Interview mit Fondsmanager John Hathaway über die beste Anlageklasse seit 2000

Lesenswertes Interview mit dem legendären Fondsmanager - credit to Forbes:

Gold Has Been The Best Performing Asset Class Since 2000: Here's Why It's Still A Good Place To Be

AN INTERVIEW WITH John Hathaway, CFA -Chairman and Portfolio Manager, Tocqueville Management Corporation

John Hathaway: Tocqueville Asset Management, which currently manages approximately $12 billion in assets, launched its gold strategy back in 1998 when gold was very disrespected. It was the Rodney Dangerfield of investment ideas. Tocqueville is at its core a contrarian firm. And we thought that in those days, when investors were chasing dot-coms and overpriced technology stocks, we should do something that was value based. That thinking led us to launch the Tocqueville Gold (NASDAQ: TGLDX) fund in 1998. That fund now has about $1.4 billion under management. And in addition, we have another $1 billion or so of separate accounts and funds that we manage for European clients and separate institutional accounts..

Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wallaceforbes/2017/03/13/gold-has-been-the-best-performing-asset-class-since-2000-heres-why-its-still-a-good-place-to-be/#4e53cc934896

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Milliardär Thomas Kaplan geht mit Electrum auf Jagd im Minensektor

Top-News für die Minenbranche. Ein weiterer legendärer Investor sammelt noch mehr Kapital ein, um sich am Boden zu positionieren..

Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

NEW YORK, Jun 11, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electrum Special Acquisition Corporation (the "Company") today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 17,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit. Each unit consists of one ordinary share and one warrant to purchase one-half of one ordinary share for $5.75 per half share, subject to adjustment.

The units are expected to begin trading Thursday, June 11, 2015 on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "ELECU." Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the ordinary shares and warrants are expected to be listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbols “ELEC” and “ELECW,” respectively.

The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with, target businesses. Although the Company’s search for a target business is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region, it intends to focus its search on target businesses that operate in the metals and mining industry, with an emphasis on gold and other precious metals. An affiliate of The Electrum Group LLC, a privately held global natural resources investment management company that manages the assets of Thomas S. Kaplan and other institutional investors, is acting as the Company’s sponsor..

Quelle: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/electrum-special-acquisition-corporation-announces-pricing-of-initial-public-offering-2015-06-11

Quelle: forbes.com