Bruce Berkowitz's biggest position in his flagship Fairholme Fund is AIG (NYSE: AIG ) . Between shares of its common stock and warrants, AIG makes up almost 40% of his fund. His basic thesis, as stated in his latest shareholder letter: "There are few occasions when systemically important franchises sell for half of book value and are profitable. This is one of those times." He's basically saying it's too big to fail and it's cheap. Is it really that simple? Fool analyst Anand Chokkavelu weighs in.
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