Francis Chou: The Best Bargain-Hunting Value Investor from Canada?
The Globe & Mail's investing magazine insert, Globe Investor, has a feature article profiling the Canadian superinvestor hardly anyone has heard of: Francis Chou of Chou Associates Management. Even many Canadian investors who follow the Canadian markets have never heard of him (and it's not as if we have too many successful investors up here). Those value investors somehow miraculously manage to become successful without drawing much attention (some Hollywood stars should take note ;) ).
The article is titled Is Value Dead? and uses the poor performance of value investing of late to ask some pointed questions about the Chou funds and value investing in general. It's a good read so check it out.
(source: Is Value Dead?, Rob Carrick, Summer 2008 Globe Investor)
Francis Chou isn't alone; a lot of other value investors, such as Bill Miller, Edward Lampert, Martin Whitman, and so forth, have been suffering as well. Basically anyone that did not overload on commodities & emerging markets or short financials have been beaten up pretty badly...
The article is titled Is Value Dead? and uses the poor performance of value investing of late to ask some pointed questions about the Chou funds and value investing in general. It's a good read so check it out.
(source: Is Value Dead?, Rob Carrick, Summer 2008 Globe Investor)
Warren Buffett, a giant of value investing, has achieved an almost impossible compound average annual return of 21.1% from 1965 through 2007 with his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (compared to 10.3% for the S&P 500 Index). Other masters, such as John Templeton and Charles Brandes, have also prospered using this approach, as have Canadian names like Irwin Michael, Peter Cundill, Bob Tattersall and Francis Chou. Until recently, that is. At some point in the past year or two, value investing stopped working. Example: For the 12 months to Feb. 29, three of Chou’s five funds were down 17% or more, as compared with the previous year. Could this be the death of value?
Francis Chou isn't alone; a lot of other value investors, such as Bill Miller, Edward Lampert, Martin Whitman, and so forth, have been suffering as well. Basically anyone that did not overload on commodities & emerging markets or short financials have been beaten up pretty badly...
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