Warren Buffett – Top 10 Holdings Q4 2018

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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

Herding In Investing Significantly Impairs An Investor’s Ability To Generate Market Beating Returns

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNPDU7Pqak?start=3356 During his recent interview with Tobias, Mark Jones of Pragmatic Capital provided some great insights into why ‘herding’ in investing significantly impairs an investor’s ability to generate market-beating returns, saying: Mark Jones: I think there’s a lot of herding in investing and I think that that significantly impairs an … Read More

Smart Investors Use Put and Call Options To Hedge Stock Positions Before An Earnings Call

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNPDU7Pqak?start=2528 During his recent interview with Tobias, Mark Jones of Pragmatic Capital discusses how investors can use put and call options to hedge their stock positions prior to an earnings call, saying: Mark Jones: Right, so when I’m looking at these derivatives, I’m using them primarily for two reasons. One … Read More

How To Find Contrarian Stocks That Generate Outsized Returns

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LNPDU7Pqak?start=182 During his recent interview with Tobias, Mark Jones of Pragmatic Capital describes his approach to finding contrarian stocks that provide outsized returns, saying: Mark Jones: Right, so I have a four-step research process and this is how I vet or I audit the market’s point of view. I find … Read More

This Week’s Best Investing Reads 3/29/2019

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Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: In the face of adversity, are you a Guernsey or a Brahman? (Farnam Street) ROCE-Growth Matrix, and Few Potential Wealth Creators (Safal Niveshak) One more elephant for Berkshire? (The Reformed Broker) Spotting Investment Opportunities In Out Of Favor Industries (Forbes) 2019 Ivey Value Investing … Read More

How And When You Rebalance Your Portfolio Can Significantly Impact Performance

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwkEbI1gKmk?start=402 During his recent interview with Tobias, Corey Hoffstein was asked about the how and when of rebalancing a portfolio and the impact that timing can have on results. Here’s the question from Tobias and Corey’s insightful response: Tobias: So I find that particularly interesting, and it’s something that you … Read More

Prem Watsa – Top 10 Holdings Q4 2018

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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

Why Has Value Investing Underperformed?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_QJyxr2W0?start=2331 During his recent interview with Tobias, Jake Taylor of Farnam Street provides some great insights into why he thinks value investing has had such a rough time lately, saying: Jake – I think it’s a confluence of factors. I don’t know honestly. If I had to assign how much … Read More

11 Of The Best Books On Stock & Business Valuation

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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 Should Read Bill … Read More