One of the things we like to focus on when selecting stocks for our deep value stock screens here at The Acquirer’s Multiple are companies with strong balance sheets. In a recent article Business Insider reports that cash-rich companies are king in the stock market right now. The article states that shares … Read More
George Athanassakos – Let’s Stop Bashing Active Management
Great article by George Athanassakos, a Professor of Finance and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at Ivey Business School, in which he answers two difficult questions regarding active management: Why is it almost impossible for reported numbers to show that active managers beat benchmarks? But beyond that, what may make it … Read More
Steven Romick – Avoiding The Worst Performing Stocks Can Lead To Outperformance – Here’s How
Steven Romick at FPA has just put out a great paper called, Two Decades of Winning by Not Losing. It’s a great illustration of how you can outperform in the stock market by avoiding the worst performing stocks. Here’s an excerpt from that paper: Thanks to the accelerated increase of passive investing … Read More
Rob Arnott – Links Between U.S. Stock Returns And U.S. Presidents Are Bogus
A new report released by Rob Arnott and the team at Research Affiliates shows that investors should exercise extreme caution when interpreting historical investment data as it relates to politics. Here’s an except from that report: Our results underscore the importance of exercising caution when interpreting historical investment data, including … Read More
John Bogle – The 7 Rules For Successful Stock Market Investing
One of our favorite investors at The Acquirer’s Multiple is John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group. In a recent article written for the CFA Institute’s Financial Analysts Journal, Bogle provides his seven investing rules for successful stock market investing. My favorite is Rule #7 which is: Stay the course. … Read More
Seth Klarman Warns Today’s High Stock Prices Are Masking Perceived Risks
According to a recent article by Business Insider, Seth Klarman has warned investors that today’s high stock prices are masking perceived risks. Here’s an excerpt from that article: “When share prices are low, as they were in the fall of 2008 into early 2009, actual risk is usually quite muted … Read More
Francois Rochon: 8 Rules For Successful Equity Investing
One of our favorite investors at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Francois Rochon at Giverny Capital. According to the firm’s website, Rochon’s U.S. Portfolio has an annualized return of 14.8% since 1993 compared to the S&P 500 of 9.2%. Rochon wrote a great paper for investors called the Keys to Successful investing, which provides … Read More
How to Invest in the U.S. Without Even Trying – Jason Zweig
One of the best blogs in our Top 50 Blogs 2017 is Jason Zweig. Zweig just wrote a great article called How to Invest in the U.S. Without Even Trying. Here’s an excerpt from that article: Imagine you wanted to own a mononational U.S. portfolio. S&P Dow Jones Indices estimates that … Read More
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500 Years Of Stock Panics, Bubbles, Manias, & Meltdowns (In 1 Simple Chart)
One of the Top 50 Investing Blogs for 2017 is Zero Hedge, and one of the best articles at Zero Hedge is one called, 500 Years Of Stock Panics, Bubbles, Manias, & Meltdowns (In 1 Simple Chart). It’s a simple yet powerful illustration of just what has happened in the history of … Read More
Value Investing Nuggets – Value Investor Insight Newsletter – April 2017
One of the best resources for value investors are the Value Investor Insight Newsletters. The VII newsletter is a value investment publication full of value investing nuggets and interviews with some of the best value investing firms. The newsletter was created by money manager Whitney Tilson and media executive John Heins. … Read More
Howard Marks Investor Series with Bruce Karsh
The Howard Marks Investor Series at The Wharton School brings high-profile investors to campus to share their real-world, practical investment perspectives. In this installment, Howard Marks speaks with Bruce Karsh. Both are co-founders of Oaktree Capital Management. Here’s the interview:
This Week’s Best Investing Reads – Curated Links
Here’s a list of this week’s best investing reads: Blogs Free Reading: Dear Fellow Shareholders (Hurricane Capital) The Unintended and Deleterious Societal Consequences of Quantitative Easing (The Felder Report) Mohnish Pabrai On The Mistake Of Selling Ferrari (ValueWalk) How Many Will Stay the Course During the Next Bear Market? (A Wealth of … Read More
With $2.9 Trillion In Market Cap – Here’s How The 5 Tech Giants Make Their Billions
One of the top bloggers in our Top 50 Investing Blogs of 2017 is Visual Capitalist (VC). VC provides some of the best charts on the planet, covering a number of categories including investing. Last month VC produced a chart called, Here’s How 5 Tech Giants Make Their Billions. It’s a … Read More
James Montier: Markets Are Behaving Like The White Queen (Alice In Wonderland)
James Montier of GMO recently wrote a great paper called Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, in which he discusses current market conditions and how we can make sense of today’s pricing. It’s a must read for all investors. Here’s an excerpt from that paper: I believe the markets are behaving … Read More
Mohnish Pabrai: How To Build Wealth Copying 9 Other Value Investors
One of our favorite investors at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Mohnish Pabrai. Earlier this year he wrote a great article called, Beyond Buffett: How To Build Wealth Copying 9 Other Value Investors. The article illustrates how you can build a successful portfolio by cloning other successful value investors. Here’s an … Read More
Tobias Carlisle: What To Do When The Market Punches You In The Mouth
One of my favorite investors is Tobias Carlisle, who is of course our esteemed leader here at The Acquirer’s Multiple. One of the best article ever written by him was one he wrote for Forbes called, What To Do When The Market Punches You In The Mouth. I thought today would … Read More
John Rogers: In Investing, Brains Are More Reliable Than Machines. Here’s Why
Just read a great article by John Rogers from Ariel Appreciation, who illustrates why brains are more reliable that machines in the world of investing. It reminded me of an article by Scientific American which says, “Computers are good at storage and speed, but brains maintain the efficiency lead”. The article went … Read More
Warren Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway Has An Unprecedented $100 Billion In Cash, Here’s Why
Great article by Jeff Nielson at sprottmoney.com that highlights Buffett’s equity portfolio is valued at $135 billion. With $100 billion in cash, that means more than a 40% cash component, an unprecedented mountain of cash in the history of Berkshire Hathaway. The question is why? Here’s an excerpt from that article:
Warren Buffett: Classic Investing Wisdom From The Man Who Was Rejected By Harvard & Initially By Ben Graham
One of the best Buffett interviews was one he did with Economic Club President David M. Rubenstein, honoring the 25th Anniversary of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.. This is classic Buffett, filled with humor and loads of investing nuggets: