Charles Brandes Buys XL Capital Ltd, Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., Sells Adaptec Inc., First BanCorp., H&R Block Inc.

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Nov 13, 2008
Charles Brandes' buys and sells during the third quarter. Value investing seems dead. Charles Brandes owns 206 stocks with a total value of $27.6 billion.


Charles Brandes buys XL Capital Ltd, Flextronics International Ltd., Texas Instruments Inc., Nokia Corp., Canon Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, Office Depot Inc., Syneron Medical Ltd., The First American Corp., Huntsman Corp., Zions Ban Corp., Washington Mutual Inc., J.C. Penney Company Inc., LouisianaPacific Corp., Lennar Corp., Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., Sierra Pacific Resources, Sierra Wireless Inc., NOVA Chemicals Corp., United Microelectronics Corp., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., sells Adaptec Inc., Vivo Participacoes S.A., Telecom Italia S.p.A. ADSs, Tele Norte Celular Participaes S.A., Partner Communications Company Ltd., PolyOne Corp., PMA Capital Corp., LSI Corp., H&R Block Inc., Federal Signal Corp., Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, First BanCorp., Downey Financial Corp., W Holding Company Inc. during the 3-months ended 09/30/2008, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Brandes Investment. Charles Brandes owns 206 stocks with a total value of $27.6 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.


New Purchases: CAJ, ELOS, FAF, FLEX, HUN, JCP, LEN-B, LLY, LPX, NCX, NOK, ODP, PSUN, RCL, SRP, SWIR, TXN, UMC, WAMUQ.PK, XL, ZION,


Added Positions: AIG, AXL, AXP, BAC, BBT, BBX, BRP, CAR, CTX, DDS, FNF, FUJI, HBAN, HMA, HMC, INTC, JAVA, KG, LFG, NCC, OMX, PFE, PPC, RF, SGP, SLM, STI, T, TKS, TSU, TUES, VCI, WB,


Reduced Positions: AMGN, AZN, BE, BLX, BPOP, HIT, LZB, MMC, MTA, MTH, NNI, NTT, NVS, STC, TBH, TECUB, TLB, VTNC, WLK,


Sold Out: ADPT, DSL, FBP, FNM, FRE, FSS, HRB, LSI, PMACA, POL, PTNR, TCN, TI, VIV, WHI,


For the details of Charles Brandes's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Charles+Brandes