Donald Yacktman’s funds have some of the best long-term track records one can find. And in his funds’ 2012 year-end letter, his team talks about a key part of their strategy: position sizing. “We think position sizing is one of the most important aspects of good portfolio mangement,” the letter states (hat tip to GuruFocus.com for […]
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Yacktman Talks Strategy
November 29, 2012 
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As 2013 approaches, top fund manager Donald Yacktman is focusing on high-quality stocks, as well as some much-maligned contrarian plays. Yacktman tells Forbes that he likes stocks with high returns on assets, which generally means that the businesses have low capital requirements, nice market share, and the ability to fare well in good times or […]
Read moreYacktman: Volatility Means Opportunity
July 6, 2012 0 Comments
Top mutual fund manager Donald Yacktman says that the short-term “casino” mentality among most investors has actually created more opportunities for long-term value investors. Yacktman tells Morningstar that a decline in trading costs in recent years, coupled with the natural volatility of stocks, has created volatility and the casino mentality. But, he says, “The more […]
Read moreYacktman: Stocks Are Far From Dead
June 7, 2012 1 Comment
Top fund manager Donald Yacktman says high-quality blue chip stocks continue to trade at incredibly cheap levels. Yacktman tells WealthTrack’s Consuelo Mack that while many high-quality stocks like Procter and Gamble were cheaper on an absolute basis in late 2008/early 2009, they are now even cheaper relative to the broader market. “The cash flows are […]
Read moreYacktman Still Focused on Quality
April 19, 2012 0 Comments
Top fund manager Donald Yacktman says that he’s sticking with high-quality stocks. Yacktman tells CNBC that his biggest holdings include Pepsi, News Corp., and Proctor and Gamble. He also says he’d stay away from lower-quality stocks and cyclical firms. He thinks many cyclicals are selling at profit margins that may be unsustainable.
Read moreYacktman: Stocks Still Remarkably Attractive
February 6, 2012 0 Comments
Top fund manager Donald Yacktman says that he can’t remember another time in his 40-plus-year career when he has “seen so many high-quality, profitable businesses selling at prices relative to the market this cheaply.” Yacktman tells WealthTrack’s Consuelo Mack that many stocks are trading at valuations similar to where they were in the late 2008 […]
Read moreAn Unlikely Tech Stock Fan
November 11, 2011 0 Comments
Donald Yacktman, who for more than a decade has posted one of the best track records of any mutual fund manager, is finding big value in an area he once shunned: tech stocks. “If someone had told me 10 years ago that these stocks would be in my portfolio, I would have laughed,” Yacktman, who […]
Read moreYacktman: Big Blue Chips As Cheap As He’s Ever Seen
October 13, 2011 0 Comments
Top fund manager Donald Yacktman says that in his 40-plus-year investment career, he has “never seen so many large, profitable businesses selling on a relative basis to other things as cheaply as they do today.” Yacktman recently told Bloomberg that PepsiCo and News Corp. are two of the most attractive large-caps he’s finding right now. […]
Read moreWhy Bad News Can Be Good News
July 13, 2011 0 Comments
Many investors run from a stock when it makes short-term negative headlines. But in this recent interview with Bloomberg about News Corp., one of his biggest holdings, top fund manager Donald Yacktman offers an interesting take on how a value investor like himself deals with short-term bad news. In the case of News Corp., for […]
Read moreTop Managers Shun Bank Stocks
May 5, 2011 0 Comments
While it’s now more than two-and-a-half years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the worst of the financial crisis, several top investors are still avoiding bank stocks. “We find it hard to believe the banks have cured all their bad asset problems, and they aren’t transparent enough for us to understand the risks,” Clyde […]
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