Tuesday, December 24, 2024
It’s safe to say that most market participants know about Warren Buffett. It would be hard not to since, in addition to a fantastic track record, he and his partner in crime, Charlie Munger, also get a lot of attention in the media. After all, a billionaire curmudgeon whose uncommon intellect and blunt manner make […]
New Year is in just a couple days. We spent Christmas in my house noisily with one of my two granddaughters in attendance, with a prime rib roasting away. As is tradition, my wife had the TV tuned to a station that plays seasonal tones while the screen is filled with a roaring fireplace. Now […]
The stock market has proven to be very resilient in recent months. Even as Federal Reserve officials talk about the need for interest rates to be higher than expected for longer than anticipated, the markets have managed to hang on to the idea that if the pace of rate hikes slows, the eventual destination does […]
Activist investor Jonathan Litt is at it again. The activist investor, specializing in real estate investment trusts, started his firm, Land & Buildings, in 2008 and has been battling real estate investment trust (REIT) boards to improve returns for himself and other investors ever since. Litt has waged several successful campaigns at BRE Properties, Associated […]
In the current environment, with interest rates rising and inflation still threatening the U.S. economy, it is hard to find many who are bullish on real estate. Momentum is very negative, and that will not change overnight. However, when everyone hates a sector, as currently seems to be the case with real estate-related securities, it […]
Most of us spend Thanksgiving eating good food, catching up to family, maybe watching a football game. I’m not averse to those things. But as it’s November, I’ll spend a fair bit of time talking about earnings to whoever will listen, too. See, every February, May, August, and November, Wall Street has to open up […]
If you think that last week’s inflation numbers would cause the Fed to pivot, I have a bridge conveniently located in lower Manhattan that offers easy access to Brooklyn available for immediate sale. You could make millions charging other people big bucks to use your new bridge and recoup your costs in no time. Yes, […]
I read SEC filings like my daughter watches bad television. That is to say, I read them often and enjoy doing so, even if no one else understands why I take so much pleasure in them. I read the quarterly and annual reports of companies in which I have an interest every quarter, and I […]
The whole growth-versus-value investing debate must be one of the dumbest discussions of all time. That may sound funny coming from someone who uses a value-oriented approach to picking bank stocks, REITs, and closed-end funds. Surely, I of all people believe that value investing works. It’s true – I do believe it works, and I […]
While the markets remain in a state of turmoil and prices continue to fall, corporate activists have been picking up their pace. Two developing situations are now worth the attention of patient but aggressive investors… Because the potential returns are getting quite big. Here’s what I’m seeing… First, there is the ongoing saga of Kohl’s […]
