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Dollars and Depression

The falling dollar has emerged as a source of profound global macroeconomic distress. The question now is how bad that distress will become. Is the world economy at risk?There are two possibilities....

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: dollars, depression, j. bradford delong
Whitney Tilson: Look beyond generalisations

I'm always surprised by the sweeping generalisations made by financial commentators during times of market distress. To say that in the current environment shares of companies in the financial sector...

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: whitney tilson
Bill Miller Still Sees Value in Beleaguered Financial Stocks

Legendary fund manager Bill Miller can still draw a crowd, even after a couple of disappointing years. The manager of Legg Mason's (LM) Value Trust (LMVTX) fund, who beat the S&P 500 for 15 years...

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: bill miller, lmvtx, lm
Bill Miller's simple plan for Citi

Bill Miller, the legendary Legg Mason Value Trust fund manager, owns shares of Citigroup, the embattled financial services giant that is looking for a new chief executive officer. And Miller has a...

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: bill miller, citigroup, simple plan
The Next Dominos: Junk Bond And Counterparty Risk

The subprime problem, we were told, would not spread to other markets. It would be "contained." And it has, according to Jim Grant. He quipped last week that it has been contained on planet Earth....

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: john mauldin, junk bond, counterparty risk, planet earth
The Many Errors in Thinking About Mistakes

“I think it’s a very difficult subject,” said Paul J. H. Schoemaker, chairman of Decision Strategies International and teaches marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania....

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Buffett's Berkshire buys $2B in TXU bonds

Warren Buffett put $2 billion of Berkshire Hathaway's cash to work at the end of last week when the company purchased high-yielding bonds issued by Dallas-based power producer TXU Corp., according to...

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: berkshire hathaway, warren buffett, txu bonds
The Weitz Funds Conference Call Transcript

This is Wally. I'm here with Brad Hinton and Tom Carney, and we welcome you to the call. I hear there are 48 people at this point. It's been a while since we did one of these calls. I think we felt...

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: weitz funds, wallace r. weitz, cfc
The Long and Short of It at Goldman Sachs

FOR decades now, as a writer, economist and scold, I have been receiving letters from thoughtful readers. Many of them have warned me about the dangers of a secret government running the world,...

Started in Mispricing • 3 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: goldman sach
Warren Buffett's Video Tour of Berkshire Hathaway Headquarters Continues: Why 'Durable Competitive

Buffett: The picture of the Berkshire is right here. Here we are. Nice orderly office, and right up there is a photo of the big Hathaway Mill in New Bedford, Mass. That was there in 1960, well, I...

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Tags: durable competitive advantage, warren buffett, bedford
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