The bond king

William H Gross or Bill Gross was born in 1944 in Ohio, USA. He is a financial manager and an investment author. He is considered to be one of the world’s largest mutual fund managers and as the founder and managing director of the PIMCO family of bond funds...

Guruspeak / John (Jack) C Bogle

Born in, Montclair, New Jersey, in 1929, Bogle founded the Vanguard Group mutual fund company in 1974 and made it into one of the world's largest and most respected fund sponsors. Bogle pioneered the no-load mutual fund and championed low-cost index investing for millions of investors.

Guru Speak : Prince Al-Waleed

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, popularly known as Prince Al-Waleed was born on March 7, 1955 as a member of the Saudi Royal Family.

Guru Speak : Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch has grown the giant mammoth of a media company "The News Corporation" into one of the largest and most influential media groups in the world from a small town newspaper in Australia.

Guru Speak / Sir John Templeton

He renounced his US citizenship in 1968, thus avoiding US income taxes. He had dual naturalised Bahamian and British citizenship and lived in the Bahamas.

Guru Speak : Martin J Whitman

Martin J Whitman, born on September 30, 1924 is an 84-year old American investment advisor. The founder, co-chief investment officer, and portfolio manager of Third Avenue Value Fund is a strong critic of the direction of changes in generally accepted accounting principles in the US.

Mad Man-Jim Cramer

James J "Jim" Cramer, born on February 10, 1955, has the unique distinction of being an American television personality...

The abominable ‘no-man’

Charles Thomas Munger, born January 1, 1924, is the son of a lawyer, who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska reading medical journals and Ben Franklin aphorisms.

Self-made billionaire

Sheldon Gary Adelson was born on August 1, 1933. He is an American billionaire businessman, a property developer and CEO and chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corp.

‘Market bottoms tend to occur when gloom is thickest’

Wallace or Wally Weitz is President of Wallace R. Weitz & Company. Weitz, a Chartered Financial Analyst, manages the Hickory Fund and Partners III Opportunity Fund and co-manages the Value Fund and Partners Value Fund.

'Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil'

Sharp and shrewd was what J Paul Getty was known as when his investment in oil wells paid off. Using the lower valuations scenario during the Great Depression Getty acquired Pacific Western Oil Corporation...

Lessons from John Bogle: simplicity rules

In his late seventies, John Bogle still remains energetic and sharp This, probably comes from his adherence to stick to the simplicity of things and to follow what his honest convictions direct. His philosophy is reflected in his investing style.

Guru Speak : Thomas Rowe Price

Probably the most relevant guru to turn to in the times of economic crisis, especially a recession. Thomas Rowe Price cut his teeth battling the The Great Depression and clearly the most imporyant lesson he claims to have learnt is not to stay away from equities but to embrace them.

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