GRT Capital
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Date updated:04-30-2007

Krochuk and Gregory Fraser, his partner, left Fidelity Investments to launch GRT Capital Partners five and a half years ago. GRT manages $900 million, with $650 million of it invested in its marquee long-short fund. The remaining assets are dispersed over four other investment strategies, including a new Shariah account compliant with Islamic law that started up last month.

Portfolio managers Kim Peters, who heads the Shariah account, and John DeTore, who manages the European market neutral account, chimed in with their top picks in this Barron's 4-30-07 interview.

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  • LYO
    Lyo
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Lyondell Chemical (ticker: LYO) is a very cheap stock with lots of free cash flow and an investor friendly management.

People owning LYO also tend to own: BHPBNIOLNPDPFETXNVLO

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  • SHLD
    Sears Hldgs Corp
  • $73.78
  • +0.04%
  • $74.12

Sears Holdings (SHLD) is a way to get exposure to the hedge-fund experience of Eddie Lampert [Edward Lampert is chairman of Sears] without paying hedge-fund fees. He has proven himself to be an excellent manager.

People owning SHLD also tend to own: AAALLAPCBABACCCAT

TheStreet.com Rating: C What is this?

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  • AKH
    Akh
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Air France-KLM (AKH) is a great player in a strong group. It looks inexpensive even though the stock had doubled last year. The reason is that there was a lot of bad news in airlines and the prices were depressed. Bad news in oil prices is already discounted, [and] higher fares and occupancy are still having an impact. Air France is competitive in the industry so the earnings are strong, and looking at the forward fundamentals of the company, we think the stock price could go higher. It sells at 12 times earnings, and analysts are upgrading.

People owning AKH also tend to own: CLFFPLPWEISNEWOSAAUKABC

TheStreet.com Rating: C+ What is this?

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  • BRK-A
    Berkshire Hath Hl
  • $116700.00
  • -1.66%
  • $118400.00

We don't own a lot of financials in our strategy because they don't work that well quantitatively. [GRT's financial sector exposure is mainly through Berkshire Hathaway, insurers and some savings and loans.

People owning BRK-A also tend to own: COFEBAYHDJNJLINTAOSTKPFE

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  • AA
    Alcoa Inc
  • $32.78
  • +2.09%
  • $32.32

Alcoa (AA) and Biogen Idec (BIIB) are cheap on industry-relative forward earnings per share and price-to-book. Alcoa is the leader in alumina production. There's currently little excess world capacity in its markets and the outlook for revenue growth and earnings is very good.

People owning AA also tend to own: AIGIBMINTCJNJJPMKOMSFT

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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  • BIIB
    Biogen Idec Inc
  • $58.20
  • -0.27%
  • $58.60

Alcoa (AA) and Biogen Idec (BIIB) are cheap on industry-relative forward earnings per share and price-to-book. Biogen Idec has positive financial momentum, strong historical growth and is highly profitable.

People owning BIIB also tend to own: APOLBRK-BDELLELOSLXKSAFMSGTL

TheStreet.com Rating: A- What is this?

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  • ZOLT
    Zoltek Cos Inc
  • $21.93
  • -1.08%
  • $22.74

Short Position: Zoltek (ZOLT) makes carbon fiber. Some of their products are being used in windmill blades. If you accept the fact that carbon fiber is a commodity, the producer is hyped up by alternate energy analysts at over 40 times fiscal 2007 [earnings estimate]. The multiples are too high.

People owning ZOLT also tend to own: APNS.OBAVNRDSCOEBHIECPGEVICGE

TheStreet.com Rating: C- What is this?

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  • CRM
    Salesforce.com In
  • $67.53
  • -3.39%
  • $70.50

Short Position: Financial momentum at Salesforce.com (CRM) has been slowing and that would indicate a combination of a rich valuation and slowing fundamentals. It's a space that is defined by some large competitors like Oracle and SAP who have financial resources significantly greater than it. We looked at some of the other metrics and they were soft.

People owning CRM also tend to own: AAPLGOOGRVBDARRSGIGMOPSWPGIC

TheStreet.com Rating: B What is this?

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