MPI Research Corner

While attention has focused on bond fund managers who benefited from the Fed’s much anticipated announcement of the next phase of Quantitative Easing (QE3) on Thursday September 13th, what happened with equity fund managers? Hindsight may be 20/20, but it is no secret that equity markets have responded ebulliently to past announcements; after all, money [...]

This analysis of the Intrepid Small Cap Fund includes a performance attribution report which provides a step-by-step analysis framework, detailed charts, and descriptions related to Mr. Cinnamond’s selection and timing skills over the past 18-months. Several surprising observations emerged, most specifically regarding the incremental “timing contribution” figures given Mr. Cinnamond’s sizeable moves into cash and [...]

The Intrepid Small Cap Fund, managed by Eric Cinnamond of Intrepid Capital Funds, has garnered noteworthy media attention this year. Bloomberg Online’s June 3, 2009 article featured Cinnamond’s fund as the only diversified stock manager to outperform Bill Gross’ venerable Pimco Total Return Bond fund over the trailing 3-year period (through 5/26/09): http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ayC.BwlNdpFU. Wall Street [...]