MrB

Interesting. I was also thinking CLD Cloud Peak Energy that is the lowest cost thermal coal miner. It is not like coal is going to disappear, there are huge legacy costs. How much thinking? Had a quick look recently and looks interesting compared to ANR, BTU and ACI. Cloud-Peak-Energy.pdf

I didn't realize Fairfax had given money to Burry. How much had they given him? Well,... according to Uccmal's knowledge here at the board and my own knowledge speaking shortly with Brian after the AGM,... they were investors in Scion, his old fund. They had some insignificant amount with Burry. Here's my old post about this subject: http://www.cornerofberkshireandfairfax.ca/forum/fairfax-financial/fairfax-betting-on-demography/msg85431/#msg85431 I finally looked today at my phone pics from the April AGM. http://s4.postimg.org/fv7ig1xbx/image.jpg Brian is the humble genius explaining his investment duties at Fairfax. (I was at this moment behind the camera... making the pic). I only hope they take this time some bigger slice of the cake. :P Best bond investor in the world...by far...even excluding the CDS trade...most humble guy and a fantastic teacher!!! He is a rangdang Hero!

Doesn't strike me as a low hurdle, but then again. Everybody hates it.

Yes, I remember this guy. A bit of a crusader. Thanks.

...and the scars to prove it? Please share some of your experiences or PM me.

Herb Allen interview

Step 1. Follow this link http://www.governmentattic.org/4docs/SEC-FOIA-Logs_2008-2011.pdf Contact details for document requests are on the first page. Step 2. Search the PDF for "HO-784" and you will find 4 "Request Descriptions" Use the contacts details in step 1 to request the documents. Please share if you find anything.

On the one hand you can buy a $1 stock at 50 cents, while management is buying out your partners aggressively and sell at $1 or more 5 minutes later or 5 years later depending on the mood swings of the market. On the other you can throw darts at a list of stocks and trade accordingly. It is possible to produce satisfactory returns between those extremes, but the probability of success scale from very high to very low. Choose the probability that you are comfortable with. Good luck and I look forward to meet you in the markets. P.S. I just finished the Shipping Man due to the rec on this board. Although I hated about every minute I spent reading it, afterwards I thought to myself; I earn a living off guys like that. More power to them!! ;D

I don't know how accurate this information is, but going from $120m-$500m in 34 years = 4%/annum. Thereby concluding Buffett got offered the right price. Any franchise is for sale at the right price....even Coke..as Buffett alluded to previously...he made a mistake not selling it back in 06/07 I think it was. Again, assuming the above info is correct, which is a big if.

I dont have the "unedited" version but here it is. If you do get hold of the OID version, I would love to read it ! This is the speech I am after--Stanford Law 1996, but unless I'm wrong (Mr.B can you check) this is not what was published in OID. It has edits, e.g. that say that Charlie is going to talk about Coca Cola but he doesn't at least not in that section. thanks Qleap I don't want to put up the IOD copy, rather PM me.

PM, do you generally buy into the story as presented in 1491? I would have thought you might have a good feel for it?

Similar speech at Harvard

This is the one that was in IOD. Word for word.

I used Schwab for years and found them to be great. Especially if you want to buy non-US stocks.

Worth a read HAMR Will Make Seagate One Of The Best Tech Plays With Significant Upside http://seekingalpha.com/article/1418781-hamr-will-make-seagate-one-of-the-best-tech-plays-with-significant-upside

I was disappointed, by Chanos' remarks because he did not provide meat. I almost have a feeling he was just winding up DE, who owns(ed) both. The following gives a good sense of what it was about. The meat is in the comments below the short blurp http://seekingalpha.com/currents/post/1014321

Maybe Sanjeev can take care of the website angle if I manage to scrape together a few thousand dollars?

Thanks for the feedback. I am generally more concerned about whether the work gets done and if it takes someone 5 minutes then more power to them. As long as I meet my budget targets and they deliver then I will not miss the headache of having to employ someone and they will be spared the torture of sharing an office with me. With work, I'm thinking it is possible to outsource some basic tasks initially, like getting me the annual reports of company x and its competitors, industry reports, management background checks, industry specific info etc. This can take quite a bit of time as soon as you move into more inefficient markets. Also, hunting for very specific information, as in sleuthing, can take a lot of time and is a skill which few people have. You need a bit of Dick Tracy, IT skills, understanding of information sources, lateral thinking and some plain old common sense.

Does anyone have strong views or experience with this? I had great success building up relationships globally with people I hardly ever see or in some cases have not even met. They made a great contribution to my research effort, but they are mostly of the PM variety. I have been toying with the idea of using analysts more regularly irrespective of where they live and without requiring them to move from where they are living today. I recently decided to allocate part of our budget to potentially use for this purpose, so it is more than a casual thought. I am concerned about the practicality of the idea, but is it really impossible to say have an office in the US and successfully employ some brilliant young analyst in Asia without requiring him/her to move to the US? Your thoughts/feedback is appreciated.

Sanjeev, I hope I am not breaking some protocol, but a friend wanted me to ask around and I forgot to circulate it at the FFH festivities. I don't say this easily, but the people are fantastic and probably one of the best investment houses in the world to work for. The following are what they are looking for. Please PM me if you are interested. Looking for an experienced research analyst (10-15 years’ experience) to join the investment team of a growing, investment led wealth management business Requirements/Abilities • Predominantly equity focus • Passionate interest in research and business analysis • Produce high quality investment research based on fundamental analysis • Monitor existing holdings and source ideas through qualitative and quantitative screens • Work unsupervised Other information • Working within a small investment team of 12 people, reporting directly to the 3 lead managers • Team primarily manage multi-asset class portfolios with focus on long term capital preservation • Style is unbenchmarked, value orientated and concentrated • Focus is on major markets and generally > $750m market cap Salary • Negotiable based on ability Location • London, City

Well done!

I am biased, because I am a big fan of Richard Oldfield, the author. I was quoting Charlie two days ago when he said, when you choose your heroes, make sure they're dead. Otherwise they will end up disappointing you. Richard is someone that I feel very safe about. Really standup guy. I won't put the book in the top three, but it is certainly a recommended read. I think it will mature into a classic over the years. Just a well rounded entertaining read for investment nuts. Richard is a Fairfax fan too.

Probably too light for you http://www.fundmanagersoftware.com/versions.html

Yes, I just don't know how to search for the TARP warrant prospectus for each one (e.g., if I look up BAC, there are tons and tons of filings--how do I search just for the warrants?). I realize this is a newbie question, I just don't know how to do it. BAC link was posted earlier in this thread.

If the anti dilution adjustments are more than icing on the cake for your investment case then I will be careful with lumping those two together. In the case of the latter words such as "tender" in the language and the actual formula might trip you up if you are not 100% clear about its intended result. The end result of adjustments under the two scenarios are very different.