The Investment Advice Business Archive
Ken Heebner Is The Best Mutual Fund Manager In The World Right Now
May 27, 2008 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Business Culture and Current Events
How do you explain genius? Ken just sees things other don't.
- Douglass Pratt, a former mutual fund manager who worked with Heebner
He saw something the rest of us didn't. That's Ken - that's always been ...
Posted by Greg Feirman · 2 Comments »
Feature Articles On Two Contemporary Investment Stars
May 12, 2008 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Business and Investment Philosophy
Bill Miller: The New York Times today did a feature article on Legg Mason's Bill Miller, who beat the S&P 500 for 15 straight years from 1991-2005 before faltering the last few years: "Humbler, After A ...
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Legendary Investor Bill Miller Calls A Bottom
Legendary investor Bill Miller, manager of the Legg Mason Value Trust which beat the S&P 500 for 15 straight years before underperforming in 2006 and again in 2007, appears to have called the bottom in ...
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Another Great Investor You Need To Know: Balestra Capital’s James Melcher
April 14, 2008 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Hedge Funds
Last week I wrote a post on John Paulson, the man of the moment on Wall Street for his massively profitable returns shorting subprime mortgage backed securities.
Over the weekend, Barron's wrote an article on top ...
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A Number Of Superb Value Funds Have Recently Reopened
March 4, 2008 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Sentiment Analysis
With stock indexes well off their highs and continuing to struggle, many investors, including some of the best value players in the game, are starting to see opportunities.
I first suggested this was the case on ...
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Ken Fisher Knew Something That Wasn’t So
February 25, 2008 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Business and Investment Philosophy
Don't buy it. For months now the debate has been over whether America will have a hard landing or soft landing, the answer hinging on how big 2007's housing disaster turns out to be. Well, ...
Posted by Greg Feirman · 4 Comments »
CDSs: What Everybody Will Be Talking About In 2008
December 31, 2007 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Bonds
"... defaults of a different kind could be the big issue of 2008. If you want to mug up on jargon for the year ahead, then the business of insuring against bond defaults known as ...
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Nasdaq Up 6 Days In A Row; Window Dressing?
December 26, 2007 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Market Commentary
Tech stocks have been performing extremely well at year end, with the Nasdaq up for the 6th consecutive day today - S&P Tech (XLK) is up 4.24% over the same period.
I sense some window dressing here ...
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Stocks & Commodities Magazine Interview With Kirk
October 18, 2007 · Category: The Investment Advice Business, Technical Analysis, Business and Investment Philosophy, Blogs
Kirk this morning put up the interview Stocks & Commodities Magazine recently did with him.
Lots of interesting stuff such as why he decided to become a full time independent trader, why he decided to get ...
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Suze Orman: Say ‘No’ to Financial Advisors Who Work on Commission and Sell You B-Class Mutual Funds
November 6, 2006 · Category: The Investment Advice Business
In an article posted today on Yahoo! Suze Orman writes:
A financial advisor who makes all of his or her money on commission for the investments you buy and sell obviously has an interest in getting ...
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