$357.00 0.72 (+0.20%)
11/6/2009 3:59 PM

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (USA) (FFH)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

A financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, investment management and insurance claims management.

Current Price $357.00 Mkt Cap $6.23B
Open $355.00 P/E Ratio 5.62
Prev. Close $356.28 Div. (Yield) 8.00 (2.20%)
Daily Range $354.54 - $363.98 Volume 63,748
52-Wk Range $210.28 - $382.38 Avg. Daily Vol. 44,000

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forexnutca (95.57)
Submitted June 14, 2009

Extremely cheap at these levels. Unlike the other BRK wanna-be's (BAM, LUK, and others). FFH actually has shareholder VALUE. With share buybacks, 3+% rising dividend (6% payout ratio), below book value, 1/2 price to sales, and trades for less than 5… More

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hey4ndr3w (96.57)
Submitted May 25, 2008

Fairfax looks pretty awesome on paper. They scooped up credit default swaps for what appear to be a massive bargain, and they've been able to book big gains in unrealized income on those derivative securities.However, the value of the swaps are now… More

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Member Avatar 3dollarhedgefund (34.83) Submitted: 11/4/2009 4:46:41 PM : Outperform Start Price: $353.78 FFH Score: -1.94

Fairfax just had a good quarter. It has seen a big rise in book value which is not yet reflected in the share price, and any additional appreciation in its equity holdings will increase book value still more. Odyssey Re is putting up good numbers. A link to a transcript of the most recent conference call is available here:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/170221-fairfax-financial-holdings-limited-q3-2009-earnings-call-transcript?source=yahoo&page=-1

We follow Prem Watsa and Fairfax on our blog at the Three Dollar Hedge Fund: http://threedollarhedgefundblogspot.com

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Member Avatar tsunamied (93.02) Submitted: 11/2/2009 5:00:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $351.86 FFH Score: -1.81

great picker at the helm, emulating buffett

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Member Avatar StocksForCash (< 20) Submitted: 10/7/2009 11:10:15 AM : Underperform Start Price: $359.97 FFH Score: +2.31

I found this while scanning last Thursday the 1st (added about 8 shorts out of that list) .... now the chart is looking kinda 'Dave Landry'ish so I'll give it the thumbs down here.

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Score Leader

rbgibbons

rbgibbons (97.17) Score: +271.09

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in FFH.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
MARXXXX 64.34 8/21/2006 Outperform 3Y $99.47 +258.90% -12.19% +271.09
rbgibbons 97.17 8/21/2006 Outperform 5Y $99.47 +258.90% -12.19% +271.09 2 Comments
jss101 70.81 8/23/2006 Outperform NS $99.88 +257.41% -12.29% +269.71
steveblkwh 76.56 8/24/2006 Outperform 3M $101.06 +253.25% -12.21% +265.45
RobiChatterji < 20 8/28/2006 Outperform 5Y $101.77 +250.79% -11.92% +262.72
roguenyc 47.98 8/25/2006 Outperform 1Y $102.23 +249.21% -11.86% +261.07
csbojlesen < 20 8/29/2006 Outperform 5Y $102.92 +246.88% -12.50% +259.37
iantalbot < 20 9/11/2006 Outperform 1Y $118.73 +200.68% -12.05% +212.74 1 Comment
ggbruin123 76.06 10/9/2006 Outperform 3Y $123.35 +189.43% -15.68% +205.11
fatdiesel 96.72 10/9/2006 Outperform 5Y $123.35 +189.43% -15.68% +205.11
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackWinters 89.74 8/27/2009 Outperform 1Y $336.76 +6.01% +4.41% +1.60 1 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 7/11/2008 Outperform NS $258.03 +38.36% -10.83% +49.19
TrackTomGayner 35.77 4/11/2008 Outperform NS $302.41 +18.05% -17.62% +35.67 1 Comment
TrackBillMiller < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $233.61 +52.82% -26.44% +79.26 3 Comments
TrackPabrai 84.94 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $233.61 +52.82% -26.44% +79.26 7 Comments
TrackMHawkins 70.67 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $233.61 +52.82% -26.44% +79.26 6 Comments
TrackFerrisBaker 72.41 9/1/2006 Outperform NS $114.97 +210.51% -12.91% +223.43

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