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Fairholme (FAIRX) circa 2011: Two sides of the coin

Bruce Berkowitz’s fund has gotten a lot of media attention lately. Investors point to significant financial sector exposure and investments in AIG, BofA, Citi and St. Joe stock in particular as a drag on the fund’s 2011 results. While admitting on the conference call that the fund’s performance this year was “horrible” and the health [...]

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AXA Rosenberg: Daily Data Proves Crucial in Risk Monitoring

Michael Markov and Kushal Kshirsagar With AXA Rosenberg’s recent admission of a 2009 coding error in its portfolio risk management programs during a year in which the firm’s equity mutual funds lagged their benchmarks by a large margin, the investment community must reflect on how we monitor investments. Specifically, investors (and their advisers) must ask [...]

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