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  • Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Top Buys: 2 Potential Longs, 1 To Hold

    By Ash Sharma - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: CSC, MTU, VSH

    Ken Fisher manages over $35 billion in assets through his value oriented fund Fisher Asset Management LLC. The firm invests globally and across the different market capitalization. For large cap stocks, the firm employs a top down approach while for small cap value investing it uses bottom up analysis. Last quarter, the firm significantly increased its stake in Mitsubishi Financial, Vishay Intertechnology and Cisco Corporation.

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  • Selling Its Stake In A Foreign Bank

    By Mike Thiessen - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: GE, MTU

    In September of 2012, General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced that it had sold a 7.6 percent stake in Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya (NASDAQOTH: BKAHF) for about $466 million. The transaction was followed by a formal solicitation of bids for its remaining 25.3 percent stake. This action has attracted the attention of a number of large regional banks and may presage further consolidation in the space. Since the more »

  • Can These Japanese Stocks Help You Get Rich?

    By Bill Edson - March 1, 2013 | Tickers: MTU, PCRFY, SNE

    The world’s third largest economy is recovering from contraction. The Japanese government implemented a stimulus plan that prompted the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to rise by about 30%. Should foreign investors jump into Japanese stocks?

    Easing monetary policy has been cited as the driver for improvements in many Japanese companies. Yes, it makes Japanese exports cheaper, but conversely monetary easing will also make their imports more expensive, and could more »

  • Are Japanese Equities Being Unfairly Discounted?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 14, 2012 | Tickers: CAJ, HMC, MTU, SNE, TM

    At the 2012 Invest for Kids conference David Herro of Harris Associates gave his thoughts on why investors should be looking at equities right now, and specifically those equities in Japan. Herro states that it is “not always the best idea to judge particular stocks based on the country they are located in.” Herro’s firm, Harris Associates, is a Chicago-based investment company managing some $70 billion of assets. Herro more »

  • A Fight Brewing over San Miguel

    By Peter Pham - September 17, 2012 | Tickers: DEO, EPHE, MTU

    San Miguel Brewery, part of the massive San Miguel Company that is the largest conglomerate in the Philippines, may have to de-list along with two other divisions due to a change in the rules of the Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE).  SMB, San Miguel Properties and San Miguel Pure Foods must to raise their publicly offered stakes to the minimum of 10% of the companies’ total shares or face being de-listed more »

  • Investing Abroad: Japanese Stocks

    By Matthew Luke - July 31, 2012 | Tickers: KUB, MTU, DCM, TM, WACLY

    Diversification is the best defense against global uncertainty. Living abroad, that is one truth that I have come to appreciate more and more. With so much uncertainty in Europe and the rest of the world, we sometimes forget that truth. In these times of uncertainty, many investors seek the safety of good US companies, avoiding the rest of the world completely. Diversification means more than just different sectors of the US economy. Diversification also means foreign companies that will protect your portfolio from domestic risk.