Tuesday, February 19, 2013

An Hour with Ben Graham

Below is a 1976 interview with Benjamin Graham at his home in Lo Jolla, CA.  Mr. Hartman L. Butler, Jr., CFA recorded the conversation via his cassette recorder and then transcribed the interview which is displayed just below.  The conversation touches on Graham's shift from the "selective approach to the group approach" with less emphasis on the individual company.  I think it is an interesting to see someone like Joel Greenblatt start to shift his emphasis similarly to the group approach   








Monday, February 4, 2013

The Legacy of Benjamin Graham (video)

Below is a video from the recent Columbia Student Investment Management Conference.  This video contains rare video footage of Graham as well as interviews with other legends such as: Benjamin Graham, Jr Warren Buffett,Charles Brandes, Irving Kahn, and others.


Bruce Berkowitz on Bloomberg: Why he is closing the Fairholme Fund

Sunday, January 27, 2013

East Coast Asset Management Q4 Letter

Christopher Begg of East Coast Asset Management is out with his Q4 letter, which is a great read as usual. In their prior letter about investment process and types of investments that East Coast makes, one category highlighted by Begg was 'Transformations.' In this most recent letter, Begg delves deeper into their view of transformations and breaks them into three categories: Secular, Systemic, and Separation (spinoffs). Check out the letter in it's entirety for Begg's commentary of some of their holdings that exmplify 'transformations' such as Union Pacific, WABCO, and Colfax. 




Saturday, December 29, 2012

Grant's Interest Rate Observer Winter Break Edition

Grant's Pub annually puts together a free Summer Break and Winter Break issue of the much lauded Grant's Interest Rate Observer.  Embedded below is the 2012 Winter Break Issue.  Enjoy.


Grant's Interest Rate Observer Winter Break Edition