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401(k) Investing

•   Forty million Americans have employer sponsored 401(k) retirement accounts. They're fast replacing pensions. But 401(k)s have pitfalls and most baby boomers just aren't saving enough. 

• Saturday Night Live Parody - On the lighter side - funny but true

Index Fund and ETF Investing

John Bogle

• A critique of the mutual fund Industry

• Choosing index funds

• Common sense investing Part 1 

• Common Sense Investing Part 2

Warren Buffett, Chairman Berkshire Hathaway, Omaha, Nebraska

• The Billionaire Next Door, CNBC, November 2006

• With Charlie Rose Part 1: The Man,  June 2006

• With Charlie Rose Part 2: The Business, June 2006

• With Charlie Rose Part 3: The Gift, June 2006

• Q&A session with Darren Johnson, April, 2005

• Warren Buffett & Bill Gates on Success, University of Washington, Spring 1998 

• MBA Talk at University of Florida, October 15, 1998

• Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Q&A, Univ. of Nebraska, 1997

Charlie Munger, Co-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Chairman Wesco Financial

• Wesco Financial Video, May 2007

Visible Investment Advisors' Money Managers

The equity portions of our client's asset allocation contains a risk adjusted split between passive (Index funds) and  active (conservative, value based) managers through their funds and money management. Below are some of the money managers that we may recommend or use. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Not all Managers are suitable for every investor, not all Advisors have a direct relationship with VIA or use the VIA methods and principals, and investors a cautioned not to select a money manager or investment based on their inclusion on this list or information obtained by following the links. The purpose of this list is to provide our clients and prospective clients with insight into the integrity and investing disciplines of the managers we are associated with .

Charles Brandes, Brandes Investment Partners LP, San Diego, California

• Video, March 28, 2006

Francis Chou, Chou Associates Management Inc., Toronto, Ontario 

• Video, February 13, 2006

Peter Cundill, The Cundill Group, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Video, March 28, 2005

Bruce Greenwald, Professor of finance and asset management at Columbia Business School

• Video, talks about growth versus value stocks. 

Mason Hawkins, Southeast Asset Management, Memphis, Tennessee

• Audio, March 22, 2005

Mark Holowesko, Templeton Franklin Funds, The Bahamas 

• Audio, March 29, 2005

Irving Kahn, Kahn Brothers & Company Inc., New York, New York

• Audio, March 7, 2005

Avner Mandelman, Giraffe Capital Corp., Toronto, Ontario

• Video, March 27, 2007

Irwin A. Michael, Michael Investment Council Ltd., Toronto, ON

• Video, March 13, 2007

Mohnish Pabrai, Pabrai Funds, The Dhandho Investor

• CNBC Interview

• Bloomberg 6/19/07, Bloomberg Part 2

• Morningstar, 7/27/07

Richard Rooney, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Toronto, Ontario 

• Audio, March 7, 2006

Martin Whitman, Third Avenue Management, New York, NY

• Video, February 13, 2007

Investor Behavior

• Jason Zweig, 'Think Twice"