This post was created on 3/30/2019 stay tuned for updates up to several times a day! As always we REALLY really appreciate legal letters and tips on hedge funds from our readers regardless of fund size. How is this different than SecurityAnalysis? We have a lot more (on funds both large [...]
Many organizations say that their greatest asset is their people. In fact, Richard Branson has famously stated that employees come first at Virgin, ranking ahead of customers and shareholders. So, how do businesses effectively manage this talent to drive success? Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc This question is top [...]
Last year, half of Americans aged 22 to 45 watched zero hours of cable TV. And almost 35 million households have quit cable in the past decade. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc All these people are moving to streaming services like Netflix (NFLX). Today, more than half of American [...]
JDP Capital Management's letter to Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE:TOO) Special Committee, dated May 21, 2019. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc rawpixel / Pixabay Attached is an open letter to the Special Committee that will decide to allow Brookfield Business Partners to under-bid for the remaining stub of Teekay Offshore [...]
Article by Dilantha De Silva Investment thesis The 17% price return of Zebra Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ZBRA) shares in the last 12 months came on the back of a strong financial performance from the company. Organizations around the world are continuing to shift to a more data-driven approach to business decision making, [...]
I recently traded emails with someone who is provably smarter than me. He was very interested in buying a single-premium immediate annuity (SPIA) with payments linked to inflation, which is also called a real annuity. In the finance literature, real annuities are often depicted as the perfect product/investment for [...]
Paul Lountzis founded Lountzis Asset Management, LLC in October 2000 after leaving Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, where he was employed as an analyst from 1990 through 1999 and was promoted to partner in 1995. Before joining Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc, which is best-known for its Sequoia fund, [...]
Last week, there were five dividend growth companies which increased distributions to their shareholders. Each of these companies has managed to grow distributions for at least ten consecutive years. I reviewed the most recent increase in dividends relative to the historical average. I also reviewed trends in earnings per [...]
Here's some of the standout economic and markets charts on my radar (originally posted on LinkedIn). I aim to pick a good mix of charts covering key global macro trends, and ones which highlight risks and opportunities across asset classes. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Hope you enjoy! 1. Developed Markets [...]
geralt / Pixabay Many investors specifically look for dividend stocks when selecting investments for their portfolio, and that's exactly what Schafer Cullen Capital Management's High Dividend Value fund does. In the Fund's April letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk, portfolio manager Jim Cullen and team said 20 of [...]
ValueWalk's Raul Panganiban interviews Steve Nadel, partner in Seward & Kissel's Investment Management Group. Interview With Steve Nadel: New Hedge Fund Study Transcript Raul: Good morning podcast listeners, today is a very special episode with Steve Nadel. He’s a partner in Seward and Kissel’s investment management group. He joined the firm in [...]
ValueWalk's Raul Panganiban interviews Kyle Bass, the founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management. In This part, Kyle Bass talks about Southeast Asian economies, Mexico as a proxy for China, and how he positions his best ideas. See part 1 here - Kyle Bass: The Macro Picture Of [...]
Angelo Gordon's AG Super Fund was up 1.8% for March and 1.6% for April, bringing its year-to-date returns to 3.4% this year. The fund's best-performing strategies in the first quarter were Distressed Reorganization and Corporate Special Situations. Puerto Rican Power Authority (PREPA) bonds and Toshiba stock were among its [...]
When you are walking along the boardwalk on vacation, you know it’s a “buyer beware” type of situation when you buy directly from a street vendor. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Those Cuban cigars are probably not Cubans, the Louis Vuitton bag is a cheap replica, and the Versace [...]
These days, it’s all about Asia… Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc sasint / Pixabay It’s hard to come across a company that isn’t connected to Asia one way or another… or one that doesn’t generate at least part of its revenue from this part of the world. Most of the world’s [...]
Like the majority of Baupost's investor correspondence over the years, Baupost's 1994 year-end letter contains some valuable insights. However, the year-end letter is difficult to get hold of in full, although ValueWalk has a copy and some analysis. The 1994 letter is also a gem and we recently saw [...]
I am on Facebook, and there is a lot of crap on Facebook. Even the non-political crap is stuff I just do not believe in. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Free-Photos / Pixabay For example, people say that you should spend your money on experiences, not things. There is some spiritual [...]
With approximately $33 billion of assets under management and 500 staff in offices around the world, Angelo Gordon is a formidable force in the alternatives investment universe. Angelo's investment specialty is credit, and real estate strategies and the firm made a name for itself when it launched a selection [...]
Advisor Perspectives welcomes guest contributions. The views presented here do not necessarily represent those of Advisor Perspectives. This article originally appeared on ETF.COM here. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc The Shiller cyclically adjusted (for inflation) price-to-earnings ratio – referred to as the CAPE 10 because it averages the last 10 [...]
In his recent interview with Tobias, Dan Rasmussen, who is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Verdad Advisors provides some great insights into how investors can implement a successful private equity strategy in the public markets. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc mohamed_hassan / [...]
Back in December, when anything with a CUSIP was getting dumped by hedge funds facing liquidations, I repeatedly made the point (here, here, here) that it was the time to buy—particularly those assets that were at the epicenter of those hedge fund liquidations. Now, five months later, with most [...]
Beyond a country’s gross domestic product, economists also like to look at a metric known as purchasing power parity. Where per capita GDP shows roughly how much money individual people have, PPP demonstrates how much people can afford. PPP tries to give as much of an apples-to-apples comparison of [...]
A decade ago I pointed out that public pension funds were $2 trillion underfunded and getting worse. More than one person told me that couldn’t be right. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc geralt / Pixabay They were correct: It was actually much worse. It has gotten to $2 trillion and much [...]
