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The Buffett Letter #2 - Strong get Stronger
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on March 3, 2009
One of the recent themes of this blog has been the notion that this economic crisis will cause the ‘strong to get stronger’. Well-financed companies will have unprecedented opportunities to buy assets and attract talent through this period, and will ...Read More
Year-end Distributions
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on December 11, 2008
A quick reminder that with the exception of the Savings Fund, the year-end distributions of all our funds will be calculated on December 15th and paid on December 16th . The distribution for the Savings Fund will be calculated on ...Read More
Co-investment
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on November 10, 2008
Co-investment is arguably the greatest form of alignment between fund manager and investor. When a manager has their own wealth invested alongside that of their clients, you can be assured that you’re getting the full benefit of the manager’s skills, ...Read More
In Anticipation of our Quarterly Report
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on September 30, 2008
We will publish our quarterly report next week, but in light of the turmoil in the markets, we wanted to provide a brief update on the third quarter today. As well, we are planning to do a podcast later this ...Read More
An Update on the Funds
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on September 17, 2008
Today was another tough day in the markets. The declines were broad based, although financial stocks of all stripes pulled down the indexes the most. The U.S. market was the worst (-4.7%), while Europe and Asia were down 2.5% and ...Read More
Steadyhand Funds Now Available Through TD Waterhouse
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on September 11, 2008
Our five funds can now be purchased in TD Waterhouse discount brokerage accounts. Trades must be placed over the phone with a representative from TD, and their transaction fee varies based on the size of your purchase. ...Read More
The Most Interesting Man in the Mutual Fund Business
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on August 28, 2008
Inspired by a recent Dos Equis commercial , I'm toiling with the idea of a new Steadyhand advertising campaign - The Most Interesting Man in the Mutual Fund Business . It would go something like this: Tom is out of ...Read More
The Steadyhand Diaries: Postscript II - Marketing
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on July 22, 2008
This posting is a follow-up to The Steadyhand Diaries , which were published in the Globe Investor magazine in May. These postscripts are focused on things that didn’t get much space in the article. But let me start with a ...Read More
The Power of Checklists
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on July 6, 2008
I've long had an interest in formal business rules specifications and systems for managing enterprise business rules. Despite seeing the value in managing business rules explicitly, I've never been able to see how relatively small organizations like Steadyhand would have the ...Read More
What am I Paying for?
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on June 20, 2008
For a firm that prides itself in being transparent, we have been slow in clarifying our message on fees. There are two questions that come up often, that we can address more clearly. Before I do that, however, I should ...Read More
For the Feedback File
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on June 18, 2008
I recently received the following note from an investor: Mr. Bradley – your individual fund financial objectives, the managers, marketing approach, desire to make clarity vs. fund chaos/greed/conformity an objective, and an eMail approach to quarterly/annual data, as so clearly explained ...
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The Steadyhand Diaries: Postscript
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 28, 2008
We’ve had great reaction to The Steadyhand Diaries published last week in the Globe Investor magazine. Over the next few weeks we are going to complement the Diaries with a few additional postings. The original draft of the article was ...Read More
