Even Wall Street's bull run can be bettered by Buffett
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Warren Buffett, the most successful stock market investor in the US, has seen consistently strong performance. Berkshire Hathaway, the company through which he makes his investments, saw a return of 31.8% in 1996, and outperformed the US market by 14% in 1995-1996. Buffett has never had a year of really poor performance since he began investing in the mid-1960s, and he has benefited greatly from a policy of holding on to his investments. He is one of a growing number of experts who feel that the US market is overvalued at current levels.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Jonathan Davis
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The stockpicking method devised by Jim Slater focuses on identifying rapidly expanding companies with growth potential which is not yet fully valued in the market. The method, which involves analysing so-called 'Peg factors,' representing the ratio between the prospective price/earnings ratio of a share and its predicted earnings growth in the future, has proved very successful. He has recently added some new criteria to his method, and the original selection process has thus been considerably tightened.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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How giants lost 25bn pounds sterling
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UK pension funds declined by an average of 5% in 1994, with the loss of value amounting to around 25 billion pounds sterling. They were badly affected by losses on the equities and gilts markets, and would have performed even worse if it had not been for a healthy return on UK property. The gap between the best and worst performers is now narrowing, with the loss of value being more evenly shared between the different pension funds.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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