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
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU) Up 214%
On December 1st, 2016 we wrote this article titled – The One Automobile Stock That Value Investors Should Own Right Now – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCAU), here at The Acquirer’s Multiple. At the time the article was written, Fiat Chrysler was one of the cheapest stocks in our All Investable … Read More
Joel Greenblatt – The 3 Golden Rules Of Successful Value Investing
Here’s a great article published at Forbes recently regarding one of our favorite value investors, Joel Greenblatt. The article is written by Jack Schwager, author of the Market Wizards series, in which he recounts his interview with Joel Greenblatt for one of his books. Schwager recalls some of the insightful parts of the … Read More
Seth Klarman – Value Opportunities Still Exist In Firms Being Attacked By The Likes Of Amazon
Good news for value investors as the WSJ reports that Seth Klarman at Baupost is still finding value opportunities in firms being attacked by the likes of Amazon, saying: “Increasing technological disruption is already pushing some securities well below our assessment of underlying value,” writes Mr. Klarman, “as legitimate concerns … 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 Buffett on Start-Up Investing (csinvesting) Poker, Speeding Tickets, and Expected Value: Making Decisions in an Uncertain World (Farnam Street) According To These 3 Measures The Stock Market Is Now Literally Off The Charts (The Felder Report) … Read More
Acquirer’s Multiple Stocks Featuring In Watsa, 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, Jim Simons, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, and Howard … Read More
Rose Blumkin and Warren Buffett interviewed about the Nebraska Furniture Mart in the 1980s
Check out this great film of Rose Blumkin and Warren Buffett interviewed about the Nebraska Furniture Mart in the 1980s:
David Einhorn – When Investing Feels Like You’re Running Into A Headwind, Don’t Capitulate, Stick To Your Strategy
One of our favorite investors here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is David Einhorn. Einhorn is the founder of Greenlight Capital, which according to WhaleWisdom manages a stock portfolio valued at approximately $6.67 Billion. We’ve just finished reading through Greenlight’s latest Q4 2017 shareholder letter which shows that the fund has returned … Read More
Charlie Munger – How Can Professional Investors, With Thorough Analysis, Continue To Underperform
Here’s a great presentation by Mohnish Pabrai to the folks at Google. During the presentation Pabrai relays a story about a time he had dinner with a small group at the home of Charlie Munger. During the dinner Munger posed a question to the group: Why did the ‘best ideas … Read More
Howard Marks – Investors Are Like Those Drivers Changing Lanes Every Minute, Cutting Off Half The Cars On The Road
One of the best free resources for all investors are Howard Marks’ memos. Marks is the Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital, which currently manages a portfolio valued at approximately $6.7 Billion. Since 1990 Marks has written 100+ memos which are full of valuable investing insights. One of our personal favorites here … Read More