Coattail Investing

Warren Buffett is best known for not making notable changes to his investment philosophy over the decades. Investors looking to coat-tail his value investment strategy should take a look at some of the statistics compiled by Goldman Sachs' strategist Ben Snider. Buffett's investment...

Investors looking to employ a "coat-tail" strategy and invest in what billionaire Warren Buffett invests in may be making the right move. Barclays' Jay Gelb commented in a research report that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) holding company is "well positioned" to take...

Cash is king, at least it is for David Samra, a fund manager who oversees around $55 billion for Artisan Partners. In an interview with Bloomberg, Samra said that his fund's exposure to cash now stands at around 13 percent, which is close to the 15 percent maximum. The fund manager has been active...

One of the most commonly used investing strategies among both novice and experts is coattail investing — buying the same stocks multi-billionaires buy. The reverse theory can also hold true, and strict followers of the coattail investing theory should be selling whatever stocks the pros are...

Coattail investing is a simple concept: If a stock is worthy of Warren Buffett's attention and investment dollars, then surely its good enough for ordinary investors. Investors who don't feel that their own investment needs and strategies align with Buffett's long-term investing philosophy could...

Coattail investing is a simple strategy in which an investor constructs a portfolio in a way that mimics the portfolio of a hedge fund titan or Wall Street billionaire. After all, if an investment is good enough for, say, Warren Buffett, then it is most likely good enough for the average investor....

Warren Buffett is one of, if not the biggest name investors are most familiar with. The Oracle of Omaha created for himself tremendous wealth by following several simple investment philosophies over the decades, such as invest only in businesses you understand and buying a great company at a fair...