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Jain's Stock Buy a Bullish Sign for Berkshire Shares
A recent Barron’s article characterized last month’s “outsized” purchase of $19.9 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway common A shares by the company’s vice chairman Ajit Jain as a bullish sign…
Rob Arnott on Quant Investing: Opportunities and Pitfalls
In a podcast interview last month with the Investment Innovation Institute, Research Affiliate’s Rob Arnott discussed a range of issues related to factor investing, quant strategies and research with host…
Seth Klarman's Bleak Warning Chills Davos
In his 22-page annual letter to investors, Baupost Group’s Seth Klarman warned that increasing political and social tensions around the globe may end in an economic disaster. This according an…
Jack Bogle’s Legacy: The Cost Matters Hypothesis
A recent article in Forbes describes the late John Bogle as “dogmatic and rigid” and a “sanctimonious scold.” But, it adds, “he was right.” Referring to Bogle as the “titan…
Joel Greenblatt Likes Companies That Gush Cash
In a Bloomberg interview with host Erik Schatzker, Gotham Asset Management co-chief investment officer Joel Greenblatt talked about his value investing approach. Greenblatt explained that his firm doesn’t focus on…
Zweig on Investing and Socializing
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig reported that newly released data from Riskalyze (a California-based firm) reveals state-by-state patterns in investor risk tolerance—using responses from more than 458,000 clients of…
Tudor Jones: Fed Won't Raise Rates in 2019
An article in CNBC.com reports that hedge fund Paul Tudor Jones says the Fed will stop hiking rates in the coming year. “The one thing I would say is there’s…
The Best Fund Managers of 2018
The Wall Street Journal published its Winner’s Circle list of the top stock-fund managers for last year, noting that despite the S&P 500 having the worst December since 1931 and…
The Case Against Value Stocks
By Jack Forehand (@practicalquant) — Confirmation bias is one of the biggest problems in investing. We all have a set of core beliefs, and we tend to surround ourselves with people…