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Friday, May 16, 2008
Five for Friday (2 clicks)
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm ET
Some things you might wish to read over the course of Friday night, Saturday and Sunday: You know Warren Buffett is firmly planted in our Popular Culture when stories appear based on Berkshire Hathaway's latest ... (more)

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May 16, 2008 at 12:06 am ET
With the Clear Channel deal getting new terms agreed to by the parties involved, the chances of the BCE (BCE/NYSE) deal going through look improved. The shares have traded up, erasing the stock as an ... (more)

Thursday, May 15, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 15, 2008 at 11:49 pm ET
I don't know, one way or the other, whether CBS (CBS/NYSE) buying Cnet Networks is a good move or not. At least one analyst in the linked Bloomberg report thinks Les Moonves & Co. are ... (more)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 13, 2008 at 10:40 pm ET
Southeastern Asset Management released first quarter results for its three Longleaf Partners funds today, along with each fund's letter to shareholders. Mason Hawkins and Staley Cates run one of the most ethical, not to mention ... (more)

Monday, May 12, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 12, 2008 at 10:25 pm ET
I caught Doris Buffett, sister of you-know-who, on C-SPAN's "Q & A" program Sunday night. Brian Lamb conducts these interviews, and they're consistently among the best found anywhere. (In a world of self-absorbed cable TV ... (more)

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May 12, 2008 at 9:35 pm ET
I'm not an AIG shareholder. But I can't help but wonder how many AIG shareholders wish Hank Greenberg hadn't lost control of the company in 2005. And I'm wondering if we'll see Greenberg attempt to ... (more)

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May 12, 2008 at 1:52 am ET
I caught Larry Kudlow's CNBC show Friday evening, which included Gary Shilling on the show's roundtable. Shilling said we'll NOT see a pick up in the second half of this year and sounded like there's ... (more)

Sunday, May 11, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 11, 2008 at 11:57 pm ET
Thomas G. Donlan of Barron's is THE BEST editorial writer around, for my money. (And since I'm a paying subscriber to Barron's Online, it really is for my money.) I probably like Donlan because his ... (more)

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May 11, 2008 at 10:06 pm ET
Rob Carrick of The Globe and Mail has a good piece about value investors sorting through the trash of Bay Street (Canada's Wall Street). Here's a bit: Torstar seems to be richly deserving of its ... (more)

Friday, May 9, 2008
Five for Friday (2 clicks)
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 9, 2008 at 6:35 pm ET
To help get you off to a good start on your weekend reading, here are five links you might check out: Templeton's Mark Mobius says South Korean stocks are cheaper than other emerging market equities, ... (more)

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May 9, 2008 at 12:20 am ET
Like many people my age, the first I learned of George Soros was reading one of John Train's "Money Masters" books some years ago. My recollection is that Train's profile of Soros was favorable, as ... (more)

Thursday, May 8, 2008
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May 8, 2008 at 12:14 am ET
Sonita Horvitch has been profiling mutual fund managers for the Financial Post in Canada for some years. This column has her interviewing two managers for Templeton that I'm not familiar with (not that that means ... (more)

Monday, May 5, 2008
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May 5, 2008 at 9:28 pm ET
McGraw-Hill will publish Security Analysis: The 6th Edition this coming October. Several value investors are joining forces to update and refresh the 1940 version of the book, considered by Warren Buffett and many others to ... (more)

Saturday, May 3, 2008
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May 3, 2008 at 10:52 pm ET
People used to misquote Peter Lynch, the legendary former-manager of Fidelity's Magellan Fund. He said (I'm paraphrasing) that you and I as ordinary individuals can have excellent insights into companies -- through our knowledge of ... (more)

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May 3, 2008 at 10:52 pm ET
People used to misquote Peter Lynch, the legendary former-manager of Fidelity's Magellan Fund. He said (I'm paraphrasing) that you and I as ordinary individuals can have excellent insights into companies -- through our knowledge of ... (more)

Friday, May 2, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 2, 2008 at 8:38 pm ET
One of my favorite developments in investing is seeing a stock double in price. This lets you sell enough to get your original capital back -- with the rest still being a full portfolio position. ... (more)

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 30, 2008 at 11:14 pm ET
With Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting taking place this weekend, some random thoughts come to mind. I've never attended one of these, but I'm sure they're a blast. I wonder, though, if the truly long-time Berkshire ... (more)

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April 30, 2008 at 10:45 pm ET
Yet I patiently remain a holder. I may be brave, crazy or stupid, but if I wasn't prepared to see results like those announced today I would have sold last fall. When it was apparent ... (more)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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April 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm ET
By way of Sivaram's Can Turtles Fly? blog, I found this BusinessWeek feature on Philip Falcone, founder of Harbinger Capital Partners. Those of us shareholders in Media General (MEG/NYSE) know the name because Harbinger owns ... (more)

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April 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm ET
By way of Sivaram's Can Turtles Fly? blog, I found this BusinessWeek feature on Philip Falcone, founder of Harbinger Capital Partners. Those of us shareholders in Media General (MEG/NYSE) know the name because Harbinger owns ... (more)

Monday, April 28, 2008
From Controlled Greed - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 28, 2008 at 9:45 pm ET
Anyone with any appreciation for traditional men's clothing wishes for Brooks Brothers to regain its past glory. The popularity of "dress casual" some years back, among other things, certainly took a toll on the company. ... (more)

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April 28, 2008 at 9:21 pm ET
I don't know anything about World Point Terminals -- but I'm a huge admirer of Peter Cundill. According to this from The Globe and Mail Cundill has served on the company's Board since 1998: This ... (more)

Sunday, April 27, 2008
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April 27, 2008 at 11:58 pm ET
Michael Santoli mentions the Sequoia Fund reopening in his Barron's column (scroll down). It's notable that the fund's redemptions stem from attrition in the fund's longstanding shareholder base. Remember that this fund was launched to ... (more)

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April 27, 2008 at 11:31 pm ET
St. Joe has long been a favorite of many value investors including Marty Whitman. The company owns 700,000 acres in the state of Florida -- with 310,000 acres within 10 miles of the Gulf Coast. ... (more)

Thursday, April 24, 2008
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April 24, 2008 at 11:11 pm ET
Longtime readers will recall my posting about the death of Bill Ruane in 2005. I wrote: When Warren Buffett closed the Buffett Partnership in 1969, he gave the partners a choice of receiving shares of ... (more)

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