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David vs Goliath Graphic_rating_buy FFH
N/A

Price hammered down by hedge funds, who bet on the wrong side.  With annualized EPS of $100/share, expect stock to shoot towards $400 level.  Sound management - on the insurance, reinsurance, and investment fronts.

 

 

By  derey   (+21.37%  risk: conservative)  11/03/08 Comment


FFH win on credit default swap gains FFH
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66%

Technically starting to move forward with growing on balance volume, it's an easy pick once overall market sentiment becomes less volatile, which will be near when VIX confidently passes 32.

<> FFH will continue to benefit from the credit crisis as they hold strong positions anticipating downgrades of credit quality in certain businesses.  Their Nov earnings release is the beginning as many new downgrades have appeared in late Dec and early Jan which will show in 4Q 07 earnings to be posted mid to late Feb.  Their earnings surprise from 3Q is a precursor to a new 52 week high in light o<>...
By  thebigkill   (+0.87%  risk: moderate)  01/20/08 Comment


FairFax Graphic_rating_buy FFH
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Great company to hold
By  satpat   (-25.81%  risk: moderate)  12/27/07 Comment


Fairfax Set To Gain From Defaults Graphic_rating_buy FFH

Angela Barnes of the Globe and Mail reports on Fairfax Financial (FFH/NYSE) potentially booking big gains on its holdings of credit default swaps (CDS):

<> <> Stephen Boland, who follows the Toronto-based firm for CIBC World Markets Inc., said in a recent report that he believes the market value of Fairfax's CDS positions, which soared in July, will continue to increase and that Fairfax could realize an even higher gain through the next quarter as credit conditions in the United States deteriorate.

And Mark Dwelle, an analyst with Ferris Baker Watts Inc., also has suggested tha...
By  Controlled Greed Investor   (+7.44%  risk: aggressive)  08/23/07 Comment


Fairfax Hedges Graphic_rating_sell FFH

In May I posted about Prem Watsa positioning Fairfax Financial's (FFH/NYSE) investment portfolio for a "hundred year storm" in the markets. This weekend, James Daw of the Toronto Star reports on Watsa's comments during the Fairfax recent conference call:

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But Watsa and his team are looking smarter or luckier, in a morbid way, that they bought investment protection when it was still available and when prices were cheaper.

<> Like various other stock market indices, the Standard & Poor's 500 index in New York has fallen more than 6 per cent in Canadian dollar terms in t...
By  Controlled Greed Investor   (+7.44%  risk: aggressive)  08/06/07 Comment



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