Friday, August 15, 2008

Bruce Berkowitz Stays In The Sunshine

Bruce Berkowitz must be disappointed that the current Olympic Games program doesn't include professional money management in the competition. If it did, the veteran stock picker's neck would be weighted down with gold right now.

Berkowitz is CEO of Fairholme Capital Management in Miami, which oversees about $9 billion, most of it in the value-oriented no-load Fairholme Fund (FAIRX), of which Berkowitz himself is lead manager.
The 50-year-old Berkowitz started Fairholme Fund in December 1999, and he's consistently crushed the competition. The five-star, large-blend fund has clinched the No. 1 spot in its Morningstar category for the one, three and five-year periods. Through Aug. 12, Fairholme's five-year annualized return of 16.51% bests its peers by 7.54 percentage points.

Forbes.com recently checked in with Berkowitz to talk about his take on the market, his strategy and his top stock picks.

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