Q: What are your thoughts on the Fairfax C$500 million senior note offering and Fairfax as a long term investment. Recent results haven"t been great.
Thanks
Q: News yesterday BAM has $2B deal with China in real estate. Make people think the story in the dark room. Sources indicate the seller(s) on the other side of the deal are not private own Corp, is it the another political motive deal? Indirectly related with recent tensions with China?
Over the years, looking the rear view mirror, it looks like these corps are acting as liberal’s “friends”/banks/lobbyists, they are too big to fail and same time they are not for shareholders best interest.
Q: Concerning Canadian Cies (like FFH or TRP ), paying dividends, but getting a significant part of their revenues from the US or from foreign Cies that they own : Do we get the whole tax credit on their dividends ? Or is it only in proportion of the Canadian portion of the Cie ?
Q: While it is true FFH has had an annual compound return of 18% since inception. 1985, the lions share of that return was created between 1985 and 1998.
Since then , a shareholder who
bought FFH In 1998 has had an annual compound return of less than 1% a year. ( 540.00 1998 )
600.00 2018.
How would you judge this performance??
Q: Hi 5I,
How would a small investor get in to Private equities. This only seems possible for High Net Worth Clients. Is there good Publicly traded company's or ETF's that focus on Private equities. Is this a type of asset class that is recommended to diversify your portofolio.
Thank you
Q: This is not a question but a guide to the entire history of FFH, which answers on the questions today. It's published in the annual report every year where the Dec. 31 book value and share value are compared. The reader should note he trend in the book value, in particular. Also Watsa's comments over and over are that book value and share value will not necessarily follow each other. I am a long term holder of FFH, sold out at $600 purely to buy a house and then by pure blind luck (not skills) I had the opportunity to by back in with ACB of $175 a couple of years later!
Q: No question here, but my comment on FFH. I owned FFH In the 80’s. I recall the stock trading at 600.00. Please correct me if I am wrong. It is now 600.00 plus. How Prem Watsa can be compared to Buffet is like my golf game being compared to Tiger Woods. Watsa makes big bets against the market which on balance I would think have been horrible , to be stand corrected.
What am I missing??
Regards, Bill
Q: I have often wondered why a large diversified company like Fairfax gets almost no analyst coverage? No buy/sell recommendations (except for 5i) and even Thompson Reuters can't give it a score? Is it simply too much work to figure out what Prem is up to?
Q: Hi Guys,
Do you have a current opinion on FFH?
Is the current price of $657 a good entry point?Would it fit into a conservative portfolio as part of the financial area?
Thanks for the help.
John S