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Small-company stocks, like any asset class, can get picked over from time to time, but there are fundamental reasons why diligently mining them with an eye for unrecognised value can get market-beating returns.

~Whitney Tilson

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The potential rewards of small-cap investing do not come without risk.

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The relative illiquidity of small-company shares - which often contributes to their being undervalued - also increases their volatility.

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I have long believed the corporate world is plagued by poor capital allocation decisions.

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Most chief executives rise to that position by being good operating managers. Few have extensive experience or training with capital allocation. What CEO wants to return excess cash to shareholders when it could be used to expand his or her empire?

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My portfolio consists of many companies I find fundamentally undervalued in which I expect activism to play a role in the value being realised.

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Well-managed companies with independent boards have nothing to fear from activist shareholders.

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The key thing when you short is to make sure you're not wrong on the fundamental intrinsic value.

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Early in my career, we were just pure bottoms-up stock pickers.

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If you look at the history of technology gadget makers, hardware makers, it's littered with the corpses of Palm and RIM and companies like that.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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