Jim Chanos: Ten lessons from the financial crisis
Source: http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2009/11/06/jim-chanos-ten-lessons-from-the-financial-crisis/Posted on Friday, November 6th, 2009 | In Investing Lessons, Market Commentary
Contributed by: Prieur du Plessis (http://www.investmentpostcards.com) -
Jim Chanos is a legendary American hedge fund manager and president and founder of Kynikos Associates, a New York City investment company focused on short selling. He rose to fame in the 1980s as a short seller who had a knack for spotting stocks what he thought to be overvalued. After working as an analyst in several firms, he founded Kynikos (Greek for “cynic”) as a firm specializing in short selling.
This post, courtesy of Clusterstock, features a slideshow Chanos presented at the annual Virginia Value Investing Conference. The slides highlight in an easy-to-read format ten lessons from the financial crisis – lesson investors might already have forgotten.
Source: John Carney, Clusterstock, November 3, 2009.
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Prieur du Plessis has 25 years’ experience in professional investment research and portfolio management. More than 1,000 of his articles on investment-related topics have been published in various regular newspaper, journal and Internet columns. He has also published a book, Financial Basics: Investment. Prieur is chief executive and principal shareholder of South African-based Plexus Asset Management, which he founded in 1995. The group conducts investment management, investment consulting, private equity and real estate activities in South Africa and other African countries. Plexus is the South African partner of John Mauldin, author of the Thoughts from the Frontline e-letter, and also has an exclusive licensing agreement with California-based Research Affiliates for managing and distributing its enhanced Fundamental IndexTM methodology in the Pan-African area. Prieur is 52 years old and lives with his wife, television producer and presenter Isabel Verwey, and two children in Cape Town, South Africa. His recreational activities include long-distance running, motor cycling, traveling and reading. |















