NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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June 14-18,
2010
Fairfax is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management. Fairfax has been one of the few companies to escape the ravages of the great recession of 2008 as Mr. Watsa and his team had anticipated the credit crisis and had taken the necessary steps to protect Fairfax . Mr. Watsa, also known as the Buffett of the North, had discussed his fears about the markets in a key note speech he gave to The Ben Graham Center of Value Investing First Annual Symposium on Value Investing in May 25, 2007. His key note speech can be viewed here.
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PAST NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
2009
2008
2007
2006
2010 News &
Announcements
February 26, 2010
Mr. Warren Buffett,
the world's best known investor and one of the world's richest
persons, invited Dr. George Athanassakos, and a group of his
HBA and MBA Value Investing students to visit with him at the
company's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska on February 26, 2010.
The itinerary involved: Q&A/tour at Nebraska Furniture Mart (A
Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary), 700 South 72 Street. Q&A with
Mr. Buffett at Field Club located on 3615 Woolworth Avenue,
Omaha NE. Lunch with Mr. Buffett at Piccolo Pete’s restaurant -
2202 S 20th St. The visit gave Ivey students a once in a
life time opportunity to meet with one of the best value
investors in the world, also known as "the Oracle of Omaha".
For more information on the trip, including news articles and the Ivey press release click here.
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Dr. Athanassakos thanks Mr. Buffett for the opportunity to meet with him. |
Dr. Athanassakos and his students with Mr. Buffett. |
February 11, 2010
Dr. George Athanassakos gave an interview to
ClientInsights.ca
(Money Insights Video Series) that covered areas from his
research on diversification, value vs. growth investing, market
efficiency and seasonal effects, and the long term outlook for
bonds.
February 10, 2010
Mr.
Jeffrey D. Stacey,
Partner, Stacey Muirhead Capital Management was
a guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value Investing class.
Watch
Mr. Stacey's presentation
See photo below of Mr. Stacey's presentation
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February 10, 2010
Dr. George Athanassakos had his article
“After
bonds' extended run, long-term outlook less rosy”
published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business), p. B20.
January 13, 2010
Dr. George Athanassakos had his article
“Sooner
or later, our economy will have to ‘reset'"”
published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business), p. B12.
2009 News & Announcements
December 14, 2009
Dr. George
Athanassakos had his article
“If
we skirt a double-dip, it could be a very happy new year for stock
returns” published in The Globe and Mail (Report on
Business), p. B13.
December 11, 2009
The director of the Ben Graham Center for
Value Investing, Dr. George Athanassakos, is pleased to announce
the November update of the
Canadian Value Fund Database on the
Centre’s web site for student and public use. Dr. Athanassakos wishes to
thank Mr. Rafael Nicolas Fermin-Cota for his outstanding research and
programming skills that made this update possible and Ms. Carly
Vanderheyden for her excellent web management skills.
November 3, 2009
Dr. George Athanassakos had his article
“Commodities
as a global currency” (co-authored
with Joseph Potvin) published in The Globe and Mail (Report on
Business), p. B11.
October
20, 2009
Dr. George Athanassakos gave a speech on Value Investing to business
students at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
October
19, 2009
Dr. George Athanassakos gave an interview to “Let’s Talk Investing”, a
video series that the Globe and Mail has put together in partnership
with The Investor Education fund, an organization that provides
investment education. The interview was coordinated by Globe and Mail
reporter Rob Carrick. The full text of the interview can be viewed
here.
October
9, 2009
The director of the Ben Graham Center for value Investing, Dr. George
Athanassakos, is pleased to announce the addition of three new databases
on the Centre’s web site for student and public use. The purpose of the
first database
is to allow the user to find (screen) US bonds by type, maturity,
rating, yield and more. It also allows the user to search for (screen)
US stocks by valuation metrics, share performance, analyst estimates,
dividends and much more. The second
database
allows the user to retrieve historical US companies’ financial
statement and financial ratio information by typing the
US stock symbol and pressing enter at the top of the web page.
The third database
allows the user to view interactive charts of all stocks in the world,
their historical price movements and trading volume, as well as specific
company events and compare historical performance to other companies in
the global markets.
Dr. George Athanassakos wishes to thank Mr. Rafael Nicolas Fermin-Cota for his outstanding research and programming skills that made the creation of these databases possible and Ms. Carly Vanderheyden for her excellent web management skills.
September 22,
2009
Dr.
George Athanassakos had his article
"Passive
investment or active growth management? Value beats them both" published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B11. The article also appeared in Globe Investor
Magazine Online under the title “Another reason why value
investing beats all other strategies”.
August 25, 2009
Best Value Investing Project Prize Competition.
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd.
awarded $1000.00 to the group from Dr. Athanassakos' August MBA
Value Investing class with the best value
investing report. The winning group included the
following students:
MBA August Class:
Rob Hales, Brooke Harley, Alexander
MacDonald, Anne Mullin and
Tony Rizzi
August
18, 2009
Mr. Francis Chou CFA, Chou Associates Management Inc
was a
guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value Investing class.
To read the Ivey Business School event summary click here.
See photos below of Mr. Chou's presentation
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Mr. Chou with Dr. Athanassakos and his value investing students at the Richard Ivey School of Business. |
Dr. George Athanassakos thanks Mr. Francis Chou for his presentation to his value investing class. |
August
17, 2009
Dr.
George Athanassakos had
his article “Why
‘Sell in May’ principle just won’t go away”
published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B7.
June 29,
2009
The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing at the Richard Ivey
School of Business, The University of Western Ontario hosted its
Second Annual Symposium on Value Investing on in Rethymnon,
Crete, Greece. For more information
and to view the program and papers please
see
Conferences.
June 15-19,
2009
Dr. George Athanassakos offered a
highly sought after five day seminar on Value Investing and the
Search for Value to finance executives, finance professionals,
portfolio managers, financial analysts and individual investors
seeking knowledge of value creation, valuation and value
investing theory and applications.
For photos and the list of seminar participants click here.
For testimonials from seminar participants please click here.
May
22,
2009
Dr.
George Athanassakos had
his article “Value Investing reveals the risk behind
diversification”
published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B11. The article also appeared in
Globe Investor
Magazine Online under the title “The
best way to handle risk is to be a value investor”.
May 6,
2009
Dr. George Athanassakos presented his paper
entitled "Do
Value Investors Add Value? Searching For and Finding Value"
at the
6th Annual Global Value Investor Conference in
Los Angeles, CA.
See photos below of Dr. Athanassakos during and after his presentation.
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May
4, 2009
Best Value Investing Project Prize Competition.
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd.
awarded $1000.00 to the group from Dr. Athanassakos' April MBA
Value Investing class with the best value
investing report. The winning group included the
following students:
MBA April Class:
Samira Amini,
Erin MacKenzie,
James Mazur and
Paul Nieznalski
May 3, 2009
Berkshire Hathaway holds press conference.
Click here to read notes.
Many thanks to Philip Durell founder and editor of the Motley Fool Inside Value, www.fool.com and Robert Miles, www.valueinvestorconference.com for transcribing and editing the conference notes.
April 24,
2009
Mr. Tom Bradley,
MBA, Steadyhand Investment Funds Inc. was a guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos'
Value Investing class.
See photos below of Mr. Bradley's presentation
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Mr. Bradley speaks to value investing students at the Richard Ivey School of Business. |
Dr. George Athanassakos thanks Mr. Bradley for his presentation to his value investing class. |
April 9,
2009
Saxon
Financial granted a prize of $500 to the student from Dr.
Athanassakos' March MBA value investing class
with the
highest grade point average in the course. The winning
student was Dalton Baretto.
April 9, 2009
Chou
Associates Management Inc.
awarded
$500.00 to the
students from each of Dr. Athanassakos' two HBA
Value Investing classes with the highest grade point average in
the course. The winning students were:
HBA Section 1: Colin Wong
HBA Section 2: John Huo
April 6, 2009
Best Value Investing Project Prize Competition.
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd.
awarded $1000.00 to the groups from Dr. Athanassakos' MBA and HBA Value Investing classes with the best value
investing report. The winning groups included the
following students:
MBA March Class: Dalton Baretto,
Vanessa D'Costa, Alykhan Ladha,
Jennifer Nowski and
Samar Sidhu
HBA Section 1: Aiden Amri, James Arsenault, Justin Machin, Colin Wong and Matt Zajac
HBA Section 2: Arpit Bansal, Hersh Gandhi, John Huo, Kelvin Mu and Ali Sabur
March 20, 2009
The director of the Ben Graham Center for value Investing, Dr.
George Athanassakos, is pleased to announce the addition of two
new databases on the Centre’s web site for student and public
use. The
purpose of the first
database is to inform the user about, what we believe to be,
the true value mutual funds in Canada (namely, mutual funds that
adhere closely to the principles of value investing and act
accordingly). The second
database
allows the user to retrieve historical financial and macro data,
including financial statements, dynamic stock quotes, currency
quotes, bond quotes, and commodities quotes from the AdvFn, MSN
Money, Yahoo Finance, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
web sites and analyze them in excel format.
Dr. George Athanassakos wishes to thank Mr. Rafael Nicolas Fermin-Cota for his outstanding research and programming skills that made the creation of these databases possible and Ms. Carly Vanderheyden for her excellent web management skills.
March 17, 2009
Mr. Seth Klarman, MBA,
The Baupost Group
was a
guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value Investing class.
Click here to read a summary of the key points of the presentation.
Many thanks to Loh Wei for an excellent job in summarizing the key points of Mr. Klarman’s presentation.
Watch
Mr. Klarman's presentation
See photos below of Mr. Klarman's presentation
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Mr. Klarman speaks to value investing students at the Richard Ivey School of Business. |
Mr. Klarman
answers
questions from students. |
February 28,
2009
Globe and Mail article “Learning
the value of value investing”, p. B7, refers to Dr. Athanassakos
as “an enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher”
and to his seminars on Value Investing
as “a valuable experience”.
February 25,
2009
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "It
is the risk takers who will benefit from the turmoil"
published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B13.
February 9, 2009
Ms. Kim Shannon, CFA, MBA, Sionna Investment Managers
was a guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value Investing class.
Watch
Ms. Shannon's presentation
See photos below of Ms. Shannon's presentation
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January 21, 2009
Read Dr. Athanassakos’ latest paper entitled “Do
Value Investors Add Value? Searching for and Finding Value:
Canadian Evidence 1999-2007”,
which examines whether value
investors add any value to a naive stock screening process.
2008 News & Announcements
December 17,
2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "If
history is your guide, stocks are best bet for retirement strategy"
published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B13.
December
4, 2008
Dr. George Athanassakos gave an interview on BNN TV (formerly RobTV)
where he discussed the question ”Are Equities Dead?”, and the future
direction of financial markets, especially as it concerns those
approaching retirement. To watch the interview click
here.
November 6, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "Confusion reigns with
deflation-inflation conundrum" published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B11. The article also appeared in Globe Investor
Magazine Online under the title “Deflation
versus inflation: The battle is raging” on
November 5, 2008.
October 21, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "This Time, Panic won’t Lead to
a Depression" published in The Globe and Mail (Report on Business),
p. B18. The article also appeared in Globe Investor
Magazine Online under the title “The
Panic of 2008” on October 20, 2008,
and on the website
southasianoutlook.com under the
title The Panic of 2008 "won’t Lead to a Depression" on November
4, 2008
September 29, 2008
The long-awaited authorized biography of Warren Buffett
was released on September 29. This is the first book
about Buffett that he authorized. For the full story, click
here.
August
28, 2008
Dr.
Athanassakos' paper "Valuing
Internet Ventures,"
was ranked among the top five most popular
papers published in the
Journal
of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis.
August 27, 2008
Best Value Investing Project Prize Competition.
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd.
awarded $1000.00 to the group from Dr. Athanassakos' MBA Value
Investing class with the best value
investing report. The winning group included the
following students:
MBA August Class: Adam Ditkofsky, Jason Green, Kevin Halmos, George Nikopoulos and
Claudio Rojas.
August 27, 2008
Saxon
Financial granted a prize of $500 to
the
student
from Dr. Athanassakos' MBA value investing class
with the
highest grade point average in the course. The winning
student was Sameer Panjwani.
August 27,
2008
A database of company financials and related real time and
historical stock market data has been
added to the Burgundy Resource Center. This
database is available free of charge to all those
visiting the Ben Graham Centre’s web site.
Click here to view this valuable database and see what it covers.
August
19, 2008
Mr. Francis Chou CFA, Chou Associates Management Inc
was a
guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value Investing class.
See photos below of Mr. Chou's presentation
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Mr. Chou speaks to value investing students at the Richard Ivey School of Business. |
Dr. George Athanassakos thanks Mr. Francis Chou for his presentation to his value investing class. |
July 2, 2008
Research from George Athanassakos shows how value investors
get, on average, better returns. Click
here to read more.
June 16-20, 2008
Dr. George Athanassakos offered a
highly sought after five day value investing seminar on Value
Investing and the Search for Value to finance executives,
finance professionals, portfolio managers, financial analysts
and individual investors seeking knowledge of value creation,
valuation and value investing theory and applications.
For photos and the list of seminar participants click here.
For testimonials from seminar participants please click here.
May 27,
2008
Dr. Athanassakos gave an interview on BNN's
Market Morning where he discussed
Value Investing and Canadian banks.
To watch the interview click
here.
May 26, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "Risk
is no longer what it once was" published in The Globe
and
Mail
(Globe Investor Magazine Online).
An
abridged version of the article entitled "Risk-Free
Investing Bears Dangerous Consequences"
appeared in The Globe and Mail (Report on
Business), May 28, 2008, p. B13.
May 27,
2008
Dr. Athanassakos
was interviewed on CBC Radio
where he discussed the Quebec Court of Appeal decision in
favour of BCE bondholders.
May 9, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos met with the legendary value investor
Mr. Irving Kahn, the Chairman of Kahn Brothers & Company, in
New York for lunch at Mr. Kahn’s boardroom. Three years ago the
Ivey Value Investing students had the opportunity to interact
with Mr. Kahn via a videoconference. Dr. Athanassakos met with
Mr. Kahn to update the discussion and further examine his
philosophies, thoughts and ideas and ensure they are captured
and preserved forever. To view the video of the interview and
photographs of the meeting click
here.
May 8, 2008
Dr.
Athanassakos met with
Mr. Walter Schloss, the man Mr. Buffett refers to as “the
super-investor”, for dinner in New York on May 8, 2008. He had
the opportunity to discuss with him a number of issues related
to Mr. Schloss’ successful career that spanned 45 years from
1956 to 2000. To view the transcript of the interview and
photographs of the meeting click
here.
May
7, 2008
Dr.
Athanassakos was the key note speaker at the 6th Annual
Conference of the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners in
Orlando, Florida. Dr. Athanassakos’ speech on Value Vs. Growth
Investing in Canada was attended by over 300 delegates.
See photos below of Dr. Athanassakos during his presentation.
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May
3, 2008
The
2008 MBA yearbook reported that Ivey MBA students
voted Dr. Athanassakos as their favourite professor and
Value Investing as the favourite course in Ivey’s MBA program.
April 28, 2008
Best Value Investing Project Prize Competition.
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd. awarded $1000.00 to the groups from
Dr. Athanassakos' MBA and HBA Value Investing classes with the best value
investing report. The winning groups included the
following students:
MBA April Class:
Adam Carlson,
Trevor Hand, Nick Kuzyk
and Mike Lazarovits
MBA March Class: Collin Bendell, Sarah Helppi, Mike Hornby-Smith, Chris Lerch and Kristen Sam
HBA Section 1: Matt Manias, David McCann, Geoffrey McLeod, Kirk McNamara and Alex Motherwell
HBA Section 2: Devanie Gosine, Karonlina Kibis, Nikki Papadopoulos, Ralph Pierer and Justin Toribio
April 28,
2008
Giraffe Capital
Corp. gave a
prize
of $2,000 which was divided equally among the
students from Dr. Athanassakos'
HBA and MBA value investing classes with the highest grade point
average in the course. The winning
students were:
MBA April Class:
Andrew Liang
MBA March Class: Stephen Stewart
HBA Section 1: Daniel Sacks
HBA Section 2: Justin Toribio
March 31, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos and his HBA and MBA Value Investing students
met with the world's best known investor and one of the world's
richest persons,
Mr. Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway,
at the company's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. The visit gave
Dr. Athanassakos and the Ivey students the opportunity to
discuss with Mr. Buffett a wide variety of issues ranging from
investing in China to what makes one happy.
Mr. Buffett was a student of Benjamin Graham at Columbia University and under Mr. Graham's guidance he learned his Value Investing skills. The Richard Ivey School of Business is one of only two Universities in the world to offer a formal program in Value Investing and Dr. Athanassakos' chair is named after Mr. Buffett's mentor Mr. Graham.
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Mr.
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March 18, 2008
Mr. Robert
Tattersall of Howson Tattersall was
a guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value
Investing class.
Watch
Mr. Tattersall's presentation
See photos below of Mr. Tattersall's presentation
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Mr. Tattersall speaks to value investing students. |
Dr.
Athanassakos
and Mr. Tattersall. |
March 13, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos is named
among top Finance professors in Canada in the
article "Investing
tips from the world of academia"
published in The
Globe and Mail (Report on Business), p.
B12.
February 29, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "Bond investor alert: Inflation
beast lurks in the shadows” published in The Globe
and
Mail (Report on Business), p. B10.
February
12, 2008
Mr. Walter J. Schloss of Walter
& Edwin Schloss Associates was a guest speaker
to Dr. Athanassakos'
Value Investing class.
Watch
Mr. Schloss' presentation
For a summary of key points from Mr. Schloss' presentation please see the following link www.ivey.ca/inside/dec2007.htm.
See photos below of Mr. Schloss' presentation
 Veteran value investor Walter Schloss speaks to Dr. Athanassakos' students. |
 Students participate in a question and answer period with Mr. Schloss. |
January 30, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "Why
value investors have the better returns" published in The Globe
and
Mail
(Globe Investor Magazine Online).
An
abridged version of the article entitled "Value
Versus Growth"
appeared in The Globe and Mail (Report on
Business), January 31, 2008, p. B15.
January 17, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos' work on value investing was featured in the article "Today's lesson: less is more" published in The Toronto Star,
p. F4.
January 9, 2008
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "Bad
News – the Recession is Already Here” published in The Globe
and
Mail (Report on Business), p. B12.
2007 News & Announcements
Fall 2007
Dr. George Athanassakos visited Australia where
he spoke at Universities and businesses from
Perth to Melbourne and Sydney on various value
investing themes.
See photos below of Dr. Athanassakos' presentation
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Dr. Athanassakos speaks to a group of business people from Melbourne’s investment community at the Melbourne Center for Financial Studies on November 26, 2007. |
August 28, 2007
Dr. Athanassakos contributed to the article “The
possible turnaround of poor performers” published in The Globe and Mail
(Report on Business), p. B11.
August 23,
2007
Best Value Investing Project Prize Competition.
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd. awarded $1000.00 to the group from
Dr. Athanassakos' MBA Value Investing class with the best value
investing report. The winning groups included the
following students:
MBA October Cohort:
Mike Liebrock, Niki Choo, Erik Giernalczyk,
Andrew Alley and Blaine Woodcock.
August 23, 2007
Chou
Associates Management Inc.
gave
$500.00 to each of the two groups from Dr. Athanassakos' MBA Value
Investing class with the best value investing reports. The
winning groups included the following students:
MBA October Cohort
Group 1:
Mike Liebrock, Niki
Choo, Erik Giernalczyk, Andrew Alley and Blaine Woodcock.
MBA October Cohort Group 2: Sheryl Qian, Chris Sturby, Jonathan Saunders and Mark Turner.
August 16, 2007
Dr. Athanassakos had his article
"Catch-22:
Inflation v. growth” published in The National Post
(Financial Post),
p. FP13.
August
1, 2007
Mr. Francis Chou CFA, Chou Associates Management Inc was a
guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value Investing class.
Watch
Mr. Chou's presentation
July 26, 2007
Dr. Athanassakos had his article
"This
Cycle is Different? Yeah, right” published in The National
Post (Financial Post),
p. FP13.
May 25, 2007
The Ben
Graham Centre for Value Investing
held it's first annual symposium on "Intelligent
Investing: Value vs. Growth - Traditional vs. Fundamental
Indexing" at the Toronto
Board of Trade, First Canadian Place on May 25, 2007.
For more information click
here.
May 24, 2007
Dr.
George Athanassakos gave an interview on BNN TV (formerly RobTV) where
he discussed Value Investing and debated Dr. John Bart on the merits of
Value vs. Growth Investing.
May 17, 2007
Dr. Athanassakos contributed to the article “Finding
cheap stocks before Bay Street does” published in The Globe and Mail
(Report on Business), p. B21.
April 4, 2007
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Ltd. gave
$1000.00 to a group from each of Dr.
Athanassakos' HBA and MBA Value
Investing classes that
produced an outstanding value investing report.
The winning groups included the following students:
HBA 1: Nicole Fich
and Bing Han.
HBA 2:
Cheryl Cheung, Rebecca Ho,
Betty Li, Paige Paterson
and Fiona Wong.
MBA: Neal Gilmore, Jenny Hui, Troy MacLean, Alan Mannik and Dimitri Sotirakopoulos.
MBA (May
Cohort):
Ryan Bell, Chris Day,
Richard Finkelstein, Mike Notto
and Eric Singer.
March 27,
2007
Mr. Avner Mandelman of Giraffe
Capital Corp. was a guest speaker to Professor
Athanassakos' Value Investing classes.
Watch
Mr. Mandelman's presentation
March 13, 2007
Mr. Irwin Michael of ABC Funds
was a guest speaker to Professor
Athanassakos' Value Investing classes.
Watch
Mr. Michael's presentation
February 13, 2007
Mr. Martin Whitman
the Founder, Chairman and co-CIO
of
Third
Avenue Management LLC was a guest speaker to Dr. Athanassakos' Value
Investing class.
Watch
Mr. Whitman's presentation
See photos below of Mr. Whitman's presentation
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2006 News & Announcements
December 8, 2006
Mr. Francis Chou, President of the Toronto-based
Chou
Associates Management Inc. has awarded $1000 to each of
two groups from Dr.
Athanassakos' Value Investing classes whose company recommendation,
resulting from a course related value investing project, earned the
highest return between March 31, 2006 and December 8,
2006. The winning groups included the following students:
Group 1:
Amy Cao,
Michael Geng,
Alfred Li, Andy Sun and Jacky
Xie.
Group 2: Amr
Elgwaily, Rene Frey, Dmitri Razmyslovich, Sudharshan Sathiyamoorthy and
Quincy Wong.
Mr. Chou has operated two of the country’s most successful funds, Chou
Associates Fund and Chou RRSP fund, for the last 18 years. In
2005, the Canadian Investment Award named him the fund manager of the
decade.
November 17, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos presented his paper entitled "Value vs. Glamour Stocks
in the US" at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Southern Finance
Association, Destin, Florida.
October 23, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos participated in the Thought Leadership Competition
held during the Brandes Intelligent Investing Worldwide
Conference in Dana Point,
California and won the first prize.
See photos below of Mr. Brandes presenting the award to Dr.
Athanassakos.
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October 20, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos presented his papers entitled "Value vs. Glamour Stock
Returns and the Value Premium: The Canadian Experience 1985-2002" and
"Seasonal Patterns in Canadian Financial Markets and the Impact of
Professional Portfolio Managers: Evidence of Profitable Opportunities",
at the Brandes Intelligent Investing Worldwide
Conference, Brandes Institute, Dana Point, California.
October 13, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos presented his paper entitled "Value vs. Glamour Stocks
in the US" at the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Financial Management
Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.
August 16, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos had his article "Lampert Knows Value Premium When He
Sees it - You Should too" published in The Globe and Mail
(Report on
Business), p. B10.
July 7, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos presented his paper entitled "Value vs. Glamour Stock
Returns and the Value Premium: The Canadian Experience 1985-2002", at
the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Portuguese Finance Network, Porto,
Portugal.
June 28, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos presented his paper entitled "Seasonal Patterns in
Canadian Financial Markets and the Impact of Professional Portfolio
Managers: Evidence of Profitable Opportunities" at the 2006 Annual
Conference of the European Financial Management Association, Madrid,
Spain.
June 7, 2006
Dr. Athanassakos had his article “Seasonality and the Impact on
Securities” published in The Globe and Mail
(Report on Business), p. B15.
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