Julian Robertson Bullish on Apple, Google, Mastercard & Visa ~ market folly

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Julian Robertson Bullish on Apple, Google, Mastercard & Visa

Legendary hedge fund manager Julian Robertson of Tiger Management recently sat down with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo to give his latest thoughts on the market. Tiger saw nearly 32% annual returns between 1980 and 1998.

Equities

He likes the tech sector and thinks the technology boom is far from over and he thinks these stocks can rally further. In particular, he likes Apple (AAPL), even without Steve Jobs, noting that the company would be trading "at 3 or 4 times" what it is now if this were 1980. He calls the multiple it's trading at now "ridiculous." Also, he likes Google (GOOG).

Robertson is also fond of the payment processors such as Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA). He likes these names as they don't bear credit risk (the banks do). We've long detailed Robertson's bullishness on these names in our Hedge Fund Wisdom newsletter as he's owned all the above stocks for some time now.

Currencies

In currencies, Robertson says he's finding opportunities in Europe by going long the Norwegian Krone. Around the rest of the world, he also fancies the Singapore dollar and Canadian dollar. Conversely, he likes shorting the Hungarian forint.

Interest Rates

Robertson also goes on to highlight that while interest rates continue to slide down, it wouldn't be hard for them to skyrocket higher. He points out that if a large seller were to sell US bonds quickly, rates could fly higher. A few years ago, we detailed Robertson's constant maturity swap (CMS) trade as he got hammered with his "short bonds" bet.

Lastly, Robertson expects Greece to default.

Julian's interview is embedded below (email readers come to the site to watch Robertson's interview):



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