One of the best resources for investors are the Daily Journal Annual meetings chaired by Charles Munger. These meetings are full of valuable investing insights for investors. One example is the 2016 Annual Meeting in which Munger was asked, “What do you use to value a business or a company? … Read More
Market Volatility Is A Value Investor’s Best Friend
Here’s a great article by Gary Smith at MarketWatch. Smith, the author of “Money Machine: The Surprisingly Simple Power of Value Investing” illustrates how market volatility provides great opportunities for value investors saying: “In fact, stock market volatility is a value investor’s best friend. Stock prices fluctuate far more than … Read More
Warren Buffett: How To Use Phil Fisher’s Scuttlebutt Method Today
Last year Warren Buffett did a great interview with Becky Quick at CNBC in which he discussed how he uses Phil Fisher’s ‘Scuttlebutt Method’ for finding investments. Phil Fisher wrote a investing classic called, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. Scuttlebutt means rumors or gossip about a particular product or company from … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads
Here is a list of this week’s best investing reads: Making the Most of Second Chances (Farnam Street) It’s Not Too Late (A Wealth of Common Sense) We’ve Just Had a Taste of What the Tightening Will Be Like (Ray Dalio) What Investors Should Be Thinking Right Now (The Reformed Broker) A Few Charts And A Few … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stocks Featuring In Soros, Pabrai, Greenblatt 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 Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, and Howard Marks. … Read More
Carl Icahn: “Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Are ‘Ridiculous'”
In a recent interview with CNBC, Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he doesn’t like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, calling them “ridiculous.” He also added, “Maybe I’m too old for them. I wouldn’t touch that stuff.” Here’s an excerpt from that interview: Carl Icahn told CNBC on Tuesday that he has … Read More
David Einhorn – “Don’t Sit Around Trying To Figure Out The Precise Value Of Stocks”
David Einhorn recently did a great presentation with the team at Oxford Union where he shared a number of aspects of his investing strategy. Einhorn discusses what to do when a position is not working out, how to value stocks, the downside of short-termism, and dealing with the differences between shareholders … Read More
Morningstar: Value Investing: Patience Will Be Rewarded
Here’s a great article from Morningstar which discusses the importance of patience as a value investor. One of the key takeaways is: “However, by anchoring investment decisions to value, we can navigate challenging circumstances and look through market noise and emotion to identify and take advantage of opportunities that may … Read More
Warren Buffett – “EMT Has Been An Extraordinary Service To Us And Other Followers Of Graham”
Here’s a great passage from Warren Buffet’s 1988 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter in which he discusses issues surrounding the Efficient Marker Theory (EMT) and how it has been a godsend to Grahamites. In terms of the ‘contest’ between EMT believers and the value investing community Buffett says: “In any sort … Read More
Burton Malkiel – How to Invest in an Overpriced World
Here’s a great article at the WSJ by Burton Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street and Chief Investment Officer of Wealthfront. Malkiel provides two strategies that might be worth considering in an overpriced world saying: “What, then, can an investor do to control risk? The two strategies that … Read More
Mohnish Pabrai – Recommends 7 Top Investing Books… And Two Websites To Become A Better Investor
Mohnish Pabrai recently did a great presentation for the 2018 Dakshana students at JNV Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, in India. At the start of the presentation Pabrai made a recommendation to the students to read the following seven books and two websites to become a better investor: 1. The 1957 – … Read More
This Week’s Best Investing Reads
Here’s a list of what we’ve been reading here at The Acquirer’s Multiple this week: Acquirer’s Multiple, Yog Berra and Financial Satire, and Hedge Fund Quiz (csinvesting) Bayes and Deadweight: Using Statistics to Eject the Deadweight From Your Life (Farnam Street) What To Do When Your Stocks Are Soaring? (A Wealth of Common Sense) Markets Can … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stocks Featuring In Greenblatt, Simons, Pzena Portfolios
One of the new weekly additions here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our All Investable Stock Screener and some top investors that have added, or are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, … Read More
Warren Buffett – “It’s Not What You Look At That Matters; It’s What You See.”
Warren Buffett provides a great lesson for all investors in the book – The Warren Buffet Way, by Robert Hagstrom. The lesson is that investors can spend weeks and years reading and analyzing information on prospective companies, but according to Buffett, “It’s not what you look at that matters; it’s … Read More
Howard Marks – Regardless Of The Current Market Conditions, Invest On The Basis Of Value And Its Relationship To Price
We’ve just been reading through Howard Marks’ latest memo – Latest Thinking. He makes a number of great points on current market conditions, possible future catalysts, and defensive versus aggressive investing. But the one take-away that stuck out for us is that regardless of current market conditions one should always … Read More
Charlie Munger – How To Dramatically Improve Your Financial Results
Here’s a great passage from the book – Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger, in which Munger illustrates how your financial results can be dramatically improved by being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical … Read More
Tobias Carlisle, The Acquirer’s Multiple – ValueWalk Podcast
Here’s a great interview with Tobias Carlisle, our Founder here at The Acquirer’s Multiple. Tobias speaks about the evolution and implementation of his Acquirer’s Multiple investing strategy and his new book, The Acquirer’s Multiple. Click on the play button below to listen to the interview: Highlights include: 1:17 Tell us … Read More
The Acquirer’s Multiple Gazette – (Investing Reads, Podcasts, Tweets, Superinvestor News)
The Acquirer’s Multiple Gazette is a roundup of this week’s best investing reads, podcasts, tweets and superinvestor news: Investing Reads What’s Wrong With Value? (The Irrelevant Investor) 180 Years of Stock Market Drawdowns (A Wealth of Common Sense) Stock Market Reversals Can Cause Recessions Too (The Reformed Broker) What You Can Learn from Fighter Pilots About Making … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stocks Featuring In Icahn, Greenblatt, Simons Portfolios
One of the new weekly additions here at The Acquirer’s Multiple features some of the top picks from our All Investable Stock Screener and some top investors that have added, or are holding these same picks in their portfolios. Investors such as Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, … Read More
How To Invest Like… Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s Right-Hand Man
Here’s a great article at The Telegraph discussing one of our favorite value investors here at The Acquirer’s Multiple, Charlie Munger. The article provides some great insights into Munger’s relationship with Buffett, his investing strategy, and his ten point investing checklist. Here’s an excerpt from that article: The world’s most famous … Read More