Dundee Corp.: CEO Meeting Confirms Confidence in Investment

This article is excerpted from a letter by MOI Global instructor Jim Roumell, partner and portfolio manager of Roumell Asset Management (RAM), based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Jim is a valued participant in The Zurich Project.

We wrote extensively about Dundee in our 1Q18 letter. After establishing our initial position, the stock price continued to decline in the 2nd quarter. As is typical, we decided to add to our position and average down. We believe Dundee is trading at a significant discount to a conservative estimate of Net Asset Value.

Dundee is a public Canadian independent holding company, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol DCA and also trades in the US under the symbol DDEJF. Through its operating subsidiaries, Dundee is engaged in diverse business activities in the areas of investment advisory, corporate finance, energy, resources/commodities, agriculture, and real estate. The Corporation also holds, directly and indirectly, a portfolio of investments mostly in these key areas, as well as other select investments in both publicly listed and private enterprises.

I had a face-to-face meeting with the company’s top management, including CEO Jonathan Goodman, last month and came away feeling confident in our investment.

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