The book The World’s 99 Greatest Investors: The Secret of Success provides a unique opportunity to learn form the most prominent investors globally. In the book they generously share their experiences and insights. Magnus Angenfelt, previously a top ranked sell side analyst... Further Reading... Link to Amazon...
The financial press often cites the “mood” of the stock market. When stock prices are moving up, the market is described as being cheerful. When stocks prices decline, we hear stories of market sadness. This has always struck me as rather odd. They assume, I suppose, that investors are... Further reading...
Guy Spier is a Zurich based investor. In June 2007 he made headlines by bidding US$650,100 with Mohnish Pabrai for a charity lunch with Warren Buffett. Since 1997 he has managed Aquamarine Fund, an investment partnership inspired by, and styled after the original 1950′s Buffett partnerships. Prior to starting Aquamarine Fund, Spier worked as an investment banker in New York, and as a management consultant in London and Paris. Mr. Spier completed his MBA at the Harvard Business School, class of 1993, and holds a First Class degree in PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) from Oxford University. Upon graduating, he was co-awarded the George Webb Medley prize for the best performance in that year in Economics. While at Oxford he was a contemporary of David Cameron at Brasenose and attended economics tutorials with him. Spier is the CEO of the Spier family office. He also serves on the advisory board of Horasis, and is a co-host of TEDxZurich. The list is reprinted with Mr. Spier's kind permission.
The book The World’s 99 Greatest Investors: The Secret of Success provides a unique opportunity to learn form the most prominent investors globally. In the book they generously share their experiences and insights. Magnus Angenfelt, previously a top ranked sell side analyst... Further Reading... Link to Amazon...
The book The World’s 99 Greatest Investors: The Secret of Success provides a unique opportunity to learn form the most prominent investors globally. In the book they generously share their experiences and insights. Magnus Angenfelt, previously a top ranked sell side analyst... Further Reading... Link to Amazon...
The book The World’s 99 Greatest Investors: The Secret of Success provides a unique opportunity to learn form the most prominent investors globally. In the book they generously share their experiences and insights. Magnus Angenfelt, previously a top ranked sell side analyst... Further Reading... Link to Amazon...
William Ackman is CEO/portfolio manager of Pershing Square since 2004. 1992 to 2003 he was a co-founder and portfolio manager of Gotham Partners. Graduated at Harvard College, magna cum laude, in 1998 he also holds a 1992 MBA from Harvard Business School. The list is printed with Mr. Ackman’s kind permission. Further reading...
This May the annual one day London Value Investor Conference was held for the third time. Presenting in front of almost 400 attendees was luminaries such as Mason Hawkins of Southeastern Asset Management, Donald Yacktman of Yacktman Asset Management and many... Further reading...
The book The World’s 99 Greatest Investors: The Secret of Success provides a unique opportunity to learn form the most prominent investors globally. In the book they generously share their experiences and insights. Magnus Angenfelt, previously a top ranked sell side analyst... Further Reading... Link to Amazon...
The book The World’s 99 Greatest Investors: The Secret of Success provides a unique opportunity to learn form the most prominent investors globally. In the book they generously share their experiences and insights. Magnus Angenfelt, previously a top ranked sell side analyst... Further Reading... Link to Amazon...
Andrew Howell, CFA, is Emerging Market Equity Sales at Citi Global Markets in New York. The list is reprinted with kind permission. Further reading...
Hugh Young is managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, the Aberdeen Group’s regional HQ and group head of equities as well as a member of the executive committee responsible for the Aberdeen Group’s day-to-day running. Hugh was appointed to the Board on 22 March 2011. He co-founded Singapore-based Aberdeen Asia in 1992, having been recruited in 1985 to manage Asian equities from London. Since then he has built the company into one of the largest managers of such assets globally. Singapore employs over 150 staff, while there are 65 investment managers stationed across the region, with offices also in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand over which Hugh is in overall charge. Aberdeen’s regional funds have won many awards for performance over the years, including open ended and closed-end funds. Hugh is a regular commentator for the financial media. Before joining Aberdeen, his career included posts at Fidelity International and MGM Assurance. He graduated with a BA in Politics from the University of Exeter. Further reading...
Robert Hagstrom is Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director of Legg Mason Investment Counsel. He is the author of nine investment books including the New York Times best-selling The Warren Buffett Way. He is also the author of The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy, The NASCAR Way: The Business That Drives the Sport, and The Detective and the Investor: Uncovering Investment Techniques from the Legendary Sleuths. His latest book titled Investing: The Last Liberal Art (second edition) was published January, 2012 by Columbia University Press. Further reading...
Tim du Toit is editor and founder of Eurosharelab. On his website he reveals what more than 20 years of equity investment have taught him – sometimes at considerable cost. To discover how you can avoid costly mistakes and enjoy greater profits, sign up for his free newsletter “Investing that makes sense” at www.eurosharelab.com. The list is reprinted with permission. Further reading...
David Lutz, Head of Institutional ETF Trading at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company which is a full-service retail and institutional brokerage and investment banking firm. David Lutz has been an equity trader for the last 20 years, running multiple industry groups. Recently in charge of ETF Trading and Macro Trading Strategy, focusing on cross asset analysis impact into the equity vertical. Dave has run the Technology, Consumer, Financial and Transportation verticals throughout his years with Alex. Brown, UBS and Wachovia. A graduate of University of MD - Dave lives in Annapolis, MD with his wife, 2 children, and 3 dogs. Dave has been seen on CNN, CBS, CNBC, FOX and Bloomberg, and is frequently quoted in the WSJ, Barron’s, Reuters and Forbes. Dave’s Twitter handle is “@macrolutzie”. Further reading...
John Reeves is a research analyst at The Motley Fool. He is currently pursuing an MBA in finance at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he was a history teacher at various schools in the U.S. and England. John enjoys researching companies and looks for well-managed organizations with solid business models. John Reeves began learning about investing as a five-year-old, over cups of weak tea with his Irish-born grandmother. Nowadays, he's continuing his education by looking for great companies with tremendous long-term growth prospects. John's investing hero is Peter Lynch. Despite his interest in high-growth firms, his investment style places considerable emphasis on holding a diversified portfolio of long-term stocks and bonds. The list has previously been published at the Amazon Money Markets Blog. The recommendations are reprinted with the author's permission. Further reading...
Steven M. Sears is a Senior Editor and Columnist with Barron's and Barrons.com, and the author of The Indomitable Investor. He previously reported for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. He has reported upon most major modern financial events, including the Asian Contagion, the bursting of the Internet Bubble, the Credit Crisis, and Europe's sovereign debt crisis. He also was part of exchange executive teams that modernized the U.S. options market, and introduced electronic trading. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York. Further reading...
Founded in 2001 by Charles Gave, Anatole Kaletsky and Louis-Vincent Gave, GaveKal is one of the world’s leading independent providers of global investment research. It also advises several funds, with combined assets of more than US$1.2 bn. With eight partners and 45 employees, GaveKal has its headquarters in Hong Kong and offices in the US, Europe and China. Further reading...
Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He has a PhD in Economics magna cum laude from the University of Zurich. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager. Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report" report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world. Further reading...
