[From The Archives] Martin Whitman: Value Investing In The Tech Bubble

Martin Whitman is a legendary value investor and founder of Third Avenue Management.

Over the years, Martin Whitman has gained a reputation for his contrarian investment strategy and devotion to the school of value investing. For more than 50 years, Martin Whitman has shown that active management strategies with a value slant can outperform the market.

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Martin Whitman founded the predecessor to the Third Avenue Funds in 1986 and managed the flagship Third Avenue Value Fund since inception in 1990 through March 1, 2012. He was Third Avenue’s Chief Investment Officer from its founding through January 2010. From inception in November 1990 through October 2007, his fund has returned an annualized average of 16.83%. In the same period, the S&P 500 index returned an...