This fund flies like a vulture.

The best funds often fly below the radar. This fund manager may not make regular appearances on the big financial networks, but his fund’s performance speaks for itself.

Last year’s market meltdown taught a number of painful lessons to investors, including the importance of prudent and sustainable growth. This seasoned fund manager seeks undervalued companies with solid if not necessarily spectacular growth prospects and holds them for the long term.

We’re looking for a few good banks.

This small shop has ample talent.

We talk to Kevin O’Brien, co-manager of Prospector Opportunity (POPFX), and learn what two hard-hit sectors offer attractive values.

Companies cutting back expends spells opportunity for this customer service firm.

In a year when the Dow Jones Utility Average fell more than 30 percent and the S&P 500 sank nearly 40 percent, Southern Company finished 2008 even. That’s thanks to conservative finances, constructive regulatory relations, solid assets and growth-focused but risk-averse management.

Following the lessons of his mentor and eventual business partner Ben Graham, a professor at Columbia University and author of the seminal text Securities Analysis, Warren Buffett brought so-called value investing to the fore of the public consciousness as his astute investments brought him considerable fame and fortune.