Sizemore Insights

By Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA
Watch a (very) informal discussion of the Dow’s new all-time highs between InvestorPlace’s Jeff Reeves and Sizemore Capital’s Charles Sizemore: Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA, is chief investment officer of the investment firm Sizemore Capital Management and the author of the Sizemore Insights blog.
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Life hasn’t gotten any easier for Big Tobacco.  Last week, Russia became the latest country to impose major new restrictions on smoking in public places.  Starting in June, Russians will no longer be able to smoke in restaurants, and cigarette advertising will be banned. I have my doubts as to how strictly the ban will be...
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Watch Charles Sizemore discuss the importance of social media in the modern investment advisory at Covestor’s Next Invest Conference. If you cannot view the embedded video, please follow this link.
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In the world of investing, so many things work better in theory than in practice. Executive stock options?   They are now reviled by investors as a way for management to quietly loot the companies they are paid to steward.  When done in excess (which is the rule) they massively dilute shareholders over time.  They also encourage...
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2013 might rightfully be called the year of the “Clash of the Gurus” to anyone watching the news.  The biggest is the very public slugfest between activist investors Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn over nutritional supplements company Herbalife (NYSE:$HLF).  Ackman is short 20 million shares of Herbalife at last count, and Icahn is long at least...
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