Looking for outsized returns? Follow the Tiger Cubs

Posted Jan 13th 2008 1:10PM by Zack Miller
Filed under: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance

It's been a tough slog for professionals and individual investors during 2007 and the start of 2008. Those who did well either

took a big swing on commodities,
owned and sold tech into the 4th quarter,
prayed hard and were answered, or
were so-called Tiger Cubs.

Bloomberg reports on the 2007 returns of the Tiger Cubs, named because they all trained/worked under famed hedge fund guru, Julian Robertson of Tiger Asset Management.

When fellow BloggingStocks blogger Aaron "Buy Everything" Katsman and I recently looked into Robertson's portfolio over the years, it appears that he takes a very concentrated approach to investing. He picks a limited number of names he believes in and holds steady. The bulk of his holdings return average market returns, a couple are down big, but a couple see incredible outsized gains. Its these few holdings that Robertson lets run that contribute significantly to his success as a manager.

Tags: Aaron Katsman, Julian Robertson, returns, Tiger Asset Management, Tiger cubs