Coattail Investing

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Definition of 'Coattail Investing'

An investment strategy in which investors mimic the trades of well-known and historically successful investors. 
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Investopedia explains 'Coattail Investing'

This copycat investing can be very good - why not follow the best?  This investing strategy works the best when the money manager or institution being mimicked buys companies with a buy-and-hold mentality.  If the manager is buying the company for a short period of time, the delay between the purchase and the release of the information to the public may render the particular purchase a bad one. However, many money managers buy companies with a buy-and-hold mindset.
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'Coattail Investing'

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    ... Coattail Investing Coattail investors follow the investing behavior of
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    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/08/copy-buffett.asp
    ... Coattail investing is the term investors use to describe the strategy of mimicking
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  • Billionaire Portfolios: What Are They Holding? - Investopedia.com

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    ... Coattail Investing 13F forms have also provided plenty of fodder for so-called
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  • Should You Buy What The Pros Buy?

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    ... The investment media as well as many investors carefully watch what the big name
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  • Four Lessons Learned From The Citigroup Debacle

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    ... (For more on the ups and downs of coattail investing, read Warren Buffett: How He
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    ... Suffering from a lack of disclosure and an epidemic of manipulative rumors, people
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  • Why Being A Copycat Investor Can Get You Hurt

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/coattail-investor.asp
    ... September 19 2008 | Filed Under » Investing Basics, Warren Buffett. While some
    investors are trailblazers and do their own research, many investors attempt to ...

  • What Is Warren Buffett's Investing Style?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/05/012705.asp
    ... Buffett's interpretation of value investing that may surprise you. (For more on
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  • Why Warren Buffett Envies You

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/Buffet-investing.asp
    ... (For more on Warren Buffett and his current holdings, check out Coattail Investor.)
    The Art of Value Investing Warren Buffett has perfected the art of value ...

  • Emulate Buffett For Fun And Profit - Mostly Profit

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Emulate-Buffett-For-Fun-And-Profit---Mostly-Profit-JNJ-PG-KO-AXP-WFC1214.aspx
    ... Regular investors routinely "coattail" the securities holdings of mutual funds,
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