Active Share is Overrated — Just Be Right!
Investing other people’s money for a fee is fiendishly simple—just avoid being terribly wrong. This applies to widely diversified or concentrated portfolios. Read on.
Investing other people’s money for a fee is fiendishly simple—just avoid being terribly wrong. This applies to widely diversified or concentrated portfolios. Read on.
Download Cove Street Capital’s July 2015 Strategy Letter Number 21, “Three Anecdotes Don’t Make a Data”

Related: Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La MêMe Chose. The following is a letter by Wynnefield Capital Management to fellow shareholders of OM Group (Ticker:

(Translation: Another Weasel-like Deal Where Public Shareholders are Sold-Out.) The topic for today is the deal announcement on May 31st that the OM Group (Ticker:
by Ben Claremon | Research Analyst As of the huge currency moves the world has witnessed over the last year or so, the topic of

All the Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doerr Churchill — Paul Johnson Hitch-22: A Memoir — Christopher Hitchens How Life Imitates Chess: Making the
I have no idea how this guy has a life when I merely glance at his bio—but that is not our concern. Substitute “money manager”

Download Cove Street Capital’s May 2015 Strategy Letter Number 20, “Don’t Bring a Knife To a Gun Fight”
Managing $163 billion is not easy. What this piece points out is: It’s generally right. “Private” or “Alternatives” are a good idea only when practiced
“Logic and experience indicate that barring investments in a major, integral sector of the global economy would—especially for a large endowment reliant on sophisticated economic