Is every speaker at VIC a BSD?
AM
(Senior Orangutan, 400
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on 1/2/13 at 9:15am
VIC = Value Investor Congress
Trying to do some additional research on a BS job I'm applying for with a PM who has spoken at VIC.
How prestigious is this? I know the top brass speaks there but I don't want to extrapolate based on that fact alone.





Many are up-and-coming or
Many are up-and-coming or mid-size funds; not everyone who speaks is a PM/head fund either.
Any event like this can be a mixed bag (The Ira Sohn dinner being a possible exception). Important people at big funds have to be judicious with their time and careful tactically about sharing ideas, while the people who are most eager to attend/speak are often tier-2 or emerging managers who are hungry for the exposure. Same goes for things like being on CNBC etc-guys like Ackman and Einhorn will go on, but Whitney Tilson logs a lot more time. Other funds are studiously private/under the radar.
There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
Thanks. I would say that
Thanks.
I would say that these guys are more in the up & comer category. They're doubled assets in the last 3-years but still definitely not a name most on here would know of.
BCP?
BCP?
BCP = Buckley
BCP = Buckley Capital?
Haven't heard of them until I just googled it now. Looks like they've had some exception performance since 2007.
I posit that being a place
I posit that being a place most people here would know is at best loosely correlated with being a good opportunity for a relatively junior person.
There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
Kenny have you had any luck
Kenny have you had any luck moving to a new firm since we last chatted?
I know guys that have less
I know guys that have less than $100mm AUM who have been speakers... doesn't mean they aren't very good. Tilson puts these things on so often that its hard to get new blood. A lot of times its guys that have been seeded by prominent managers.
Thanks again. I definitely
Thanks again. I definitely think these guys are better than Tilson.