes to timber, Kent Croft sees both the forest and the trees. His five-star Croft Value Fund is up an average of 12.27 percent per year over the last five years.
"Timber is not normally correlated very highly with stock and bond markets, but I also think it's a wonderful time to get in," he told CNBC. "The reason you want to get in is sort of the inherent economics of a tree: As a tree grows, obviously the volume increases, but, also, the per-unit use of that volume increases in price."
