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How Top Hedge Funds Are Investing
Notes from this week's Value Investing Congress give insight into the picks of 14 top hedge fund managers. Coverage by Market Folly:
- What They're Buying: Passport, Maverick, Surefin, Bestinver
- More from Day 1: Centaur, Aquamarine, Harch
- Day 2: Greenlight, Hayman, Pabrai, Akanthos
- More Day 2: T2, Cannell, Atlantic
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Good Reads for the Weekend
Just One Stock: Profits From Asian Consumers, Via China Gambling IPOs

The fund Josef Schuster manages, based on his IPOX Index series, does long/short investing to give exposure to a range of IPOs and spinoffs around the world.
He's bullish on consumer discretionary issues in the Asia Pacific region - in particular, a Chinese gambling stock that made a splash in its float last year and sees strong recent growth, benefiting directly from the ascent of the Chinese consumer. Read full story »
Read more Just One Stock »
Must Read Earnings Transcripts
Seeking Alpha will publish over 2,000 earnings call transcripts this quarter. Below, a smattering of some of the most interesting so far:
Advanced Micro Devices • Alcoa • Costco • Fastenal • Gannett • GE • Google • Host Hotels • IDT • Infosys • Intel • JPMorgan Chase • Mattel • Marriott • Micron Technology • PepsiCo • Roche
For more, see Seeking Alpha's Transcripts Center
Fed's Latest: QE2 Increasingly Likely

No big surprises in Bernanke's much-anticipated speech. The Fed's next step will depend on economic data; inflation is too low but will remain such; high unemployment is cyclical, not structural; the economy should grow more quickly in 2011.
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