Part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our Stock Screeners and some top investors who are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, … Read More
Howard Marks: The Pendulum of Investor Psychology
We’ve just been reading Howard Marks’ new book – Mastering The Market Cycle. In it there’s a great chapter titled – The Pendulum of Investor Psychology which discusses the impact of investor psychology on markets. Marks writes: One of the most time-honored market adages says that “markets fluctuate between greed … Read More
John Hussman: Fish Don’t Know They’re In Water (Investors In A Market Bubble)
We’ve just finished reading a great article by John Hussman at Hussman Funds called The Music Fades Out in which Hussman discusses current market conditions and provides a great illustration of the changes in investor psychology during market bubbles. Here’s an excerpt from that article: Fish don’t know they’re in … Read More
Robert Vinall: RV Capital 10 Year Anniversary Letter
We’ve just finished reading RV Capital’s 10 Year Anniversary Letter. In it Robert Vinall discusses his ‘aha’ moment as it relates to value investing, and the key determinant of an investment outcome, which he discovered while analyzing his previous investments. Here are some excerpts from that letter: The Aha Moment … Read More
David Einhorn: Parallels Between Tesla And Lehman Brothers
In his latest shareholder letter, David Einhorn makes some very interesting comparisions between Telsa and the Lehman Brothers collapse, saying: “In thinking through TSLA more, it brings us back to Lehman, which went bankrupt 10 years ago. One of our key insights into Lehman was that the company had faced … Read More
Michael Burry: 6 Books That Every Investor Should Read
Our Recommended Books We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided the book recommendations from: Charles Munger: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read Seth Klarman: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read Warren Buffett: 35 Books That Every Investor … Read More
Howard Marks: Investors Should ‘Calibrate’ Their Portfolios To Include The Current Market Cycle
We’ve just been listening to a great podcast with Meb Faber interviewing Howard Marks. Marks is discussing his new book – Mastering The Market Cycle, and he provides a great illustration of how investors can practically ‘calibrate’ their portfolios to include the current market cycle. Howard: You mentioned a memo … Read More
Steven Cohen: Top 10 Holdings, New Buys, Sold Out Positions
One of the best resources for investors are the publicly available 13F-HR documents that each fund is required to submit to the SEC. These documents allow investors to track their favorite superinvestors, their fund’s current holdings, plus their new buys and sold out positions. We spend a lot of time … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Cohen, Greenblatt, Dalio Portfolios
Part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our Stock Screeners and some top investors who are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 10/05/2018
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: Different Kinds of Smart (Collaborative Fund) What If Stocks Don’t Crash… (A Wealth of Common Sense) Excellent Article: The Psychology of Money (csinvesting) Sex on the Beach with Montaigne and Descartes (Farnam Street) The Nine Essential Conditions to Commit Massive Fraud (The Reformed Broker) The End is Nigh (The Irrelevant Investor) “In Defense of … Read More
Sequoia Fund Q3 2018 Letter: David Poppe Retiring
The Sequoia Fund recently released its Q3 2018 Letter. For the third quarter of 2018, Sequoia Fund generated a total return of 4.01%, net of fees, versus a 7.71% return for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The Fund generated an 11.45% total return year-to-date through September 30, 2018 versus a 10.56% return … Read More
Mark Sellers: So You Want To Be The Next Warren Buffett
Some years ago hedge fund manager Mark Sellers of Sellers Capital gave a great speech to a group of Harvard MBA students titled – So You Want To Be The Next Warren Buffett? How’s Your Writing? Sellers did not mince his words when he discussed the difficulty of becoming a great investor … Read More
Stanley Druckenmiller: Algos Have Taken The Rhythm Out Of The Market
Here’s a great video with Stanley Druckenmiller at Real Vision discussing the impact that algorithms are having on his investing strategy saying: “These algos have taken all the rhythm out of the market and have become extremely confusing to me.” Here’s an excerpt from that video: Druckenmiller: I’ve also struggled … Read More
T Boone Pickens – 6 Timeless Lessons For Investors
Earlier this year T Boone Pickens wrote a great article at Forbes called – Ninety Years Of Lessons Learned: T. Boone Pickens’ Letter To The Class Of 2018. In it he provided six key lessons, or what he calls ‘Booneisms’, which are very useful in the world of investing. Here’s … Read More
Cliff Asness: What Type Of Diversification Works Best During The Worst Of Times
Cliff Asness and the team at AQR recently released a great paper titled – It Was the Worst of Times: Diversification During a Century of Drawdowns. The paper uses nearly 100 years of data to evaluate the effectiveness of diversifying investments during the worst of times for most portfolios. Here’s the summary and … Read More
John Rogers: How To Beat The Index By 100 Basis Points Every Year
Here’s a great interview with John Rogers and Charlie Bobrinskoy from Ariel Investments. The Ariel portfolio is currently valued at $8.91 Billion, and has been regularly beating the index by 100 basis points per year. So how do they do it? Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Don’t you hear all … Read More
Einhorn’s Worst Year Ever: Greenlight Losses Swell to 26%
Bloomberg recently reported that David Einhorn’s hedge fund Greenlight Capital has had its worse year ever saying: Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund led by David Einhorn, lost 1.3 percent in September as U.S. stocks edged higher. Greenlight’s main fund declined 26.1 percent in the first three quarters of 2018, on … Read More
Dan Loeb: 5 Books That Every Investor Should Read
We recently started a series called – Superinvestors: Books That Every Investor Should Read. So far we’ve provided book recommendations from: Charles Munger: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read Seth Klarman: 32 Books That Every Investor Should Read Warren Buffett: 35 Books That Every Investor Should Read Bill Ackman: … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Cohen, Greenblatt, Griffin Portfolios
Part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our Stock Screeners and some top investors who are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray Dalio, … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 09/28/2018
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: Winner Takes it All: How Markets Favor the Few at the Expense of the Many (Farnam Street) Knowledge vs. Skill (A Wealth of Common Sense) Dear Future Me (Above The Market) Make No Mistake (The Reformed Broker) Meditations on Mortality in Life and Investing (Safal Niveshak) Value Vs. Growth Stocks: Growth … Read More