Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: The Biggest Returns (Collaborative Fund) Samuel Andrews: The Man With the Billion Dollar Ego (Farnam Street) Pulling In Their Horns (The Reformed Broker) Diversification is (Almost) Undefeated (A Wealth of Common Sense) The Investor Seth Klarman, in a Rare Interview, Offers a Warning. Davos Should Listen (The New Yorker) … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Greenblatt, Cohen, 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, … Read More
Jim Simons: Top 10 Holdings
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
Warren Buffett: There Is Only Three Ways A Smart Person Can Go Broke
Over the years Warren Buffett has spoken about the absurdity of borrowing money to buy stocks. Here’s a great short video that encapsulates his thoughts. Our favorite quote from the clip is: (1:47) – “My partner Charlie says there is only three ways a smart person can go broke: liquor, … Read More
Peter Lynch: 13 Filters For Finding The Perfect Stock
One of our favorite investing books is – One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch – It’s an investment classic! In Chapter Eight, Lynch provides thirteen filters for finding the perfect stock saying: Getting the story on a company is a lot easier if you understand the basic business. That’s … Read More
Charles Munger: One Filter That’s Very Useful For Investors
During the 1997 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger were asked their thoughts on calculating intrinsic value. Here’s Munger’s response: I would argue that one filter that’s useful in investing is the simple idea of opportunity cost. If you have one opportunity that you already have available … Read More
Warren Buffett: Jack Bogle – Thank You On Behalf Of American Investors
With the sad death of John (Jack) Bogle last week we thought it would be a great time to remember Warren Buffett’s public adulation of Bogle at the 2017 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting in which Buffett said: There’s one more person I would like to introduce to you today and … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 1/18/2019
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: How to Do Great Things (Farnam Street) What I Learned From Jack Bogle (A Wealth of Common Sense) Stock Markets and the Rule of Law (The Reformed Broker) Caveat Investor? (Cliff Asness) Buy Low, Buy High (The Irrelevant Investor) Billionaire Sam Zell Buys Gold for First Time in … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Marks, Greenblatt, Grantham 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, … Read More
Carl Icahn – Top 10 Holdings
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
Stanley Druckenmiller – Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, And Pigs Get Slaughtered – I’m Here To Tell You I Was A Pig
We’ve just been re-reading one of our favorite speeches from legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller at the Lost Tree Club some years ago. During the speech ‘The Druck’ provides some great insights into the mindset necessary to become a successful investor, saying: Excerpt From “The Druck” Speech The third thing I’d … Read More
Michael Burry: How Can Investors Get Even After Suffering A Loss
We’ve just been re-reading Michael Burry’s MSN Case Studies in which Burry provides some great insights into what investors should do after suffering a loss saying: How to get even An outsider might find investors’ thinking odd. Presented with new money to invest, most set goals of growing that money. They set … Read More
Charles Munger: Civilized People Don’t Buy Gold
Here’s some classic Munger wisdom on ‘gold’ as an investment: “I think gold is a great thing to sow into your garments if you’re a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939 but, I think civilized people don’t buy gold, they invest in productive businesses.” (Source: YouTube)
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 1/11/2019
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: How Not to Be Stupid (Farnam Street) 10 Things Investors Can Expect in 2019 (A Wealth of Common Sense) The Art of the Deal, 2019 (The Reformed Broker) Wild Expectations (Collaborative Fund) Seven Big Ideas from Fooled by Randomness (Safal Niveshak) A History of Bear Market Bottoms (The Irrelevant Investor) ‘You Have To Know … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Tepper, Griffin, Grantham 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, … Read More
Bill Ackman: Top 10 Holdings
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
Steve Romick – Value Investing Has Morphed From The Days Of Graham and Dodd
We’ve just been listening to a great interview by Meb Faber with one of our favorite value investor’s – Steve Romick, Portfolio Manager for the FPA Crescent Fund. During the interview Romick explains how value investing has morphed from the days of Graham and Dodd. Excerpt: Steve: Value investing is, … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – Great Value Investors Need To Be Cold Hearted JellyBean Counters
Here’s a great video with Joel Greenblatt at the CFA’s Distinguished Speaker Series. During the presentation Greenblatt recounts the story of how he was able to explain the stock market and value investing to a ninth grade class, using a big jar of jellybeans. Greenblatt says: I have a friend … Read More
Charles Munger – I Frequently Sit In A Room And Converse With Dead People While The People Around Me Are Irritated
Here’s a great compilation on reading habits and books by Warren Buffett and Charles Munger. Our favorite quote from the video is when Munger is asked how he was able to concentrate and balance his reading with so many children around when his family was younger. His response is: “I … Read More
Happy Holidays
Tobias and I would like to wish all of our readers and subscribers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We’re going to take a break from publishing articles on the blog for a couple of weeks over the holidays, but Tobias will still be posting on his … Read More