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Summer 2008
Is value dead?

Francis Chou’s funds have suffered a severe beating lately, but he isn’t calling in the coroners. Now is the time for bargains, says the star value manager, and he insists he knows exactly where they are


All fired up

Tom Caldwell has a message for investors who don’t have the “guts or the gumption” to think big.


Suze sounds off

The Dr. Phil of Finance on Where Women Should Put their Money.


The lure of the long shot

Once the preserve of a princely few, owning a champion is now
within the reach of nearly every punter (As long as you’re not counting on getting your money back)


The Steadyhand Diaries

Veteran money manager Tom Bradley broke all the rules by launching a low-fee, direct-to client mutual fund firm. In pursuit of his dream, he chased down the right talent, endured the glare of regulators, got a new liver and squared off with a grizzly bear


The sky's the ceiling

Never mind Google and Apple. The new "disrupters" are playing to the developing world's rapidly growing middle class


Made in the shade

The strong loonie combined with the subprime carnage has suddenly made vacation homes in the sun belt a steal


The devil’s disciple

ViceFund’s Charles Norton guides us into the lucrative world of guns, smokes, booze and gambling stocks.


All that glitters

Investors chasing hot stocks often mistake buzz for something meaningful: a deep competitive advantage


Strings Attached

For all of the fame and fortune, the world of high-end violins is a closed affair.


Through a glass rosily

Scandalous calls earlier this decade almost sank the analyst industry. Tighter rules have cleaned up the profession, but critics still wonder: Why do we listen to these “experts”?


Harvard or home?

When doing your MBA, should you go to one of the top-ranked schools athome or pick one of the most prestigious schools in the world?


When inflation ran wild

Inflation is running at 2.2% in Canada. At that rate, a litre of milk will cost a nickel more next year. So, what’s all the fuss about?


Return to sender?

Are dividends making fools of investors? One former hedge fund manager thinks so

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