Copyright (c) 2006 Stockpickr. All rights reserved. http://www.stockpickr.com/ en-us Enter a portfolio, get recommendations automatically from hedge funds, mutual funds, super investors. http://www.stockpickr.com/images/stockpickr.jpg http://www.stockpickr.com/ 144 17 http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Warren-Buffett/ As of 3-31-08 filing: Increased Positions: WFC, BNI, KFT, USB Reduced Positions: TT, IRM Sold Out: AMP From the Wikipedia entry on Buffett: Buffett employed a three-pronged approach: 1. Generals: undervalued securities that possess margin of safety and meet expected return-to-risk characteristics ([8]) 2. Arbitrages: company events that are not related to broader market changes, such as mergers and acquisitions, liquidation, etc. 3. Controls: build sizeable holdings, ally with other shareholders or employ proxies to effect changes in companies In 1962 Buffett Partnerships began purchasing shares of Berkshire Hathaway, a large manufacturing company in the declining textile industry that was selling below its workin... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:50:24 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/10-Short-Squeezes/ This portfolio consists of stocks with high short-interest ratios, or short interest relative to average trading volume. The higher a stock's short-interest ratio, the higher its share price tends to jump during a squeeze. This screen also looks for companies with high insider buying, indicating confidence in the company's stock from those closest to it. Here are 10 stocks that could get short squeezed. Note: Both PWEI (which has recently been acquired) and TELK (in which Carl Icahn recently took a 10% stake) were on the Short Squeeze list. Mon, 14 May 2007 15:03:41 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/George-Soros/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: ANR, JOYG, IJH, TLM, FWLT George Soros, the founder of the Quantum Fund, is one of the most successful hedge fund investors ever. A $100,000 investment in his fund when he started in 1969 would've been worth $150mm by 1994. Soros's most famous investment was when he "broke the bank" in England by betting billions against the British pound on "Black Wednesday" in 1992. Forbes has Soros ranked at 27 in its "richest in America" list with a net worth tipping the scales at $8.5bb. Soros has always fashioned himself as more of a philosopher than an investor and that his skill as an investor is simply the successful application of his philosophy that he dubbed "R... Thu, 22 May 2008 23:32:40 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/T-Boone-Pickens-BP-Capital/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: HAL, XTO, SD, MMR Sold out of: XOM, APC 3/1/07: At a Forbes conference in Doha, Oilman T. Boon Pickens has picked the current global oil production capacity of 85-million barrels a day as the peak of petroleum production. "The world has been looked at," Pickens told Forbes. "There's still oil to be found, but not in the quantities we've seen in the past. The big fields have been found, and the smaller fields, well, there's not enough of them to replenish the base." Pickens predicted oil prices would rise this year to an annual average of around $70 per barrel. 1/17: New interview with Pickens in the WSJ: With the declining price of oil (as of 1/17/07 oil is down 16% ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:16:12 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Carl-Icahn/ As of 3-31-08 filing New position: YHOO (has 3.5% stake in company) Carl Icahn, raised in Queens, New York City, earned a reputation as a corporate raider after his hostile takeover of TWA in 1985. He was educated at Princeton University (A.B., Philosophy, 1957) and New York University School of Medicine, where he dropped out before graduation. Carl Icahn, like many others in the 1980s, made his billionaire fortune in large part because of financier Michael Milken's junk bonds. Icahn is a director of Blockbuster Inc, and the chairman of Imclone, American Real Estate Partners LP, XO Communications Inc, WestPoint Home Inc. and American Railcar. Also he is a beneficial owner of Adventrx Pharmaceuticals Inc, Hollywood Entertainment, ... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:42:09 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Mad-Money-Buybacks/ In Jim Cramer's book, "Mad Money" he describes his technique for buying stocks that have maxxed out their stock buyback plans. This portfolio identifies the companies with large share repurchase plans that have repurchased at least 5% or more of its outstanding shares for the trailing 12 months. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:31:13 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Chinese-Rocket-Stocks/ I focused on stocks that have: - Great balance sheets. I want to see a lot of cash and no debt - Good growth prospects. Ideally 50% anticipated growth or more - Potential for a short squeeze. When the shortsellers run for cover, good things can happen. - A lot multiple over cash flows, relative to growth. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:01:01 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Renaissance-Technologies/ As of 3-31-08 filing. Renaissance Technologies is a NY-based hedge fund started by Jim Simons in 1982. Its $5 billion Medallion Fund has averaged 38% annual returns, after fees, since 1989, and is considered in the industry to be the most successful hedge fund, yielding returns ten percentage points higher than legendary investors Bruce Kovner, George Soros, or Paul Tudor Jones. Because it is so successful, it charges a 5% management fee and a 44% incentive fee. Simons only hires PhDs and the fund mainly employs computer based models to predict price changes in easily-traded financial instruments. The fund is highly secretive and we are putting in some of their top holdings and some of their more speculative holdings. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:44:30 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/High-Yield-Warren-Buffett-Stocks/ The top 10 yielding stocks in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:52:11 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Mohnish-Pabrai/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: LEA Monish Pabrai is a deep value investor noted for the similarity of his approach to that of his mentor Warren Buffet and his superior returns. Pabrai manages over $300 Million in his Pabrai Fund and according to his latest marketing documents has returned an annualized 26.2% since inception in 1999. His funds are structured similar to that of the original Warren Buffet Hedge Fund, in that he does not charge any fee for the first 6% in returns in any given year and then charges a 25% incentive fee on anything above 6%. Pabrai was interviewed in the April 5, 2006 issue of Barron’s and in it he described how he looks for “hated, distressed, thrown away businesses that are mis... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:24:55 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Today-s-Hot-List/ aggregated from StreetInsider.com Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:13:38 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Prince-Al-Waleed/ Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal is a member of the Saudi Royal Family known for his international investments and multi-billion dollar business transactions. He started in the business world by brokering deals with foreign firms who wanted access to the Kingdom, moved on to large land and construction projects and eventually settled with making equity and real estate purchases throughout the world. He came to prominence in the early 1990s by making a substantial investment in Citicorp when that firms share where trading at a deep discount due to financial difficulties. Since then, he has gone on to purchase substantial stakes in many public companies throughout the world. Forbes ranks Al-Waleed as the 8th wealthiest person in the world, givi... Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:45:08 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Atticus-Capital/ As of 12-31-07 filing. New positions: BIDU, RIMM, XLE, AA Atticus Capital, LLC, is a leading investment management firm, with US$13 billion of assets under management. Founded by Timothy Barakett in 1995, the firm is headquartered in New York with an office in London. Atticus invests in global securities markets on behalf of major institutions, endowments, pension funds, and private investors. Timothy Barakett, Chairman and CEO, and David Slager, Senior Managing Director, lead the firm's portfolio management team. Nathaniel Rothschild is a non-executive Vice Chairman of the firm. According to the International Herald Tribune, at the end of November 2006 the fund had posted a gain of 32.2 % for the year, mostly by taking big concen... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:18:18 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/SAC-Capital/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: PBR Sold out of: MAR, PAR, BNCL SAC Capital Partners is a $12 billion dollar group of hedge funds founded by Steven A. Cohen in 1992. While SAC closely guards its returns, published reports and people who have seen the fund's letters to its investors say that SAC had a gross return, before its fees, of at least 40 percent in every year since inception, making it astoundingly successful. While most hedge funds charge a fee of 20% to 30% percent of the annual returns, SAC keeps 50% percent. According to Traders Monthly magazine, "Stevie" Cohen, was the second-highest paid hedge fund manager in the U.S in 2005, personally earning in excess of $1 billion. Cohen is regarded by many a... Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:56:46 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Edward-Lampert/ Edward Lampert is the founder, chairman, and CEO of ESL Investments, a $10 billion dollar investment fund which has reportedly returned close to 30% annually since inception. Many consider “Eddie” to be the next Warren Buffett. He is well known recently for taking over Sears Holdings Corporation of which he is now Chairman. After leaving Yale University, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the firm's risk arbitrage department from March 1985 to February 1988. He left the bank to form ESL Investments, based in Greenwich, Connecticut, in April 1988. Mr. Lampert's investment style can best be described as "concentrated value", often focusing on the retail sector. He has, in large part, been credited for forming a... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:34:29 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Seth-Klarman-Baupost-Group/ As of 3-31-08 filing Seth Klarman is a well known value investor who has run The Baupost Group since the early 1980s. The Baupost Group manages around $5 billion and has posted stellar annualized returns of nearly 20% per year since inception. New positions: WLP, THRX, IP, BGP, LIA In the plast, Klarman has been quoted as saying “The Baupost Group seeks situations triggered by urgent, panicked, or mindless selling.” Klarman also tends to emphasize the importance of risk management in value investing, and as a result will often times opt for doing nothing as opposed to putting his clients capital at risk. Klarman started Baupost shortly after receiving his MBA from Harvard in 1982 with $27 Million in investment... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:46:21 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Carlos-Slim-Helu/ The second richest man in the world according to Forbes with a net worth of $53bb. Jim Cramer said in April 2007 that "If you want to piggyback off a winner, Carlos Slim Helu is your guy." Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:50:52 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Favorite-S-amp-P-Dividend-Aristocrats/ Standard and Poor’s has an index titled the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, and it consists of the members of the S&P 500 Index which have consistently increased their dividend for the past 25 years. The index is weighted equally and rebalanced every December (or if a member company is removed from the S&P 500 during the calendar year). In its recent newsletter The Outlook S&P recently provided a list of the 23 Aristocrats they like the most. This is a portfolio of their favorites. For more information, see the S&P website. Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:54:28 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Cascade-Investments/ Cascade Investments is Bill Gates' investment vehicle. New positions: FMX, KOF As of 12-31-07 filing. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:29:36 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Far-East-Portfolio/ Stocks in China & India that made big moves or had significant news on the day. This portfolio will be updated every night with the most recent news and information. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:01:19 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Ken-Fisher/ As of 3-31-08 filing. Ken Fisher, son of famous value investor and Buffett inspiration, Phil Fisher, is an investing legend now in his own right. He runs the $30bb Fisher Asset Management and CXOAdvisory.com ranks him as the number one market pundit out there and has tracked all his market timing calls. Additionally, he writes a column for Forbes magazine. The Fisher Investments website, www.fi.com, gives the following description for the investment management company: “Three decades ago, Kenneth L. Fisher, son of legendary investor Philip A. Fisher, began managing discretionary assets based on a fundamental belief in capitalism and how free capital markets function. Since it was first founded in 1979, and later incorporate... Wed, 21 May 2008 18:54:46 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Takeover-Targets/ This portfolio consists of 10 stocks that are potential takeover targets. The companies are profitable, trade for less than 5x cash flow and have minimal debt compared to the total capitalization of the company. They also all have long term EPS growth rates of greater than 15%. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:06:03 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Third-Point-LLC/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: MSFT, LEAP, AEO, PNX, MPG, SWY, PHH, YHOO Third Point, LLC is a $3.2 billion dollar hedge fund with a focus on activist investing. It was founded in 1995 by Daniel Loeb with $3.3 million from family and friends. Loeb is well known in the hedge fund world for his attacks on what he views as greedy executives who also happen to be depressing shareholder value. Third Point has posted an average annual return of 28.9 percent since Loeb founded the firm in 1995, he says. That’s more than double the 12.5 percent gain logged by similar hedge funds during that period, according to Credit Suisse First Boston Tremont Index LLC. Loeb often refers to what he does as “the moral-indignati... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:08:36 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Top-10-Yielding-Tech-Stocks/ The top yielding tech stocks. Also filtered out guys that were not consistent in paying dividends. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:07:55 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Highest-Yielding-China-Stocks/ In the next couple months, NASDAQ will be coming out with the NASDAQ China Index with the anticipated symbol of CHNX. There will be thirty components which will include stocks from the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, and the American Stock Exchange. Companies will have minimum qualifications for inclusion, which include a minimum average daily U.S. trading volume of 100,000 shares. In addition, the stocks need a market cap of $200 million. These stocks might be good for a trade as ETFs start loading up to take advantage of the new index. Here are the more stable stocks in the batch and pay high yields. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:13:55 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:59:15 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-III/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 12. Wed, 09 May 2007 15:54:04 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Bill-Miller/ Portfolio manager of Legg Mason Value Trust, Miller has been the only mutual fund manager who has beaten the S&P 500 for the last 14 straight years (although that streak just ended in 2006). Over the last ten years, he has achieved an average annual total return of 16.8%. Bill is a buy-and-hold investor, he does not let short-term market volatility dictate his decision-making. He follows a value discipline of investing by purchasing primarily large-capitalization stocks at large discounts to his assessment of their intrinsic value. He tries to own securities that have been priced by the market at significant discounts to their intrinsic value by his multi-factor valuation analysis. Nevertheless, he has also taken big shots on more ... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:07:04 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Biotech-Short-Squeezes/ Biotech stocks which are heavily shorted but may have potential upside from potential positive surprises and short covering. The following shows the short ratio and the percent of float shorted. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:10:37 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Top-Dividends-Stocks-You-ve-Never-Heard-Of/ High dividend paying stocks of relatively unknown companies, all with market caps greater than $500 million and yields greater than 6%. Mon, 28 May 2007 05:35:10 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Profunds-UltraSector-Oil-amp-Gas-Inv-ENPIX/ ProFunds Oil & Gas UltraSector ProFund is an open-end fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to 150% of the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index. This fund has a Morningstar rating of 5 stars and is run by Michael Neches. Neches has been a portfolio manager with ProFund Advisors since 2004. Current Returns: 1-Year: 70.59% 3-Year: 40.19% 5-Year: 40.85% Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:04:51 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Pershing-Square-Capital-Management/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: WEN Pershing Square Capital Management is a $2.4 billion+ activist hedge fund managed by Bill Ackman that has had 40%+ returns over the past 2 years. Ackman cut his teeth in the real estate business, working for his father at commercial real estate mortgage brokerage firm Ackman Brothers & Singer. In 1993, he launched Gotham Partners, eventually growing the hedge fund to over $300 million in assets. Gotham imploded in 2002 amid a series of lawsuits related to a failed merger between one of the firm's holdings (a court had blocked the merger, but a higher court later overturned the ruling) and investigations by the New York State Attorney General and the Securities and Exchange Commission ... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:29:22 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/SUPRATRADE-EX-1309071330/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:35:50 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/The-Children-s-Investment-Fund/ As of 12-31-07 filing. The London based fund was launched in January of 2004 by Christopher Hohn. According to several reports in 2006, the fund had over $7 Billion under management, and is unique in that a significant portion of all fees earned are donated to a charitable trust. Hohn, who left Perry Capital to start TCIF, is known to make very concentrated bets with an activist bent . In 2005, via its large share of Deutsche Borse, TCIF forced the resignation of the exchanges CEO after he refused to abandon his plan to takeover the London Stock Exchange. In 2006 the firm had a large position in the European Euronext exchange, but was reported to sell a large chunk of its position due to rumors that Euronext was persuing a merger wit... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:56:18 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Rocket-Stocks-for-the-week-of-July-9th-July-13th/ The goal of this portfolio is not necessarily to find the best stocks for the next century but rather ones that can either snapback this week because of an irrational selloff last week, or they have someo ther potential catalyst that can create explosive potential during the coming week Last Week the Rocket Stocks Port was up over 20% in one week only compared to the DJI being up 1.5% Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:16:00 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/David-Dreman/ As of 3-31-08 filing. Mr. Dreman is the founder, and Chairman of Dreman Value Management, L.L.C. and also the firm’s Chief Investment Officer. Dreman Value Management, L.L.C. focuses on the assets of mutual funds, pension, foundation and endowment funds, as well as high net-worth individuals. Archive of Dreman's articles in Forbes. From dreman.com: “Dreman Value Management is one of the pioneers of Contrarian value investing. Our investment philosophy is based on a disciplined, low P/E approach to stock selection. 1. We invest in undervalued companies that exhibit strong fundamentals, above-market dividend yields and historic earnings growth, which our analysis indicates will persist. 2. Our strateg... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:06:39 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/CGM-Focus-CGMFX/ As of 12-31-07 filing This fund has a Morningstar rating of 5 stars and is run by Kenneth Heebner. Heebner is general partner and portfolio manager with Capital Growth Management, instrumental in helping launch the firm in 1990. Previously, he spent 12 years as the head of the portfolio management group for Loomis Sayles & Company. Heebner also served as vice president with Scudder Stevens and Clark from 1971 to 1976. He began his career in 1965 as an economist with A & H Kroeger. Heebner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. CGM Focus Fund is an open-end fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is long-term growth of capital. The Fund is non-diversified and intends to invest in a smaller number of co... Mon, 05 May 2008 17:53:24 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/The-Next-Berkshire-Hathaway/ This portfolio consists of stocks that could be the next Berkshire Hathaway. It was put together by the blog "One Guy's Investments". "One Guy's Investments' Blog Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:13:28 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Dividend-Plays/ Quality stocks with nice dividends and good growth potential. Although Berkshire Hathaway does not pay a dividend, with 40 billion in cash on its balance sheet and a share price under 4000 it is still moderately undervalued. 6/07-Compania de Telecommunicaciones de Chile S.A. (CTC) position sold @ $9.25 per share after becoming fully valued. This position was replaced with France Telecom (FTE) which is poised for tremendous growth with a stable dividend. 7/07-American Financial (AFR) position sold @ $10.50 per share due to inconsistancy in management and overall business philosophy/direction. This position was replaced with Quality Systems (QSII) a company with tremendous growth potential over the next 5-10 years plus a dividend of 3.... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:10:46 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Rocket-Stocks-for-the-week-of-July-16th-July-20th/ Last week was the second week in a row that Rocket Stocks was up 20%!! This weeks Rocket Stocks offers our readers a few great play on next weeks earnings, along with a few small cap and solar stocks! The goal of this portfolio is not necessarily to find the best stocks for the next century but rather ones that can either snapback this week because of an irrational selloff last week, or they have someo ther potential catalyst that can create explosive potential during the coming week Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:48:30 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Rumors-of-the-Day/ aggregated from StreetInsider.com Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:06:22 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-IX/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:58:03 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Greenlight-Capital-David-Einhorn/ As of 12-31-07 filing. Managed by David Einhorn, the Fund boasts annualized returns of 27% going back 10 years, and according to Barron’s was up 23% year-to-date at the end of November. The fund specializes in spinoff situations, and at one point had Motorola spinoff Freescale Semi as its biggest holding. When the stock was bought out in early December in the biggest LBO ever for the tech sector, the fund coined a year-to-date return of 58% on the 30% of its capital that it had committed to the position. In the March 2005 of issue of Value Investor Inight, Einhorn was quoted as saying: “We take the traditional value investor’s process and just flip it around a little bit. The traditional value investor asks &a... Wed, 07 May 2008 19:04:48 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Rocket-Stocks-for-the-week-of-July-2nd-July-6th/ Rocket Stocks for the week of July 2nd-July 6th CROX! Thu, 22 May 2008 11:02:57 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/TSC-Ratings-Top-5-All-Around-Stocks/ This portfolio consists of TheStreet.com's Ratings Top 5 All-Around Stocks. TheStreet.com Ratings has condensed a broad range of fundamental, technical, and economic data into a single, composite opinion of a stock's risk-adjusted performance. Although it's impossible to guarantee a stock's future performance, the TheStreet.com Ratings provides a solid framework for making informed investment decisions. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:36:45 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Maverick-Capital/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: SBUX, JPM, WYE, CG Maverick Capital is a $10 billion hedge fund with offices in Dallas and New York. It has long been known as one of the largest and most consistently successful hedge funds. It was started in 1993 with $38M in capital by Lee S. Ainslie III, who was a protégé of the legendary investor Julian Robertson at Tiger Management, one of the most successful hedge funds in history. Maverick is a little different than many of today’s hedge funds as it relies on old fashioned stock picking for its returns. In a recent interview with McKinsey Quarterly, Ainslie said “Maverick is more of a traditional hedged fund, investing only in equities and m... Tue, 27 May 2008 19:08:53 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Low-Price-Stocks-of-George-Soros/ A dozen stocks owned by George Soros that sell for less than $15 per share. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:33:38 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Top-20-Most-Volatile/ For those traders looking for action during earnings season, below we highlight the S&P 500's 20 most volatile stocks on their earnings report days. This is calculated by taking the average absolute percent change of each stock in the S&P 500 on each of their earnings report days going back to the start of the bull market. We also provide the dates that the companies are scheduled to report during this earnings season as well. From TickerSense. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:58:37 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Cramer-s-Take-on-Select-Buffett-Plays/ This portfolio consists of Buffet's top stocks in his portfolio with Jim Cramer's take on those stocks. This is in no way a reflection of Cramer on Buffett in general. But it is interesting. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:43:55 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Lone-Pine-Capital/ New positions: SD, MA, INFY, FIS, WNS, PROJ, PMC Lone Pine Capital was started in 1997 by Steven Mandel, formerly a managing director and analyst at Tiger Management for a period of 7 years. According to the December 4, 2006 issue of Barron's, Mandel now manages $8 Billion and has returned over 25% annually since his fund’s inception. Mandel made an appearance in Institutional Investor as one of the top paid hedge fund managers of 2005. From his description: Googling the name of Stephen Mandel Jr., the low-key president and founder of Greenwich, Connecticut–based Lone Pine Capital, returns a paltry 166 hits. Buying Google shares, however, has generated huge returns for many hedge fund managers, including Mandel. In ... Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:23:04 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-V/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 23 May 2007 13:00:34 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-XXXVI/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:28:31 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Goldman-Sachs-Large-Cap-Value-Inst-GSLIX/ This fund has a Morningstar rating of 4 stars and is run by Eileen Rominger. Rominger is a managing director, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at GSAM. She joined GSAM as a portfolio manager and chief investment officer of the value team in August 1999. From 1981 to 1999, Rominger worked at Oppenheimer Capital, most recently as a senior portfolio manager. Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund is an open-end fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of equity investments in large-cap US issuers with public stock market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000 Value Index. Current Returns: 3-Yea... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:59:14 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-VII/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:33:57 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Contest-Stocks-VIII/ Some are ugly. Some are pretty. Some will snapback from lows, some will breakout from highs. Some of these are earnings plays this week. Some blew it on earnings last week and now are in the penalty box. But all of these I think will break higher this week with some decent volatility. Mon, 28 May 2007 11:45:21 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Fairholme-FAIRX/ As of 3-31-08 filing New positions: WLP, BMY, SATS, MYL, ACF, GSK, URI, HNT Fairholme is run by value investment guru Bruce Berkowitz. They take an extremely focused approach. The Fund's objective is long-term growth of capital. The Fund invests in companies that exhibit growth potential over the long term and which can be purchased at a significant discount to their perceived value. It normally invests at least 75% of its total assets in US common stocks without regard to market capitalization. The fund enjoys a 5 star rating from Morningstar. From Barron's 5-7-07 Fairholme Fund (ticker: FAIRX), a $4.6 billion multi-cap growth fund poised to outperform even in difficult markets. "We are very focused on not losing money,&q... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:45:17 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/TSC-Ratings-Top-5-Small-Cap-Stocks/ This portfolio consists of TheStreet.com's Ratings Top 5 Small Cap Stocks. TheStreet.com Ratings has condensed a broad range of fundamental, technical, and economic data into a single, composite opinion of a stock's risk-adjusted performance. Although it's impossible to guarantee a stock's future performance, the TheStreet.com Ratings provides a solid framework for making informed investment decisions. Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:53:03 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Columbia-Wanger-Asset-Management-LP/ As of 12-31-07 filing. Columbia Wanger Asset Management is a $23 billion dollar asset management firm. From website: "At Columbia Management we believe that a consistently applied, disciplined investment process can help deliver strong investment results over time." "We invest with discipline and manage risk through all market conditions. We don't chase performance. Rather, we strive to achieve strong and consistent investment results for our clients." Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:54:39 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Markel-Inc/ As of 12-31-07 filing. Markel is an insurance company and is often called a "mini Berkshire Hathaway" and, in fact, many of their investments overlap with Buffett's. Excellent value blog "One Guy's Investments" also thinks Markel could be "the next Berkshire" and writes: "Markel (MKL), as I've written before, seems to be following a very similar tack to Berkshire Hathaway -- albeit skipping the first few steps of buying the failing textile mill, etc., and instead moving straight into the lucrative insurance business. One of the things that stands out for me, aside from the great performance from their insurance lines during this nice rebound year for the insurers, is that management reall... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:04:06 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Highest-Yielding-BRIC-stocks/ The highest yiedling stocks from Brazil, Russia, India and China. Wed, 09 May 2007 11:28:50 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Highbridge-Capital-Management-LLC/ Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, founded in 1992, is a multi-strategy global hedge fund with over $17 billion in current assets under management and 160 employees. The fund specializes in non-traditional investment management strategies with offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong. Highbridge has expertise across a range of arbitrage and absolute return investment strategies in the global equity markets. JPMorgan Asset Management formed a strategic partnership with Highbridge by purchasing a majority interest in the firm in December, 2004. As of 3-31-08 filing. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:41:08 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/ROCKET-STOCKS-FOR-THE-WEEK-OF-DECEMBER-31ST-JANUARY-4TH/ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:35:10 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Ken-Heebner/ Heebner is general partner and portfolio manager with Capital Growth Management, instrumental in helping launch the firm in 1990. Previously, he spent 12 years as the head of the portfolio management group for Loomis Sayles & Company. Heebner also served as vice president with Scudder Stevens and Clark from 1971 to 1976. He began his career in 1965 as an economist with A & H Kroeger. Heebner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Major Increased Positions: BHI (1778% increase), HXM (184.54% increase) New Positions as of 12-31-06: DE, MA, LVS, MBT, C, BAC, FLR, CBG Sold Out as of 12-31-06: HPQ, DVN, E, ENH As of 12/31/06 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:55:21 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/High-Yield-Dividend-stocks/ Over 35 stocks listed - Updated dividend yields for 2008 Diverse mix of stocks, including overseas. Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:05:16 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Contest-Stocks-IV/ I focused on several portfolios for coming up with this list: Biggest % Losers , primarily from last Thursday, as I think the snapbacks probably happen sometime Mon-Wed. Latest Activist Situations, as these could get heated during the coming week. Top 10 Potential Short Squeeze. Particularly when combined with earnings. Most Volatile on Earnings Day and I combined that with looking at what earnings plays were coming up this week, combined with who has sold off the most this year but have had good funds accumulating their shares. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:52:31 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Dogs-of-the-Dow-2008/ If you’re looking for a historically proven way to generate nice returns in the stock market, then the Dogs of the Dow may be your answer. This is a value-oriented strategy that focuses on purchasing the 10 highest-yielding Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks on the first day of every year. The Dogs of the Dow strategy returned 14.3% a year from 1929 until 2003, outpacing the S&P 500's 11.7% return per year. In 2006, the Dogs of the Dow strategy returned 22%. However, in 2007, the Dogs of the Dow were down a whopping 6% one of its worst years ever, as the financials and consumer related stocks hurt 2007’s performance Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:45:18 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-II/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 02 May 2007 16:03:42 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Yale-University/ As of 12-31-07 filing. New Buys: AIG, BEN, RNOW, INFN The Yale University endowment, which totals about $18 billion, has been managed by David Swensen since 1985. Realizing an annual return of more than 17.2 percent on his investments over the last ten years, Swensen has added more than $12 billion to Yale's coffers, and his consistent track record has attracted the notice of Wall Street portfolio managers. Prior to becoming the manager at Yale, Swensen was a 6 year veteran of Wall Street at Lehman Brothers and at Solomon Brothers, focusing on complicated swap transactions and development of new technologies related to finance. When he joined the Yale Endowment as Portfolio Manager at the age of 31, he was an unconventional choi... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:34:15 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Blackstone-Kailix-Advisors-LLC/ As of 12-31-07 filing. Blackstone Kailix Advisors LLC is the hedge fund arm of The Blackstone Group. New positions: MIR, MF, ROC, ATI, JBHT, NVT, SD, ZMH, FED, RTI, AMR, IBKR Sun, 04 May 2008 12:16:39 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Rocket-Stocks-For-The-Week-Of-July-23rd-July-27th/ Last week Stockpickr highlighted companies with international exposure that where reporting earnings. Stockpickr recommended CSX, ETN and STJ all which reported monster quarters and gapped up as much as 5% each after they reported. This week we take a look at a few tech names and few energy companies which hopefully will provide our readers with some rocket stocks for next week!. The goal of this portfolio is not necessarily to find the best stocks for the next century but rather ones that can either snapback this week because of an irrational selloff last week, or they have someo ther potential catalyst that can create explosive potential during the coming week Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:57:36 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/TPG-Axon-Capital/ Top new positions: MS, STLD, RS, CMC, PCAR, CE TPG-Axon Capital is a leading global investment firm with over $11 billion of capital invested in public and private markets around the world. TPG-Axon spun out of buyout firm Texas Pacific Group. TPG-Axon is led by the former head of Goldman Sachs' Principal Strategies Department, Dinakar Singh. Through offices in New York City, Hong Kong and Tokyo, TPG-Axon Capital has invested across a broad range of industries in more than 20 different countries, including investments in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services, technology, energy and basic materials and retail. As of 12-31-07 filing. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:42:26 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Great-5-Yr-Charts/ This portfolio contains stocks with great 5 year charts. By great, I mean steady growth, low volitility, S&P 500 beating, 5 year charts. Please email me (or blog) with any stocks that have similar 5 year charts to these companies, for addition to this list. I like to think of this as the "Energizer Bunny Portfolio." Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:36:41 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/High-Yield-Dow-Stocks/ The highest yielding stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:14:49 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Joel-Greenblatt/ Greenblatt is the author of You can be a stock market genius (one of the best investment books ever) and The Little Book that beats the maret. His books and his investing style focus on value investing and special situations investing. He's also a focus investor. Currently he owns only 4 stocks with the bulk of that in just two: WMT and ARO. He currently has $45mm under management. His track record according to reports is 30.8% per year over the past 20 years. From wikipedia: "His latest book refers to an investment strategy of "Magic Formula Investing", which is a fancy name for a simple formula for determining which stocks to buy: "cheap and good companies" with a high earnings yield and a high retur... Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:55:12 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Tontine-Partners/ Tontine is a multi-billion dollar Greenwich based Hedge Fund managed by 45 year old Jeffrey Gendell. The fund was started by Gendell in 1997 and has since posted spectacular returns, gaining more then 100% in both 2003 and 2005. Gendell’s specialty is picking a macro-styled theme, buying very large positions in companies that benefit from that theme, and then working with or pressuring management to improve shareholder returns. Famous examples including buying homebuilders in 2003 and various major steel companies in 2005. Gendell is a graduate of Duke University and began his Wall Street career at Smith Barney, working in the corporate finance department. His fund is named after 17th century Italian banker Lorenzo de Tonti, who... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:29:54 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-X/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:03:26 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Goldman-Sachs-Picks-amp-Pans/ Goldman Sachs recently announced its favorite and least favorite technology picks based on growth and value. Goldman's 5 favorite picks are Apple (AAPL), Cognizant (CTSH), eBay (EBAY), Google (GOOG), and Research-in-Motion (RIMM). Goldman's least favorite picks include AMD (AMD), CSG Systems (CSGS), Red Hat (RHAT), Teradyne (TER), and Unisys (UIS). AMD (AMD) was replacing Hewitt (HEW), making it a new "least favorite.". Goldman noted that the favorites list is up 28% since 9/21/05 and the least favorite group is up 6% while the S&P is up 16% and the NASDAQ up 15%. Its December 2006 Sector strategy also lists IT, Health Care, & Energy as the best growth & value combined sectors, and it says Financials, Con... Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:57:24 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Moore-Capital/ As of 12-31-07 filing. New positions: XLE, TDC, CA Moore Capital is a group of hedge funds with over $10 Billion in assets under management and is run by famed trader and fund manager Louis Bacon. Based out of Westport, CT, the group’s signature Moore Global Investments fund has returned an average of 24% per year since 1990, making Bacon one of the top fund managers of his generation. Bacon is a discretionary trader with a global-macro approach to trading. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and has an MBA from Columbia Business School. He started his career at Shearson Lehman and traded for several years at the famed Commodities Corp, where fellow superstar fund managers Paul Tudor Jones and Bruce Kovner also made a ... Thu, 15 May 2008 20:49:44 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Stockerblog-com-Warren-Buffett-Short-Squeezes/ Stocks owned by Warren Buffett with short ratios of 3 or more. Listed first is the short ratio and the second number is the percentage of float shorted. Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:10:19 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Charlie-Munger/ Munger has been Warren Buffett's confidante, sidekick, and number 2 man at Berkshire Hathaway for over 40 years. Never has an investment partnership created so much wealth. Munger is known as a very focused investor. The stocks below are a combination of companies that Munger either controls, is involved with, or owns through Wesco, which is the subsidiary of Berkshire that Munger controls. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:41:58 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Steel-Partners/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: KEG, UIS, CHRS, TCW, EGY, EBSB, FIG, OZM Steel Partners is a $2 billion dollar activist hedge fund based in San Francisco. It is run by Warren Lichtenstein. The fund invests in all layers of the capital structure with a long-term shareholder mentality and prefers to buy a business, or a piece of a business, at an attractive valuation (i.e., a discount to intrinsic value). The fund strives to be either the largest or one of the largest, stakeholders in a company allowing us to influence its direction. The fund needs a built-in margin of safety to protect its downside and be able to invest with a long-term orientation. The fund’s first objective has been and always will be the preservati... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:10:28 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Citadel-Investment-Group/ As of 3-31-08 filing. Citadel Investment Group is a $20 billion dollar Chicago-based hedge fund founded by billionaire trader Kenneth C. Griffin, and is one of the world's largest hedge funds. The firm is known for its daily trading volume, which amounts to 1-2% of daily trading activity in New York and Tokyo. From inception through 2006, Citadel Investment Group had achieved an annualized net return of approximately 25%, making it one of the best performing hedge funds within that period. From website: "Since its founding in 1990, Citadel has grown into one of the world's most sophisticated alternative investment institutions. Our team of professionals allocates investment capital across a highly diversified set of propriet... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:52:46 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-XI/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:06:39 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Tudor-Investment-Corp/ As of 12-31-07 filing. New positions: OEF, GOOG, BIIB, MOS, MSFT, ETR, BRCD, MA, TDC The Tudor Group, which consists of Tudor Investment Corporation and its affiliates, is involved in active trading, investing and research in the global equity, debt, currency and commodity markets. Founded in 1980 by Paul Tudor Jones II, the firm currently manages $15.4 billion. The firm's investment strategies include global macro trading, fundamental equity investing in the U.S. and Europe, emerging markets, venture capital, commodities, event driven strategies and technical trading systems. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:39:37 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Okumus-Capital-LLC/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New Positions: CDNS, CA, QSFT Sold Out: BBBY, CMCSA, URI, MCO Ahmet Okumus founded Okumus Capital in 1997 and has served as President and Portfolio Manager since its formation. He heads the research and trading team and also provides leadership and strategic direction for the firm. Ahmet is a staunch disciple of the Graham and Dodd style of value investing. Ahmet, over the last 17 years, has applied the principles of deep value investing in his research, security analysis and stock selection. His track record has consistently been at the very top of all US equity managers. He set up his first hedge fund, Okumus Opportunity Fund, in 1997. This fund has compounded at nearly 35% net per year since inception. ... Wed, 21 May 2008 19:10:30 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Cramer-s-Desired-Dozen/ On the 5-10-07 Mad Money, Cramer pointed out that the small world of hedge funds and mutual funds have a dozen stocks that they are propelling to new highs daily. These dozen stocks are the ones benefiting from the new trends. "These are the ones the big boys want to own," and viewers should want to own them too, Cramer said. Thu, 10 May 2007 21:31:14 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-IV/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 16 May 2007 15:38:02 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Top-Warren-Buffett-Stocks-by-PE-Ratio/ The top stocks held by Warren Buffett, ranked by lowest P/E ratio. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:34:50 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-XXXVII/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:10:00 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Clarium-Capital/ As of 3-31-08 filing. New positions: PG, BNI, LOW, RCL, FWLT, NWS, SGP, ZMH, OXY Clarium Capital Management LLC is a global macro hedge fund company managing over $1 billion. It was founded by managing member Peter Thiel. Prior to starting Clarium, in 2002, Thiel sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion. His 3.7% stake in PayPal was worth approximately $55 million at the time of the acquisition. In 2005, Clarium was honored as the global macro fund of the year by both MarHedge and Absolute Return, two hedge fund trade magazines. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:00:33 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/maoril-Portfolio-1/ THE PORTFOLIO IS BASED ON RELATIVE STRENGTH Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:25:27 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Wallace-Weitz/ Weitz is a mutual fund family based in Omaha, Nebraska. Often considered the "other Oracle of Omaha", Wally Weitz favors the value-disciplined approach of Ben Graham while also having "a conviction that qualitative factors that allow a company to have some control over its destiny can be more important than statistical measurements, such as historical book value or reported earnings" On January 2, 2007, Weitz Funds issued its quarterly letter to shareholders. In it, he went over his central belief that although cheap stocks do go up in the long run, it's very difficult to time things exactly, and how he sees 2007 to be another good year for their holdings. He does not believe their holdings are very cheap, but at the ... Sun, 18 May 2008 14:16:27 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/mancini02/ testing, testing Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:07:12 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Al-Frank-Asset-Management-VALUX/ As of 12-31-07 filing. Al Frank Asset Management is an $280 million deep value mutual fund. Their flagship fund, VALUX, the Al Frank Fund, has returned 16% annually since it started in 1998. They also write the Prudent Speculator newsletter, which has enjoyed a 20.61% annual return. The fund is managed by John Buckingham. Recently profiled in the April 9 Barrons. In the profile, Buckingham expressed confidence that the market is still cheap: "If you look at the big three equity benchmarks from Standard & Poor's, the large-cap S&P 500 now shows a 2007 forward price-earnings [P/E] ratio of 17.3, the mid-cap S&P 400 sports a forward P/E ratio of 17.4 and the small-cap S&P 600 boasts a forward P/E ratio of 18... Mon, 12 May 2008 18:02:09 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-XXXIV/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:46:53 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Rocket-Stocks-For-The-Week-of-April-7-April-11/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:13:38 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Best-of-IBD-100/ using vector vest I found all 100 stocks in the IBD 200, and found their VST rating. Vectorvest uses a VST composite rating to determine the stocks with the highest rated value, safety, and timing. How is IBD 100 selected: They are selected based on Investor Business Daily's proprietary SmartSelect Composite Rating. Now look at what goes in to that rating: From IBD: Composite Rating, SmartSelect® # Earnings Per Share (EPS) Rating # Relative Price Strength (RS) Rating # Industry Group Relative Strength Rating # Sales+Profit Margins+ROE (SMR) Rating # Accumulation/Distribution Rating The IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating combines all 5 SmartSelect Ratings into one easy-to-use rating. More weight is placed on EPS a... Mon, 28 May 2007 15:14:39 CDT http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Chinese-Rocket-Stocks-part-IV-12-06-07/ Part IV of the Chinese Rocket Stocks Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:01:30 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/New-Positions-of-the-Top-Traders/ New purchases made by Buffett, Soros, and Icahn. Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:35:26 CST http://www.stockpickr.com/port/Insider-Purchases-and-Buybacks-XXXIII/ This portfolio consists of stocks in the news lately because there has been a significant insider purchase or stock buyback. In both cases, we think it's important to take a closer look at those particular stocks. Here are 10. Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:30:08 CST