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A Strong Start To 2019 For Pabrai’s Spinoff Portfolio – Q1 Update

Mohnish Pabrai may be best known to the world for his hedge fund or for his books such as The Dhando Investor, but on this site it’s for his relatively new Spinoff Portfolio. Unfortunately, despite strong backtested results, 2018 was a rough year for the portfolio. Four of out five names finished in negative territory for the year,… Read More »

Mohnish Pabrai’s Spinoff Portfolio Gets Crushed In 2018, All New Names For 2019

Happy New Year to all of our readers! 2018 is now officially history and it will be remembered as a year of increased volatility that ultimately left some portfolios quite damaged. That includes Mohnish Pabrai’s Spinoff Portfolio and its (backtested) historically S&P crushing results.  Pabrai is a legendary fund manager and author of The Dhando Investor.  In one of… Read More »

Everything But the Kitchen Sink – NACCO to Spin Off Hamilton Beach Kitchen Appliance Division

NACCO Industries (NC) announced Monday that it has filed with the SEC regarding “a proposed spin-off… of its housewares-related business to NACCO shareholders.” Remaining in the company would be its mining business — I guess there just isn’t a market for coal-powered blenders. From the press release: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company, as an independent public company, will… Read More »