Successful Investors Need A Devil’s Advocate To Try To Kill Potential Investment Ideas

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx47JRpbWaw?start=1116 During his recent interview with Tobias, Ben Claremon, a Principal and Portfolio Manager at Cove Street Capital provided some great insights into why successful investors need a devil’s advocate to try to kill potential investment ideas. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Ben Claremon: And the proxy statement is … Read More

This Week’s Best Investing Reads 5/24/2019

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Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: Is the paradigm that has defined investment returns for a decade coming to an end? (13D Research) The Three Phases of an Investor’s Life (The Reformed Broker) The Difference (A Wealth of Common Sense) Realistic Personal Finance Hacks (Collaborative Fund) Another Breadth … Read More

Howard Marks: The Great Investors Are Unemotional People

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Here’s a great excerpt from an interview that Howard Marks recently did with themarket.ch. During the interview Marks talks about the psychological aspects that make successful investors great saying, “Most of the great investors I know are unemotional people”. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: What about psychological aspects? The higher … Read More

How Smart Investors Use ‘Good’ Leverage To Magnify Returns

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5DXNB3KKY?start=243 In his recent interview with Tobias, Dan Rasmussen, who is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Verdad Advisors provides some great insights into how investors can use ‘good’ leverage to magnify returns. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias Carlisle: Well, I think I’m agnostic to the leverage in … Read More

Investing Decisions Should Be Based On Empirical Data – Not Stories And Emotions

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5DXNB3KKY?start=3120 In his recent interview with Tobias, Dan Rasmussen, who is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Verdad Advisors provides some great insights into why investment decisions should be based on empirical data and not stories and emotions. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Dan Rasmussen: I talk to respective … Read More

How Can Investors Implement A Successful Private Equity Strategy Into The Public Markets

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5DXNB3KKY?start=70 In his recent interview with Tobias, Dan Rasmussen, who is the Founder and Portfolio Manager of Verdad Advisors provides some great insights into how investors can implement a successful private equity strategy in the public markets. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias Carlisle: So, just so we can … Read More

This Week’s Best Investing Reads 5/17/2019

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Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: Value Investing: Bruised By 1000 Cuts (GMO) Financial Superpowers (A Wealth of Common Sense) An Ode to the Ten Commandments of Investment Management (Mohnish Pabrai) Degrees of Confidence (Collaborative Fund) This Indicator Suggests It May Pay To Favor Gold Over Equities Going Forward (The Felder … Read More

Introducing Acquirers Funds®

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We’ve launched a new investment firm called Acquirers Funds® to help you put the acquirer’s multiple into action. Acquirers Funds® Our investment process begins with The Acquirer’s Multiple®, the measure used by activists and buyout firms to identify potential targets. We believe deeply undervalued, and out-of-favor stocks offer asymmetric returns, with … Read More

Howard Marks: Top 10 Holdings Q1 2019

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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

Value Investing Will Turn Around But No-One Can Say When

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ZZx44J4So?start=2862 During his recent interview with Tobias, Justin Carbonneau, a Partner at Validea Capital discusses how value investing will turn around but no-one can say when. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Tobias Carlisle: We’ve seen this really difficult time for value. I get the feeling that you’re not necessarily a … Read More