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This Is When the Money Is Made (DTG, SLW, DYN, BAC, AIG, EDV, SOL)

Posted by Geoff Seiler at 5:33PM on August 8th

With the market in apparent freefall for the past two plus weeks, confidence can be easily shaken and it can be difficult to even look at the tape. However, this is when the money is made. It’s going against the…

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This Week in Billionaires: Hedge Funds Struggle, Sprott Loves Gold (AAPL, BP, MSFT, SNOFF, BAC, C, STI, HIG, COF, BYDDF, BRK.A, C, JOE, AIG, GS, MBI, ABX, EGO, SLW, IAG, XG, BRK.B)

Posted by Eric Monte at 3:03PM on July 7th

The first half of 2011 has been no cakewalk for some of the biggest names in the hedge fund business as funds led by noted managers such as David Einhorn and John Paulson are among those that are down through…

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Berkowitz, St. Joe Target Of SEC Investigation (JOE, AIG, BAC, C, GS, LUK, MS, RF, MBI, FAIRX)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:37AM on July 5th

Mutual fund manager Bruce Berkowitz said there isn’t much new information in the investigation into his money management firm and St. Joe (JOE), the largest land owner in Northern Florida and the company in which Berkowitz’s Fairholme Capital is the largest…

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This Week in Billionaires: Sprott Likes Oil, Rough Week for Paulson (SNOFF, AU, GLD, AIG, BK, WFC, GOOG, WSC, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Eric Monte at 4:10PM on June 24th

The week started with a highly touted money manager giving his opinion on what will work in these markets going forward. On Monday, Sprott Asset Management’s Eric Nuttall said that he would buy oil stocks, but avoid equities that are…

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Sino-Forest Debacle Snares Another Victim (SNOFF, NYVTX, AXP, DVN, JNJ, OXY, WFC, AIG, BK)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:37AM on June 22nd

The controversy surrounding Canadian-Chinese timber firm Sino-Forest Corporation (SNOFF) has captured another victim. Noted value investor Christopher Davis who manages the Davis New York Venture Fund (NYVTX), has taken a major hit on an investment in Sino-Forest after research firm Muddy Water’s…

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Berkowitz, Heebner Find Stock-Picking Is No Easy Task This Year (FAIRX, CGMFX, BAC, AIG, C, GS, RF, HAL, NOV, SLB, DAL, UAL)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:33AM on June 13th

Two of America’s best known stock pickers – Bruce Berkowitz and Ken Heebner – are struggling to find their groove this year and are now doing battle to climb out of the basement of Morningstar’s rankings of U.S. large-cap mutual funds.…

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Berkowitz Bullish On Two Crisis Poster Boys (FAIRX, AIG, BAC, C, CIT, GS, MS, BRK.A, WFC, BRK.B)

Posted by Todd Shriber at 11:36AM on June 10th

Bruce Berkowitz doesn’t shy away from controversy when it comes to some of the holdings for his firm and the Fairholme Fund (FAIRX). Just a quick look at the firm’s top holdings is like a trip down “financial crisis memory lane”,…

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Berkowitz Adds New Stakes, Admits Mistakes (FAIRX, JOE, FAAFX, BAM, CSCO, C, BAC, GS, MS, BRK.A, AIG, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:50AM on May 18th

Fairholme Fund (FAIRX) manager Bruce Berkowitz is far from the average mutual fund chief. Morningstar named Berkowitz the U.S. stock manager of the decade last year.

This year, Berkowitz has been embroiled in a battle over long-time holding St. Joe (JOE). Berkowitz pushed a…

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What’s Next for Berkowitz and Fairholme? (FAIRX, JOE, C, BAC, GS, AIG, GE, BRK.A, BRK.B)

Posted by Jason Smith at 9:31AM on May 6th

Closely watched mutual fund manager Bruce Berkowitz is well known for his top performing Fairholme Fund (FAIRX) has been making headlines of late for his high-profile proxy battle with land development firm St. Joe (JOE). Berkowitz, whose Fairholme Fund owns about 26%…

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Soros Cautions Against Looming Moral Hazard (GS, MS, AIG, GLD, IAU, KGC, NG)

Posted by Jason Smith at 12:02PM on April 11th

Legendary investor George Soros believes that moral hazard facing the U.S. financial system is still an issue and that it “looms larger than ever before,” as he believes there is evidence that the priority of regulators is to prevent a…

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