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Bonds Are Not Forever Book Review
Laurence B. Siegel, Research Director at the CFA’s Research Foundation, has written a generous, largely positive review. He has evidently read the book quite carefully and has written one of the more extensive reviews I’ve seen. I am flattered by his kind attention. How to Confront the End of the Bond Bull Market
Why Brokers Like to Sell Municipal Bonds
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article that analyzes the transactions costs, or commissions, faced by retail investors in municipal bonds. They find that the cost of buying a typical muni is about twice that of a high grade corporate bond. I wrote about this in my book, Bonds Are Not Forever; The Crisis Facing […]
Williams Companies Has a Corvex Discount
Investors in ADT keenly remember the results of Keith Meister’s stewardship of their company, summarized here in our February newsletter. Keith Meister, who runs Corvex Management, LP, invested in ADT, made a forceful case for the stock being undervalued and took a board seat. With the benefit of information garnered in that role he one […]
Barron's Warns on Kinder Morgan
On Saturday, Barron’s ran a front cover piece that was negative on Kinder Morgan (“Yield of Dreams”). Andrew Bary has written many thoughtful pieces for Barron’s over the years. In this case he basically reproduced a negative report written by Hedgeye’s Kevin Kaiser from last year. Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI) was down yesterday because evidently […]
The Power of the MLP GP
Kinder Morgan Partners (KMP) announced a secondary offering of 6.9 million shares last night at $78.32, raising $540 million. KMP is predictably weaker this morning as is usually the case when an MLP sells stock unexpectedly. For Kinder Morgan Inc., (KMI), the math is somewhat different. KMI owns the General Partner (GP) of KMP, and […]