Scorecard # 36 – Decennium
Decennium The Value Fund finished the year +20.8% (net). A weakening US dollar lowered our returns by approximately -0.8% for the year. Stock markets ended the year near record highs: DJIA +20.1%, Nasdaq +21.4%, S&P/TSX +25.1%, S&P 500 +27.9%.(1) The past year was GreensKeeper’s tenth-consecutive year of positive returns. Granted, the market environment for equities […]
Scorecard # 35 – Realpolitik
“No Chinese leader has ever abandoned the insistence on ultimate unification [of Taiwan] or can be expected to do so. No foreseeable American leader will jettison the American conviction that this process should be peaceful or alter the American view on the subject”.
Henry Kissinger, On China (1)
Scorecard # 33 – Value Returns
During the quarter we initiated a position in TVA Group (TSX:TVA.B). Based in Quebec, the company is a leading broadcaster and owner of specialty channels targeting the French-Canadian audience.
Scorecard # 32 – The Other Virus
…when we see foolishness all around us, we remind ourselves that we are investors. Not speculators, investors. Value will once again have its day. It always does.
Scorecard # 31 – Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks
Scorecard # 30 – Flashback
“As Mark Twain so aptly put it, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. The current market environment — especially in certain tech stocks — reminds us a little of the late ‘90s stock market.