Written by: Zack Miller | July 22, 2008
An interview with Abba Horwitz of Old School Partners was featured as part of our new subscription newsletter, Israel Opportunity Investor. You can find out more about the company and the opportunities we cover at www.israelnewsletter.com
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Tell us a little about yourself and your fund.
Abba Horwitz, Portfolio Manager: We started started Old School Partners in March of 1999. Since then, we’ve compounded a net return to investors of around 19%. We’re running the fund for the most part from Israel. With a junior partner, I’m managing roughly $60 million.
What’s your philosophy?
AH: We focus primarily on the small to midcap world. We apply a value approach. Basically, we’re looking for two things. We’re looking for value where there is a clear catalyst to unlock this value or cheap growth with value undiscovered, on the cusp of coming out. Unfortunately, I’m not a big commodity buff and have not been riding this current wave.
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Written by: Aaron Katsman | May 22, 2008
Aaron Katsman
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If “Initiative 97″ makes it on the ballot in the fall, citizens of Seattle will be asked to approve a measure that would prohibit the city from investing its pension funds in corporations that benefit from the Iraq war, or companies that provide material support to the Israeli government within the so-called “occupied territories.” The opposition to the initiative is being led by StandWithUs.org. It strikes me as a bit odd that a measure that seems to be intended to protest the U.S. Iraq policy also includes divestment from Israel.
Why the connection?
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Written by: Israel Investor Newsletter | May 7, 2008
IOI’s Zack Miller and Aaron Katsman were interviewed by CNBC’s Squawk Box. CNBC is here in Israel celebrating Israel’s 60th Birthday. See the video here.
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Written by: Zack Miller | March 11, 2008
The entire interview with Chuck Goldblum of Hurley Capital is part of our new subscription newsletter, Israel Opportunity Investor. You can find out more about the product and the opportunities we cover at www.israelnewsletter.com
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Hi, Chuck. Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your firm, Emancipation Capital?
Charles Goldblum: Emancipation Capital is a deep-value hedge fund with a focus on investing in technology companies. We’re primarily involved in software names. I was previously a sell-side analyst in the supply-chain sector. In addition to consulting for Emancipation, I run my own asset management firm.
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