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04/08/2013 — TheEdge- Your Window to Malaysia
Bargain Hunting on Election Uncertainty
“We have actually been adding to positions in Malaysia and will likely add more Sunway REIT and Tebrau Teguh. It doesn’t matter to us who wins the election. Malaysia has been a laggard in the region, but with uncertainty reduced, we expect Malaysia to catch up,” says Robert Levitt, founder and chief investment officer of Levitt Capital Management, LLC.
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03/14/2013 — Live Oilprices.co.uk
Brent oil falling fast as European economic fears see crude prices sinking lower
According to Robert Levitt, CEO and founder of US wealth manager Levitt Capital Management, the days of lofty oil prices are numbered and the price of Brent crude oil is set to fall 30 percent to $80 per barrel by the end of the year.
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02/25/2013 — TheEdge- Your Window to Malaysia
Waiting to Pick Up Gems at a Bargain
“They are not going to have a dramatic shift in policy that would impact a lot of companies we deal with so we would bullish on Malaysia post-elections and holding back pre-elections…for foreign investors like us, we could get hit by a double-whammy: the ringgit as well as well as the market [slide],” Levitt tells The Edge.
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02/15/2013 — CNBC
Brent Crude at $80? It Could Happen by Year-End
The days of lofty oil prices are numbered and the price of Brent Crude oil is set to fall 30 percent to $80 per barrel by the end of the year, according to Robert Levitt, CEO and founder of U.S. wealth manager Levitt Capital Management.
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02/14/2013 — CNBC
The Correction in Bond Markets / Apple Has Lost its Safety Premium
Robert Levitt, Founder
& CEO, Levitt Capital Management says bonds are the pain trade currently and that stocks will go up. He says junk bonds are the most vulnerable right now. -
02/08/2013 — BFM 89.9 : The Business Station
Good Times Coming but Watch the Oil
Robert Levitt, the CIO and founder of Levitt Capital Management live in Market Watch talks about how while correction will happen, the rest of the year is expected to be much better despite reservations of many.
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01/30/2013 — American University
Investor or Explorer? Financier Uses Cultural Immersion to Drive Investment Decisions
“Learning about a people and their culture and needs is like learning to swim; you can read all you want, but you don’t really know what you’re doing until you get wet—and in my career I’ve decided to get really wet.”
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03/22/2012 — TheEdge- Your Window to Malaysia
Slow ETP, Uncertain GE irk Investors
“When the rules could change us at any time because we don’t know when the election is going to occur, that creates uncertainty in our minds and makes us uncomfortable making big long-term investment decisions here,” said Levitt, who invests part of his fund’s portfolio in the Malaysian equity market.
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03/21/2012 — BFM 89.9 : The Business Station
Malaysia Should Piggyback on the Growth of Indonesia
Robert discusses why he thinks the US economy is on ‘steriods’, as well as his outlook on the Eurozone crisis. On China, Robert talks about why China is less competitive today than it was 10 years ago. He says Malaysia stands to gain from the slowdown in China, and points to Penang in particular. He also discusses why Malaysia should look at how it can piggyback on the growth of Indonesia, and less so on China.
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03/13/2012 — ET NOW- Indian Business News Channel
Robert’s Interview with ET NOW
Robert’s Interview with ET NOW
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12/12/2011 — RIA Biz
State Street’s Semi-secret Success in the RIA Custody Business
Levitt says State Street is a professional custodian offering his firm the right type of customer service. State Street is his firm’s primary custodian, and he says there are only a few areas where he needs to find a subcustodian — such as dealing with the assets in the country of Rwanda.
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11/07/2011 — TheEdge- Your Window to Malaysia
Is the US-led Equity Rally Sustainable?
“We might see a year-end rally. But the markets are really fragile and the economies of so many countries are weak. This is not the stuff on which bull markets are built. Since fundamentals are not in favour at the moment, I would not own any fundamental positions n Europe and the US,” says Levitt, who frequently travels between Europe and Southeast Asia.
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10/21/2011 — Reuters
Levitt Capital Likes Indonesia Firms With Reach
“Branding here is done very differently than most other countries, because you have a lot of people using over the air television,” said Levitt, an American who often visits poverty-stricken parts of Indonesia to find investment ideas. “It’s a natural spend money today, building a product line for the future,” added Levitt, speaking from Yogyakarta, where he is studying bahasa Indonesian.
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09/30/2011 — The Leaderonomics Show
Robert Levitt, Social Entrepreneur
Mr. Levitt employs a unique investment philosophy that identifies developing global trends and recognizes the countries and their industries and companies, which will greatly benefit from these trends.
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09/22/2011 — The Wall Street Journal
Asian Shares, Currencies Plunge
“It’s a small tunnel to get through,” said Robert Levitt, founder of Levitt Capital Management, which oversees $500 million in private client assets, with some of that invested in Indonesia. The drop in the rupiah against the dollar is forcing stock investors to quickly liquidate or hedge their positions in other ways, such as shorting commodities or other stock markets that run in tandem with Indonesia’s.
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09/01/2011 — Inside
This Time It Is Different
Robert Levitt, of Levitt Capital Management in Boca Raton, FL (and various European locations), has an interesting explanation. In fact, he thinks that the newsletter you are now reading somehow managed to miss the biggest single investment story of the past 50 years: the death of a brilliantly workable explanation for how investments should behave, otherwise known as the Capital Asset Pricing Model.
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07/04/2011 — JakartaGlobe
Private Equity Deal-Makers Knocking on Indonesia’s Door
Robert Levitt, founder of Levitt Capital Management, which manages a $500 million portfolio, had a similar view on Indonesia. He said his firm was looking at the chemical industry in Indonesia for potential investment “as the sector is ripe with potential.” Levitt has close to $100 million invested in Indonesia.
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06/21/2011 — CNBC
Forget About Greece, Look Towards Indonesia
“You have some big risks obviously with the Greek situation that could go wrong,” Robert Levitt, the CIO of Levitt Capital Management, told CNBC, “but in general, especially for some markets like Indonesia which hit all times record high consumers confidence at 143 just blow away numbers. So many things are happening right in so many places.” -
04/04/2011 — The Jakarta Post
Global Investors Start to Return to Indonesia
We expect Indonesia will be rated investment grade some time this year, which is another big boost. It will increase investors’ appetites because in a company you can only have an investment grade rating for any company only as good as the country so there may be companies out there that actually deserve higher credit ratings but because Indonesia has a lower credit rating, they don’t benefit. So once the country moves up, the credit rating of most companies will be higher.
