At a time when insights into investing strategies and global financial markets are more valuable than ever, Schwartz-Tilson Information, Inc. today announced that it will host the third annual Value Investing Congress West on May 6th & 7th, 2008.
The Value Investing Congress is the platform of choice for today's best known value investors to discuss their investing philosophies and favorite stock picks. Stock recommendations made at last year's Value Investing Congress West that generated significant returns for attendees included Mark Sellers' favorite stock at the time, Contango, which has more than doubled, Tom Russo's pick of Nestle, up 23%, and Robert Hagstrom's recommendation of Amazon.com, up 18%.
Last November's Value Investing Congress in New York saw enormously profitable recommendations from prominent investors such as Pershing Square's Bill Ackman, who explained why he was short MBIA and Ambac, and Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn, who discussed his favorite short idea, Lehman Brothers.
The upcoming Value Investing Congress West will feature returning speakers such as Mohnish Pabrai and Mark Sellers, as well as many fresh new voices with outstanding long-term investment track records. As always, there will be ample time for attendees to ask questions of every speaker.
The complete speaker lineup at the 3rd Annual Value Investing Congress West includes:
¢ Jeff Bronchick, Reed Conner & Birdwell, LLC
¢ Mohnish Pabrai, Pabrai Funds
¢ Mark Sellers, Sellers Capital Fund
¢ Steven Romick, First Pacific Advisors
¢ Zeke Ashton, Centaur Capital Partners
¢ Atticus Lowe, West Coast Asset Management
¢ Robert Hagstrom, Legg Mason Growth Trust
¢ Lance Helfert, West Coast Asset Management
¢ Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, Investment Management Associates
¢ Kenneth Shubin Stein, Spencer Capital Management
¢ Randall Abramson, Trapeze Capital
¢ Aaron Edelheit, Sabre Value Management
¢ Glenn Tongue, T2 Partners
¢ Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners and Value Investor Insight
The day before the Congress, investors will have the opportunity to participate in a Pre-Congress workshop focusing on strategies that will enable them to become more successful at analyzing companies and identifying promising value opportunities. On May 5th, Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue of T2 Partners will teach An Advanced Seminar on Value Investing: How to Decipher Financial Statements, Avoid Value Traps and Pick Investment Winners. Past participants have reaped great benefits from this intensive workshop, describing it as "an investment that pays for itself with information that can be "immediately put to use.
"Volatile times like these are when the wisdom and investment ideas of some of the greatest investors are most valuable, said Whitney Tilson, the co-founder of the Value Investing Congress, the founder of hedge fund firm T2 Partners, and also a regular columnist for the Financial Times."The roster of extraordinary value investors speaking at the Value Investing Congress West will share with us how they are navigating through this perilous market and which stocks they are buying now. "
"The Value Investing Congress West is an unparalleled opportunity for members of the value investing community to learn from one another and discuss the latest techniques and ideas that will enable them to beat the markets, said Value Investing Congress co-founder John Schwartz. "The Congress is ideally scheduled for the most serious value investors, in between Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting and Charlie Munger's yearly Wesco meeting in Pasadena, added Schwartz. Arrangements have been made for conference participants to attend the Wesco meeting immediately following the Congress.
About the Value Investing Congress
Whitney Tilson and John L. Schwartz established the Value Investing Congress in 2004 so that passionate value investors - disciples of Graham, Dodd, Buffett and Munger - can meet and learn from one another and achieve even greater investment success. Tilson is one of the country's best known value investors and is the co-founder of Value Investor Insight. Schwartz is the founder and former CEO of Continuing Medical Education, Inc., the highly successful medical information company. Click here to see what people are saying about the Value Investing Congress.
More information on the upcoming 3rd Annual Value Investing Congress West is available at ValueInvestingCongress.com. Sponsors of the Value Investing Congress include Capital IQ, Wiley, and Columbia Business School. Media partners for the Value Investing Congress include Value Investor Insight, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Seeking Alpha, and Dow Jones & Company.