The Daily Interview: Values, Values, Values!
The markets are looking uglier and bleaker than the XFL these days. But one man is very excited.
 Hugh H. Mullin Senior Portfolio Manager Putnam Investments |
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For today's Daily Interview, we talked with Hugh H. Mullin, a senior vice president with Putnam Investments and senior portfolio manager of the $31.7 billion (PGRWX Quote)Putnam Fund for Growth and Income. As a value guy, Mullin suffered through late 1999 and early 2000 in a market where nothing looked cheap. He says this market has made his job a lot easier.
Today, Mullin says some of "the world's greatest companies" -- Citigroup(C Quote) and ExxonMobil(XOM Quote) among them -- look downright inexpensive. He also has been judiciously adding to his tech basket, pointing to favorites such as IBM(IBM Quote) and even Motorola(MOT Quote). ...
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