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
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 07/20/2018
Here is a list of this week’s best investing reads: Pareto [Awesome Chart Every Investor Should See] (The Irrelevant Investor) Tech stocks contributed 98% of the S&P 500’s 2018 gain (The Reformed Broker) Mindsets: Optimism vs. Complacency vs. Pessimism (Collaborative Fund) Gold in $US to be at $0.00 in 2020; TREASURE CHEST!; Breaking Biases (csinvesting) Stock Analysis … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Undervalued Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX)
One of the cheapest stocks in our Large Cap 1000 Stock Screener is Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX). Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (Louisiana-Pacific), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures building products primarily for use in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structures, as well as light industrial and commercial construction applications. It operates through … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Greenblatt, Griffin, Cohen 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
How Activist Investing Is Changing
There’s been a lot of discussion about activist investing in the past couple of weeks and how it’s changing. Here’s a great short video at The Financial Times illustrating how activist investing has changed saying: “Last year more than $62bn was deployed by activist investors on their campaigns, double the … Read More
OSAM: Here’s Why Value Factors Will Continue To Provide An Edge For Long Term Value Investors
One of the firms that we like to follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM), which is run by Jim and Patrick O’Shaughnessy and their team. OSAM recently released it Q218 Shareholder letter which provides some great insights on the future of value investing and why OSAM … Read More
Bill Nygren’s Oakmark Funds Says Inactivity In Investing Remains The Optimal Strategy
One of the investor’s we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Bill Nygren. Nygren has been a manager of the Oakmark Select Fund since 1996, Oakmark Fund since 2000 and the Oakmark Global Select Fund since 2006. He is also the Chief Investment Officer for U.S. Equities at … Read More
Mario Gabelli: We’ll Use The Same Guiding Principles To Avoid Over-Paying For A Company’s Intrinsic Value And Lose Less During Market Manias
One of the investors we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Mario Gabelli, Founder, Chairman and CEO of GAMCO Investors, Inc. Gabelli recently did a Q&A session with some folks at Reddit which provided some great value investing insights. Here’s an except from the thread on Reddit: Hello Reddit! … Read More