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Capital Growth Management LP purchased 1.82 million shares of Whirlpool, the largest appliance maker, during the three- month period that ended March 31, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The money manager bought 1.01 million shares of Cummins, a maker of diesel engines, after closing out its position in the fourth quarter.

Mr. Heebner also bought 191,000 shares of Apple Inc. after closing out a 406,000-share position in the world’s biggest company by market value during the fourth quarter.

His CGM Focus Fund has beaten 6% of peers in 2012. The fund returned 16% annually in the decade ended in January 2011 for the best record among more than 3,500 diversified U.S. stock funds, according to data compiled by Morningstar Inc. It then lost 16% in the past year, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

He has trailed 99% of peers in the past five years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Whirlpool of Benton Harbor, Michigan, surged 32% this year through May 11 and Cummins of Columbus, Indiana, rallied 21%, compared with the S&P 500 Index’s 7.6% advance.

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My blog about hoping to get in on the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of Facebook stock was selected for the 361st edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.

Hosted by One Cent at a Time, the carnival had a Mother’s Day theme.

Blog carnivals are collections of blogs about certain topics, such as personal finance. Each week, a different blog acts as host and selects the best of the blogs submitted to showcase in the carnival.

The Facebook IPO blog recounts my quest to be one of the “small” — emphasis on small here (think tiny) — investors eTrade is allowing to bid on IPO shares of the social media giant. I don’t yet know if I will be one of the chosen few. If you agree with many of the analysts who say Facebook is overvalued and its earnings aren’t likely to grow, then you’ll probably congratulate me for NOT getting in on the IPO.

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House prices fell at their fastest pace for six months in April as a temporary boost from a tax holiday and unseasonally warm weather in March faded, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) seasonally adjusted house price balance fell to -19 from a slightly downwardly revised -11 in March, substantially undershooting economists’ forecasts for a -10 reading.

London was again the only part of the country where house prices rose, albeit at the slowest rate since mid-2011.

And for the first time since September, home sales declined.

House prices had earlier been supported by an exemption for first-time buyers from a transaction tax on homes worth less than 250,000 pounds which expired in late March, as well as by unusually warm weather which boosted viewings.

“With the recent surge in activity brought on by (the) stamp duty holiday coming to an end, it is unsurprising to see that prices across much of the country are continuing to fall,” said RICS housing spokesman Peter Bolton King.

Surveyors also turned more pessimistic about home prices across Britain in future, with a big fall expected over the next three months and broadly flat prices seen in a year’s time.

“Renewed concerns over the economy and talk of a double-dip recession dominating the headlines in recent weeks may well have served to undermine consumer confidence,” the RICS spokesman said.

Britain’s economy fell into its second recession since the financial crisis in the first quarter of this year, data showed last week.

Consumers are already struggling due to government austerity measures aimed at cutting the budget deficit; below-inflation wage growth; and the relatively higher cost of credit from banks compared to previous years.

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