Tag Archives: Risk

Vitaliy Katsenelson’s Blog

I have just added VK’s Contrarian Edge to the blogroll. VK has strong opinions, but backed up with many facts. He has an interesting tid bit in today’s post: China consumes two-thirds of the world’s production of iron ore. Given the … Continue reading

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Does Your Mutual Fund Manager (or Broker) Have Skin in the Game?

Good article in today’s Wall Street Journal. I could not agree with it any more (subscription Required to read the whole thing): FUND TRACK JANUARY 18, 2011 Look for Money Managers With Skin in the Game By CHUCK JAFFE There … Continue reading

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Aswath Damodaran on Herding Behavior

I have read Aswath’s blog a few times and I am adding it to our blogroll today. He is a professor of finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business and has spoken at CFA Institute conferences. His comments on last … Continue reading

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Invert, Always Invert

Update 6/26/2020: Welcome to the readers of Ozan Varol’s book, Think Like a Rocket Scientist. I don’t know Ozal, but he referenced a blogpost of mine from 2011 in his footnotes for chapter 5 (footnote 47). Thank you Ozal. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541762592/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 … Continue reading

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High-Priced Businesses: Jason Zweig on Facebook and the PM’s List of High-Priced Companies

Jason Zweig’s column in today’s Wall Street Journal is titled “Why the Fuss over Facebook Doesn’t Make It a Homerun” and it provides fodder for two posts on this blog today. This first post shows that market buzz, such as … 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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James Montier’s Presentation at the CFA Institute’s European Investment Conference

James Montier is an outstanding strategist who now works for GMO. He spoke last month at the CFA Institute’s European Investment Conference. The attached blogpost summarizes his talk. The money quote: So where do the new normal proponents get it … 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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An Interview with Jeremy Grantham

Jeremy Grantham of GMO is an exceptional big thinker on markets. I think bottom-up investing makes the most sense, but Grantham always makes us think when he speaks about macro events. I had the good fortune of sitting in the … Continue reading

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