Manu Daftary, manager of the $1 billion Quaker Strategic Growth Fund, told the Boston Herald he sees a 75% chance for a recession over the next six to 12 months.
Exorbitant fuel prices, rising interest rates, a steep slowdown in the housing market and recent earnings warnings from consumer-oriented companies are some of Daftary's key concerns. But he also notes that the economy has been humming along at a higher rate than normal for a number of years.
Fearing that a recession "is long overdue" he's moved nearly 50% of his portfolio into cash.
Anyone questioning this fund manager might want to look at his track record. A thousand dollars invested in his fund since its launch in late 1996 would have grown to $5,000. By comparison even Warren Buffet's fund would have returned $2,750 in that timeframe, while the average equity mutual fund would have grown to just under $2,000.
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