http://www.businessweek.com This weekly podcast series helps people learn how to invest; covering the mutual fund managers, institutional investors, and hedge fund hotshots who are wracking up scorching returns. Covering the mutual fund managers, institutional investors, and hedge fund hotshots who are wracking up scorching returns BusinessWeek investing, investments, mutual funds, money markets, money managers, retirement no Everybody wants to know the latest hot stock tip. Buy this. Buy that. Yet that's like handing a hungry man a fish when what he really needs is to learn how to fish for himself. This weekly podcast series will help people learn how to invest by covering the mutual fund managers, institutional investors, and hedge fund hotshots who wracking up scorching returns. Part personal profile and part investment expose, it will examine the investment philosophies of the masters in plain and simple terms so that BW listeners learn how to manage their own investments. en-us Copyright 2008, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Jaime Beauchamp#bw_online_media@businessweek.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:42:20 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bwwebmaster@businessweek.com 1000 http://images.businessweek.com/icons/bw_podcast_88x31.jpghttp://www.businessweek.com8831 Needham Growth looks for growth companies that have fallen out of favor Vincent Gallagher http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_11_15_06.htm Vince Gallagher has had a stellar year at the Needham Growth mutual fund, with a return of about 17% so far this year. But he.s taken some heat for his fund.s high expenses and unusual strategy. In this podcast, he talks about these issues and gives insights into his investing strategy Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:00:00 -0500 11:34 Needham Funds, Needham Growth, Needham Small Growth, Vincent Gallagher, James Kloppenburg, Peter Elstrom, Motorola, Seagate, Comcast http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_11_16_06.mp3 Douglas Carper has chalked up triple-digit returns this year by trading corn, wheat, and soybeans Douglas Carper http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_11_08_06.htm Forget about chasing technology stocks. DEC Capital founder Douglas Carper reveals how he has made huge returns by betting on the price of agricultural products. His firm has posted returns of more than 100% so far this year Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:00:00 -0500 16:01 DEC Capital, DEC Futures, Peter Elstrom, Douglas Carper, Lincoln Nebraska, Chicago Board of Trade, CBOT, Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, ADM http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_11_09_06.mp3 Brian Riley makes investments as entire segments of the economy are going bankrupt Brian Riley http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_11_01_06.htm While most investors would flee, Brian Riley looks to make investments as entire segments of the economy go bankrupt. He did it in steel and airlines, and now he's considering stakes in the auto industry. His investing approach is full of risk. But his returns over the past few years show that there's plenty of opportunity to make money -- if you know which companies will be survivors Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:00:00 -0500 12:11 JB Investments, Brian Riley, Peter Elstrom, Mittal Steel, U S Steel, Posco hedge funds, money managers, Nucor Corp, United Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Continental Airlines http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_11_02_06.mp3 George Henning has earned exceptional returns by hunting for bargains among small, unloved companies George Henning http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_25_06.htm George Henning, manager of the Pacific Advisors Small Cap mutual fund has built an impressive track record by nursing overlooked companies back to life Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 12:06 George Henning, Pacific Advisors, small cap, mutual funds http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_25_06.mp3 The man behind Thunder Partners' thunderous returns Richard Greene http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_19_06.htm Richard Greene may be the most provocative money manager around. He says the Federal Reserve is unconstitutional and a return to the gold standard is inevitable. Is he right? Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 12:06 Richard Greene, Thunder Partners, Thunder Capital Management, gold, silver, uranium, inflation, gold standard, Weimar Republic http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_19_06.mp3 The Secrets to Finding Treasure in China Jim Oberweis http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_18_06.htm Oberweis China Opportunities has one of the hottest track records of any mutual fund. How has portfolio manager Jim Oberweis pulled it off? He's done it by applying to China the same small-cap strategy that his firm has used in the U.S. for nearly three decades. He looks for fast-growing companies with stock that is inexpensive based on P/E ratios. Then he sifts through those possibilities to find the most promising Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 13:02 Mutual funds, Hedge funds, Money managers, Oberweis Asset Management, Jim Oberweis, Oberweis China Opportunities, Peter Elstrom, Nine Dragon http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_12_06.mp3 How hedge fund Bay Harbour makes a mint from investing in distressed companies Kurt Cellar http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_11_06.htm Kurt Cellar, a partner in the hedge fund Bay Harbour, discusses how his firm puts money into outfits in or near bankruptcy, then helps turn them around. Among its big wins: Nextwave Telecom and Telcove. Planet Hollywood is a new gamble Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400 16:48 Kurt Cellar, hedge funds, investment, Telcove Level 3, Aladdin Casino, Planet Hollywood, Barneys, Adelphia, Nextwave Telecom http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/hottesthands/hottesthands_10_05_06.mp3