Tag Archives: Long-Short

Baupost Group’s (Seth Klarman) 2011 Returns

I guess for some journalists a 30% cash position is encouraging news: The Boston-based manager’s partnerships were down between 0.25 percent and 0.60 percent in June. As a result, they are up 2.25 percent to 2. 75 percent for the year … Continue reading

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A New Blogroll Link

I have added a link to Whitney Tilson’s Value Investing Letter to the blogroll today. The Letter has timely updates on value investors and investing ideas. The link to his value investing website shall remain in the Value Investing Resources section … Continue reading

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Is the Market Overvalued?

Great investors tend to focus on investing in one company at a time (bottom up) and ignore macroeconomic and macro-market forcasts (top down), but the CAPE and Tobin’s Q ratio are remarkably good at predicting long-run returns for the US … Continue reading

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Interesting NFLX Comments at D9

Today, Bob Iger: Disney CEO Bob Iger said today at D9 to expect a new Disney.com content site within a year. This “uber network” for the Walt Disney Company will be a home “for people to consume our content directly,” … Continue reading

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LinkedOut–Securities Borrowing and the Inability to Correct Bad Prices

Securities borrowing costs can be a problem when trying to short clearly overvalued businesses (from a Dow Jones NewsPlus story today): The average wholesale rate to borrow LinkedIn was 86% on Tuesday, Astec’s data show. This means that hedge funds seeking … Continue reading

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Santangel’s Review…

…is a publication that tries to identify excellent, unknown investment managers. I have placed a link to their website in the resources section to the right. In the comment below they wonder how many David Einhorns there are who never got the … Continue reading

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David Einhorn on the Charlie Rose Show (Video)

David Einhorn appeared on the Charlie Rose Show on December 6, 2010. I think Einhorn is a brilliant securities analyst. He has done a remarkable job providing high risk-adjusted returns for over a decade for the limited partners in his … Continue reading

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Whitney Tilson’s T2 Partners LLC November Shareholder Letter…

…courtesy of Gurufocus.com T2 Partners November 2010 Shareholder Letter Continue reading

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The Third Quarter Letter from David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital

For your reading pleasure–the third quarter letter from David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital. David is an excellent value-focused, long-short hedge fund manager and his assets have grown quickly due to his stock selection success. That growth has also led David to … Continue reading

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Is MAKO Worth Relatively More than Its Competitors?

MAKO Surgical Corporation (NASD: MAKO) is a maker of robotic surgical equipment and minimally invasive orthopedic implants for knee procedures. It was incorporated in 2004, had its initial public offering in 2008, and currently has a $369 million market capitalization. … Continue reading

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