I’m a bit late on breaking down this quarter’s hedge fund holdings. At times, investing and blogging are somewhat incompatible as posts take time and with the recent market action, I chose to spend that time focusing on my portfolio. If you have a strong case for other managers I should include, send me an [...]
Bruce Berkowitz is a respected value investor who helms Fairholme Capital, a firm with an enviable track record over the last decade or so. You can view their holdings in spreadsheet format here. Highlights include the following: Less than two years after dismissing Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) as a company with its best years in [...]
Hedge fund managers are filing their Q4 2009 13F-HR forms over the next few days. I’ve posted some of their holding spreadsheets below and will add links as reports come in. If you have a strong case for other managers I should include, send me an email or post in the comments below. Also, keep [...]
Unlike some of the managers I reviewed yesterday, Bruce Berkowitz and his cohorts at the Fairholme Capital have been buying. A scan of their Q3 2009 holdings spreadsheet suggests they favor healthcare companies and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B). Fairholme opened two new positions, both in the healthcare industry: Wyeth (WYE) and Cardinal Health (CAH). However, [...]
Meryl Witmer is back as it appears Eagle Value Partners is building its stock portfolio. If you have a strong case for other managers I should include, send me an email or post in the comments below. Also, keep in mind that I use a perl script to parse these filings into the spreadsheet format [...]
The Fairholme Fund have bounced back nicely in 2009, showing a 30% gain for the year. Quick summary follows but you can view Berkowitz’s portfolio moves in this spreadsheet. Their new positions seem to indicate that Berkowitz has changed his mind regarding some lukewarm comments about Berkshire Hathaway’s low growth potential a while back. He [...]
