We’ve just been reading Seth Klarman’s latest speech at the Harvard Business School. During the speech Klarman provides some great insights into the problems with a short-term orientation in investing. Here’s an excerpt from the speech: Consider corporate time horizons. It’s a choice to attempt to maximize corporate results over … Read More
Bruce Berkowitz: 15 Books That Every Investor Should Read
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
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 11/30/2018
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: Battling Entropy: Making Order of the Chaos in Our Lives (Farnam Street) My favorite analogy for stocks vs the economy (The Reformed Broker) Why BRK? (The Brooklyn Investor) The Stock Market Doesn’t Care About You (A Wealth of Common Sense) Selfish Writing (Collaboratve Fund) The Nifty Fifty (The Irrelevant Investor) The Fed Warns The … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Tepper, Greenblatt, Dalio 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, Ray Dalio, … Read More
Joel Greenblatt: Q3 2018 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
Charles Munger: A Parody About The Great Recession
One of the best articles ever written about the ‘Great Recession’ is Charles Munger’s – Parody Describing The Contributions of Wantmore, Tweakmore, Totalscum, Countwrong, and Obvilious To The Tragic ‘Great Recession’ in Boneheadia and The Thoughts of Some People Relating To The Disaster. While the entire article is six pages … Read More
Howard Marks: Avoiding All Losses Can Render Success Unachievable Almost As Readily As Can The Occurrence Of Too Many Losses
In his 2014 memo – Dare To Be Great, Howard Marks says successful investing includes dealing with some losses saying: “To succeed at any activity involving the pursuit of gain, we have to be able to withstand the possibility of loss. A goal of avoiding all losses can render success … Read More
20 Of The Best Books On Investor Psychology – All Time
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
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Soros, Greenblatt, Dalio 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, Ray Dalio, … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 11/22/2018
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: There’s Seldom Any Traffic on the High Road (Farnam Street) Surveying the Damage in Stocks (A Wealth of Common Sense) Yards After Contact (The Reformed Broker) To Succeed In The Markets You Must Become A ‘Second Level Thinker’ (The Felder Report) Humble Exits (Collaborative Fund) Price is set at the margin (csinvesting) … Read More
Aswath Damodaran: The One Thing You Need To Do To More Accurately Value Businesses
Here’s a great presentation with Aswath Damodaran and the team at Google. During the presentation Damodaran reveals the one thing investors need to do to more accurately value businesses. Here’s an excerpt from the presentation: So here’s my final point about valuation. One of my favorite movies of all time is … Read More
Charles Munger: The Trouble With Economists & Economics
Some years ago Shane Parrish at Farnam Street did a podcast in which he read the full text of Charlie Munger’s presentation – Academic Economics: Strengths and Weaknesses, after Considering Interdisciplinary Needs. It’s a must listen to for all investors. Here’s an excerpt from Munger’s presentation: 3) Physics Envy The third … Read More
Seth Klarman: Q3 2018 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
Michael Burry: Measuring Money Managers By ‘Relative Performance’ Harms Their Ability To Invest Intelligently
Seth Klarman has often spoken about the nonsense of measuring fund managers by their ‘relative performance’. That is, measuring the performance of their investments against various market benchmarks. A quick read through Michael Burry’s Scion Capital shareholder letters shows that he’s also not a fan of relative performance as a … Read More
Value Invest New York – December 4th, 2018
Value Invest New York will take place on December 4 View Conference Agenda The line-up for Value Invest New York was announced last week and it will feature speakers who will give insights and investment ideas at the conference – with the presentation titles below. The line-up includes Joel Greenblatt, … Read More
Elon Musk: 8 Books That Every Investor Should Read
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
This Week’s Best Investing Reads 11/16/2018
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: How This All Happened (Collaborative Fund) Defensive Decision Making: What IS Best v. What LOOKS Best (Farnam Street) Family Inc. (Humble Dollar) Playing with Fire (The Reformed Broker) What If You Retire At a Stock Market Peak? (A Wealth of Common Sense) Why Warren Buffett Would Be Buying Precious Metals Again Today … Read More
TAM Stock Screener – Stocks Appearing in Cohen, Greenblatt, 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, Ray Dalio, … Read More
Warren Buffett: “Berkshire Could Be A Rest Home For Activists”
Here’s a great interview with Warren Buffett at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Conference in which he discusses why he’s not a fan of activists, and the importance of having good communication with your shareholders in the case of an activist surfacing. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Buffett: Activism is … Read More
David Einhorn: Top 10 Holdings, New Buys, Sold Out Positions
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