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Third Avenue Funds Second Quarter 2008 Shareholders Letter

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Marty Whitman shares his value investing insights in this latest letter. This master of distressed investing is taking advantage of the situations in the financial and bond insurer sectors.

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Moody's Likely to Cut MBIA and Ambac Ratings

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Comments on the breaking news that Moody's will likely cut MBIA and Ambac ratings. Why now? What should these bond insurers do?

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Ambac Kicked Out of S&P 500

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Could the booting of Ambac from the S&P 500 create a value opportunity with this troubled bond insurer?

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Ackman Buys More Sears, No Longer Short Ambac

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He is covering the short bets

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Beware of Blind Contrarianism!

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Price is what you pay, value is what you get. Those words aren’t mine, they belong to Warren Buffett. For now though, they remain incredibly relevant to the type of investment environment we’re in.

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MBIA Still Whining About Ackman

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You have to read this letter

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Ackman Podcast on MBIA and Ambac

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This is worth the time..

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Ackman's Insurer Plan: The Best so Far

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Ackman calls the bond insurers bluff..

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Buffett Sees No Credit Crunch, Forecasts Lower Dollar

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This article discusses several comments by Warren Buffett today from Toronto on the credit crunch, the U.S. dollar, inflation, and the bond insurance business.

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Ackman's Latest Letter to NY Insurance Commissioner and SEC

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You have to read this 20 page letter

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Street Capitalist Portfolio Outperforms

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As a whole, the Street Capitalist portfolio is up 12.82% over the course of less than 5 months. During the same period, the S&P 500 is down -6.46%. I’m quite satisfied with this type of out performance of my benchmark. In the future I’d like to make a few more changes:

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Valuing Bond Insurers

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Goldman Sachs looks at the value of bond insurers under three different scenarios.

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Wilbur Ross in Talks to Buy Ambac

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Billionaire Wilbur Ross is in serious talks to take over Ambac Financial Group, according to a media report, but broader efforts to rescue the sector will take some time, a New York state regulator said on Thursday.

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Ackman's Letter to Moody's: A Must Read

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Ackman's entire letter to Moody's

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Bill Ackman Video Speaking About MBIA, AMBAC & Target

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Very interesting..........

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