Jeanmarie eveillard, francis chou, and bill miller. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Jeanmarie eveillards first eagle investment management recently disclosed its third quarter holdings. When he startet running the fund in 1979 it was a very small funds. Tipranks measures the performance of jean marie eveillard. Jeanmarie eveillard is copresident and portfolio manager of the first eagle sogen funds, the same position he held with socit gnrale asset management until its. Jeanmarie currently serves as an advisor to the first eagle funds. Jeanmarie became a senior advisor to the first eagle investment management global value team in march 2009 and now serves as board trustee to first eagle funds. He has a stellar track record, and avoided japan in the late 1980s, tmt stocks in the late 1990s, and bank stocks prior to 2008. He made positive or nearly positive investment returns for every calendar year since 19792004 when he originally stepped down as portfolio manager while beating the broad market by over 34% per year. An exclusive interview with legendary value investor jeanmarie eveillard, who was named morningstars international manager of the year in 2001 and received its first fund manager lifetime achievement award in 2003. Eveillard described the range as ben graham netnets on one end and bill miller growth on the other with buffett in the middle buying franchises. Eveillard began as an analyst with the sogen international fund. Jeanmarie eveillard is senior adviser of first eagle funds.
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As a value investor, you can be bottomup all you want, but remember to pay some attention to the topdown because government policies are having a severe impact on the health of the worlds financial markets. Financial sense newshour had the honor of speaking with legendary value investor jeanmarie eveillard, senior advisor to first eagle investment management, to discuss why value investing works. From 19932004, jeanmarie was the lead portfolio manager for all of first eagle investment management global value investment strategies. He had a superb record managing the first eagle funds and its predecessors for three decades.
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His approach to asset management is defined by the conviction that absolute longterm performance is the best way to preserve capital, rather than attempting to compete against the shortterm movements of the major indices, and rigorous application of bottomup fundamental analysis intended to reduce. Jeanmarie eveillard of first eagle investment on qeiii. He is the recipient of numerous awards including morningstars lifetime achievement award. A selfdescribed value investor for 50 years, he is known for his meticulous stock research, cautious, contrarian views and.
On august 9 th, cfa society chicago welcomed jeanmarie eveillard, senior investment adviser to first eagle funds, at the chicago club. Jeanmarie began his career in 1962 with societe generale and became portfolio. Born in france, jeanmarie eveillard entered the world of finance in 1962 with an analyst job at societe generale. An exclusive interview with legendary value investor jeanmarie eveillard, who was named morningstars international manager of the year in 2001 and received its first fund manager lifetime. Eveillard, he stands in between ben graham and warren buffett. Two years later, eveillard began as an analyst with the sogen international fund. Jeanmarie became a senior adviser to the first eagle investment management global value team in march 2009 and now serves as board trustee to first eagle funds. Todays conversation is with international value investor, jeanmarie eveillard.
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