Maverick CapitalMaverick Capital Management Holdings AnalysisThis post is being written as part of HedgeFundBlogger.com's Investment Securities Tool which analyzes the holdings of hedge fund managers.Lee Ainslie started Maverick Capital back in 1993 with $38 million. Nowadays, the fund is worth $10 billion. Ainslie, like many of the other fund managers I've profiled, has a background rooted in learning from legendary great Julian Robertson at Tiger Management. So, due to the fact that these proteges learned from the best and have had great success running their own hedge funds, I continually try to find a reason not to follow these funds. And, needless to say I'm never successful. Some contacts over at Maverick have explained that their hedge fund strategy is straight up stock picking, both long and short. They made ...

If you still haven't put any defense and aerospace stocks in your portfolio, you should seriously consider doing so before October. There are plenty of these 'war' stocks to choose from including ones that pay high yields. Here are some that you may want to site your scopes on and possibly pull the trigger. All of these have market caps over $1 billion.Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) manufactures and markets aerospace and defense products and ammunition. The stock has a PE of 16, and a PEG of 1.56.Boeing (BA) makes and markets jets, military aircraft, missile defense systems, satellites, and launch systems. The stock has a PE of 11, a PEG of 0.83, and pays a yield of 2.8%.CAE Inc. (CGT) makes and markets simulation equipment and services to the civil aviation industry, military organizations, and defense organizations. The ...

In China, 8 is considered a lucky number. As of Friday, 8/8/08, we were 88.8% done with the second quarter earnings season. The results have been mixed; encouraging in median EPS growth terms, but downright awful in terms of total net income growth.

Positive surprises are leading disappointments by a 2.4:1 ratio, which is only slightly below recent historical norms. The median surprise is also inline with recent history at 3.09%.

The median year-over-year EPS growth rate of 9.45% is wonderful news for the market. And it looks like it will probably hold up. Given the expectations for those that have yet to report that seems possible. The median expected EPS growth rate for the firms that are yet to report is 16.9%. Given the propensity for positive surprises to outnumber disappointments, on a median EPS basis, double-digit growth is possible.

Energy is finished reporting and currently holds the

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