Last week we put together our list of 150 of the best investing blogs on the planet for 2018. This week we’ve compiled a list of what we consider to be 50 of the best investing books of all time. The Best Investing Books of All Time This list is … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 08/3/2018
Here is a list of this week’s best investing reads: The Spectrum of Financial Dependence and Independence (Collaborative Fund) The 3 Levels of Wealth (A Wealth of Common Sense) No, No, No (The Irrelevant Investor) Once in a lifetime, if you’re lucky (The Reformed Broker) The Untapped Market That’s Ripe For Activists (Institutional Investor) It’s More Than Just FANG … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Undervalued RMR Group Inc (NASDAQ: RMR)
One of the cheapest stocks in our All Investable Stock Screener is RMR Group Inc (NASDAQ: RMR). The RMR Group Inc (RMR) is a holding company which conducts its business through its subsidiary RMR Group LLC. The RMR Group LLC is an alternative asset management company which invests in real estate and … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Greenblatt, Gabelli, Grantham Portfolios
One of the new weekly additions 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 … Read More
Alexander Roepers: Why Disciplined Investing Trumps Big Headlines
One of the activist investors we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Alexander Roepers. Earlier this year Roepers did a great interview with Forbes in which he discussed his investment strategy. He highlighted the importance of thinking like a private equity owner, and staying within your circle of … Read More
David Einhorn: “Right Now The Market Is Telling Us We Are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Nearly Everything”
David Einhorn recently released his Q2 2018 shareholder letter. It’s been another difficult quarter for Greenlight Capital losing an additional (5.4)%, and bringing the Greenlight Capital funds’ (the “Partnerships”) year-to-date loss to (18.3)%. In a quarter when the S&P 500 index returned 3.4%, bringing its year-to-date return to 2.6%. Despite the … Read More
Howard Marks: Very Few Investors Consistently Know When A Stock Price Is Wrong, And By How Much, And In Which Direction
Howard Marks provides a great reminder in his 2001 shareholder letter that it takes a lot more than hard work for active managers to be successful in investing. He added that increasing the number of analysts to their firm does little to add value to their analysis saying: “I was … Read More
Warren Buffett: “The Worst Deal That I’ve Made”
We’ve just been listening to a great podcast at NPR with Michael Batnick discussing his new book – Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments. During the conversation Batnick tells the story of Warren Buffett’s greatest mistake, the purchase of Dexter Shoes. Here’s how he describes it: “So what he … Read More
The Value Premium: What This Indicator Is Telling Us About The Business Cycle
Here’s a great article by George Athanassakos at The Globe and Mail. Athanassakos is a finance professor and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He’s discussing a recent paper titled The Value Premium and Expected Business Conditions, which illustrates … Read More
150 Of The Best Investing Blogs On The Planet (2018)
It’s that time of the year again when Tobias and I sit down to pick out one hundred of the best investing blogs on the planet. This year, with so many great blogs, we’ve extended the list to one hundred and fifty. This list is by no means complete but … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 07/27/2018
Here is a list of this week’s best investing reads: There’s No Such Thing as Mosquito Week (A Wealth of Common Sense) Thinking Big and Survivorship Bias (The Irrelevant Investor) “How do you start a life these days?” (The Reformed Broker) Why It Might Be A Good Time To Revisit Ray Dalio’s 1937 Analog (The Felder Report) … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Undervalued Silvercorp Metals Inc (NYSEAMERICAN: SVM)
One of the cheapest stocks in our All Investable Stock Screener is Silvercorp Metals Inc (NYSEAMERICAN: SVM). Silvercorp Metals Inc (Silvercorp) is a mineral mining company. It acquires, explores, develops, and mines precious and base metal mineral properties at its producing mines and exploration and development projects in China. Its segments are … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Greenblatt, Romick, Ainslie Portfolios
One of the new weekly additions 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 … Read More
Horizon Kinetics: Great News For Active Investors – The History Of Passive Investing Over The Past 20 Years
One of the shareholder letters we really look forward to reading is the one from Horizon Kinetics. In their recently released Q2 2018 letter Horizon Kinetics provides some interesting research and commentary on the performance of passive investing over the past 20 years. The results may surprise many investors saying: … Read More
Which Are The Best Shareholder Letters For Investors To Read
We’re currently in the midst of companies releasing their Q2 2018 shareholder letters. During these times one of the questions we often get asked is, which are the best shareholder letters for investors to read? Some of the letters we recommend investors read include: Warren Buffett – Berkshire Hathaway Howard … Read More
Dan Loeb: Growth Stocks Are Now Value Stocks
One of the investors we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Dan Loeb, CEO at Third Point Management. In his latest Q2 2018 shareholder letter Loeb makes the point that he’s now including ‘growth’ stocks into his portfolio in addition to ‘traditional’ value based stocks saying: “The value-based … Read More
Jesse Livermore: How I Once Missed A $1,000,000 Profit Through Impatience And Careless Timing
One of our favorite investing books here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is – How To Trade Stocks by Jesse Livermore. There’s one passage in particular in which Livermore recounts the story of how he missed out on a $1,000,000 profit through impatience and careless market timing. Here’s an excerpt from that … Read More
Bill Miller: No One Knows What The Market Is Going To Do Over Any Time Horizon Short Enough To Be Of Interest To The Typical Investor
One of the investors we like to follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Bill Miller, Chairman and Chief Investment Office of Miller Value Partners. In his latest Q2 2018 shareholder letter Miller provides some great insights on market forecasts, and market forecasters saying: “Portfolio managers often write a “market … Read More
Prem Watsa: Even Great Investors Have To Understand Their Limitations
Here is a an example of what makes Prem Watsa a great investor. We were recently reading though the 1990 Fairfax Annual Report when we came across a couple of gems from Chairman Watsa. He is speaking about the mistake he made in the company’s investment banking business, and understanding … Read More