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Undiscovered Managers The Many Layers of David Winters By Bridget B. Hughes A successful entrepreneur and world-class investor, Winters achieved both by taking an eclectic approach. David Winters always liked trains as a boy, so you might say it was his childhood pastime that led him to Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad dividend obligations early in his career at Mutual Series. He remembers seeing the train once as a kid. But something bigger caught his attention as an investor. Reading the company’s annual report, Winters found that RF&P had no debt and lots of cash. What really clinched it for him, though, was its 350 acres in Alexandria, Va.—on the books at 1830s prices. (The railroad was chartered in 1834.) Winters says a sum-of-theparts analysis showed the company was trading at a “massive discount.” His experience with RF&P didn’t stop there. Years later, in 1990, CSX CSX embarked on a takeover of the company. Winters, as shareholder activist, worked to get a better price for RF&P investors. Learning from Legends Winters still likes the railroad. Train pictures and models populate his office in Mountain Lakes, N.J., and last summer, he vacationed by Amtrak. He still likes asset plays, too: Consider that the fund he started and manages, Wintergreen Fund WGRNX, invests in Consolidated-Tomoka Land CTO, which has thousands of acres in east-central Florida on the books at dated prices. And he still takes on corporate managements; as a large shareholder of Consolidated-Tomoka, he’s been forceful and persistent in his requests of that company’s management and board of directors. Winters hasn’t changed his investment approach over the years either. He wants to limit downside risk but provide lots of upside, and he searches for passionate, competent management. His quest for the “trifecta”—a good business that can grow over time, is run by a good management team, and is trading at a discount to its value— has been a constant. That approach might sound simple, but it’s hardly easy, especially considering that Winters’ investment universe is the world and Wintergreen’s portfolio is concentrated. One of the things that sets him apart from other managers is a willingness to search far and wide in his pursuits—something he learned when he started his career in 1987 at Mutual Series working under value legends Max Heine and Michael Price. “One of the keys to security analysis that I learned from Michael was to look at debt and equity investing as a continuum, and to look at the company from various perspectives of what could be rather than just what was there in front of us,” Winters says. “That search for possibilities led quite naturally to a host of investment techniques and tools including MorningstarAdvisor.com 61
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008
Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008
Contents
Letter from the Editor
Contributors
Inbox
College Planning: Solutions and Concerns
ETFs: The Next Chapter
Engineering Financial Advice
Investment Briefs
Flexible vs. Style-Pure Managers: The Evidence
Forging a New Commodity Index
Work Your Way Through College Planning
Sizing Up the Options
Best and Worst 529 College-Savings Plans
A 529 Travel Guide
10 Tax-Smart Tips for College-Savings Planning
Global Dialogue
How Sequoia Cranks Out Good Returns Year After Year
The Many Layers of David Winters
Living on the Edge
Stocks to Buy Once a Decade
With Munis Feeling the Pain, Some Opportunities Arise
Health Care Provides Shelter from Economic Storm
Help Your Clients Get More Out of Their Bond Portfolios
Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
Undervalued Stocks
Most Popular Variable Annuities
New at Morningstar
New on MorningstarAdvisor.com
Closer to Fine
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Letter from the Editor
Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Contributors
Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Inbox
Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - College Planning: Solutions and Concerns
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - ETFs: The Next Chapter
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Engineering Financial Advice
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Investment Briefs
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Flexible vs. Style-Pure Managers: The Evidence
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Forging a New Commodity Index
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Work Your Way Through College Planning
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Sizing Up the Options
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Best and Worst 529 College-Savings Plans
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - A 529 Travel Guide
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - 10 Tax-Smart Tips for College-Savings Planning
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Global Dialogue
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - How Sequoia Cranks Out Good Returns Year After Year
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - The Many Layers of David Winters
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Living on the Edge
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Stocks to Buy Once a Decade
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - With Munis Feeling the Pain, Some Opportunities Arise
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Health Care Provides Shelter from Economic Storm
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Help Your Clients Get More Out of Their Bond Portfolios
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Mutual Fund Analyst Picks
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - 50 Most Popular Equity ETFs
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Undervalued Stocks
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Morningstar Advisor - Summer 2008 - Most Popular Variable Annuities
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