Saturday, April 30, 2005

Bill Miller: We are bullish on the out of favor asset class: US equities

Bill Miller: We are bullish on the out of favor asset class: US equities

Bill Miller thinks the decline of stocks this year is because of oil prices :”Stocks have struggled in the first four months of this year, as they did for most of last year. This year, as last, it’s all about oil.?He said in his first quarter commentary ?

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Robert Olstein: we're fully invested

Robert Olstein: we're fully invested

Robert Olstein said he is fully invested for the first time in a long time. Formerly an accountant, Robert Olstein is famously for looking behind the numbers. He said that the most critical thing in researching companies is comparing free cash flow to the reported earnings. Eventually, these numbers all need to match up and resolve, or they've got some accounting issues. Currently he is wrong on one out of every three stocks he buys. He likes Tribune, Pier 1, Gap, and he just bought Cisco…

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Buffett invests in Anheuser-Busch

Shares of Anheuser-Busch jumped $2.97, or 6.6%, to $48.07 after the maker of Budweiser and other beer brands said Thursday that it had recently learned of Berkshire's move. Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA: news, chart, profile) (BRKB: news, chart, profile) , controlled for more than 40 years by closely watched investor Warren Buffett, has seen its net worth jump from $19 per share to $55,824 a share at the end of 2004.

Wallace Weitz: Opportunities these days involve “growth stocks” that report disappointing earnings.

Wallace Weitz: Opportunities these days involve “growth stocks” that report disappointing earnings

Wallace Weitz is having trouble finding great bargains. The new stocks that he has added to the portfolios tend to be companies with good underlying business characteristics that have stumbled for some company- or industry-specific reason. It can be difficult to figure out how significant and how temporary the negative factor is—this is art, not science. Many of the opportunities which present themselves these days involve “growth stocks” that report disappointing quarterly earnings news. If he can believe that a problem is temporary or that a stock is now under-valued despite an on-going problem, we will buy. He likes FRE, FNM, Cardinal Health, etc.

Friday, April 15, 2005

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Ronald Muhlenkamp: Fair is Fair

Ronald Muhlenkamp: Fair is Fair


Everything is fair for Ron Muhlenkamp right now: The economy continues to expand. Inflation remains under control at about 2%. The Fed continues to raise short-term interest rates toward the 3%+ range, the long-term treasury rates (the 30-year) are just below the 5% range. Stocks are priced to return 8%-9%…

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Bill Nygren: The opportunities are in identifying the best businesses

Bill Nygren: The opportunities are in identifying the best businesses

In his letter to shareholders released today, Bill Nygren wrote that over the past five years most stocks that were undervalued have increased significantly while the stocks that were overvalued have significantly declined. The range of P/E's has narrowed so much that he believes the better values today are generally the superior businesses where the market isn't demanding significant P/E premiums. The opportunity in 2000 was to identify the best prices; today, he thinks more of the opportunities are in identifying the best businesses. The market is now much more reasonably priced, its P/E is about two-thirds of its 2000 level. He did not comment what he bought or sold this time…

Monday, April 11, 2005

Robert Olstein (Buys Sells): We like to buy bad news

Robert Olstein (Buys Sells): We like to buy bad news


Robert Olstein, whose Financial Alert Fund outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in eight of the past nine years, said he tries to avoid money-losing investments by buying stocks that have already collapsed. “We like to buy bad news because it produces the right price. We look first at how much we can lose before we think of the upside.” His research is based on microscopic study of financial reports. He does not talk to management, he said it is a waste of time…

Friday, February 18, 2005

George Soros Stocks buys and sells

We have updated the stock buys and sells of George Soros. He sold a lot of oil stocks and bought the beaten down drug companies and tech stocks.

see:

http://www.gurufocus.com/ListGuru.php?GuruName=George%20Soros

Monday, February 14, 2005

Warren Buffett buys and sells

Warren Buffett add one new stock in the last quarter: Dean Foods. Although he added his position in Comcast and GAP. He dumped HCA completely, reduced Iron Mountain and Nike.

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Stock Picks of Warren Buffett Gurus

Stock Picks of Warren Buffett Gurus

Stock Picks of Warren Buffett Gurus: Stock Picks, Market Insight of Warren Buffett Gurus

Stock Picks of Warren Buffett Gurus: Stock Picks, Market Insight of Warren Buffett Gurus

Stock Picks, Market Insight of Warren Buffett Gurus

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