A Warning About Real Estate and REITs from Famed Hedge Fund Manager Seth Klarman of Baupost

8/9/20

Seth Klarman

Seth Klarman is a billionaire value investor and hedge fund manager. His Boston-based Baupost Group has $27 billion under management, and has realized a remarkable 20% compounded return on investment since its inception in 1982.

In the Baupost Group's Q2 investor letter, Klarman discusses the changes wrought by COVID-19 which he believes will be long lasting, and includes a section called "Real Estate Becomes More Challenged as an Asset Class with Deteriorating Fundamentals for Retail, Hotel, and Possibly Office Properties".

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