Ken Heebner is a momentum investor which I can’t really relate to, but as far as making macroeconomic calls he has a strong history.  His points on the housing market are absolutely correct.  There is going to be a tremendous amount of money made on the recovery, and just as people were to bullish on...Read More

This was a really interesting article on market trends and the opportunity in internet stocks.  Penetration rates globally have a lot of room for growth so the winners are going to benefit from high returns on invested capital, and substantial revenue growth. http://www.gurufocus.com/news/170340/baron-funds-gives-insight-into-internet-changes-and-discusses-goog-aapl-nile-amzn-lnkd INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR...Read More

Once again another fun article written by Geoff Gannon for you to enjoy. http://www.gurufocus.com/news/170053/how-warren-buffett-thinks-about-stocks INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.Read More

Today on CNBC Robert Schiller discussed housing along with some other topics.  I disagree and believe that housing has bottomed.  The data is lagging and every region is different but I think prices as a whole are likely to turn higher over the course of this year and next, even though the initial data might...Read More

This is a fun article written by Geoff Gannon where he discusses some of Warren Buffett’s first investments.  For any serious value investor I’d of course recommend reading all of Buffett’s Partnership letters and Berkshire Hathaway Chairman’s letters, but this article did a nice job in outlining the details of a few of them. INVESTING...Read More

I enjoy this guy’s writings as I think he provides excellent commentary.  This article on what really matters in finding an attractive investment is particularly helpful to investors. http://www.gurufocus.com/news/168996/what-ben-grahams-mr-market-metaphor-really-means INVESTING IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS INVOLVES RISKS. OPTIONS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.Read More

In the most recent shareholder letter Daniel Loeb talks about interesting investments in Unicredit and Yahoo.  Loeb’s involvement is certainly a positive for Yahoo as we have long argued that the sum of the parts is worth far greater than the current price.  Scott Thompson seems to be the man for the job and I...Read More

As most of you know I’m a huge fan of Bruce Berkowitz of Fairholme funds, and we have a lot of similar positions in our TTCM portfolios.  Last year was a horrible year for many value investors, and the main takeaway is how quickly somebody can be torn down in the investment management industry.  What...Read More