Nassim Taleb: Economists Don’t Predict Better Than Cab Drivers. Typically A Little Worse, Often!

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Here’s a great interview with Nassim Taleb and Bob Shiller hosted by Nick Paumgarten at The New Yorker Summit. The panel is discussing economics, economists, and their role in finance. Taleb is asked the following question: Paumgarten: Is Economics Even A Science? And here is his Taleb’s response: Taleb: No, no, … Read More

Is David Einhorn’s Underperformance A Sign That Value Investing Is Set to Return

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Here’s a great article at CNBC which discusses the similarities between David Einhorn’s current performance and that of Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management back in 1999/2000. In terms of what Einhorn’s current performance means for the future of value investing, the article makes the following point: “The down-on-his-luck investor [Einhorn] may … Read More

How Does Seth Klarman Implement His Value Investing Strategy Differently To Many Other Value Investors

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Last week @NeckarValue tweeted a link to a great interview with Seth Klarman at Barron’s titled – “Value Hunter in a Sky-High Market”. The article provided a number of great value investing insights by Klarman and how he implements his value investing strategy differently to a lot of other value investors. Here’s … Read More

Michael Mauboussin: ‘Procyclicality’- How It Drives Market Cycles To Extremes

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Michael Mauboussin recently released a great paper called – Procyclicality And Its Extremes in which he discusses ‘Procyclicality’ and how it drives market cycles to extremes. He also provides indicators of procyclicality and methods for coping with, and profiting from it. Here is an excerpt from that paper: In economics, procyclical … Read More

This Week’s Best Investing Reads 06/29/2018

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Here is a list of this week’s best investing reads: 36 Obvious Investment Truths (A Wealth of Common Sense) Double Loop Learning: Download New Skills and Information into Your Brain (Farnam Street) Cliff Asness Sets The Quant and Hedge Fund Record Straight (video) (WealthTrack) Same Old Greed In A Shiny New Wrapper (The Felder Report) It’s a … Read More

Tobias Carlisle: Thinking Like An Acquirer (Podcast)

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Here’s a great interview with our Commander-in-Chief here at The Acquirer’s Multiple Tobias Carlisle speaking to Corey Hoffstein at Flirting With Models: This episode I chat with Toby Carlisle, a managing member at Carbon Beach Asset Management and author of popular value investing books such as Deep Value and The … Read More