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During his latest Q4 2022 Earnings Call, Prem Watsa explained why value oriented stocks are coming to the fore. Here’s an excerpt from the call (H/T Seeking Alpha): Watsa: As I’ve said previously many times, long-term value investing has gone through a very difficult time for about a decade now. … Read More

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

In his latest Q4 2021 Earnings Call, Prem Watsa explains his preference for investing in founder-led companies. Here’s an excerpt from the call: Prem Watsa No. No. The — good question. No. The investment philosophy is the same. What we are trying to buy is good companies with great management … Read More

In his latest 2021 Annual Shareholder Letter, Prem Watsa discussed his latest outstanding results and how to find companies that can survive for 100 years. Here’s an excerpt from the letter: We had the best year in our history in 2021 as the world began to return to normalcy. We … Read More

In his recent interview on the Delphi Economic Forum, Prem Watsa discussed the two-tier economy and high-tech valuations. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: So the two-tier market is very simply Alexis that high-tech… anything that’s high-tech for example Zoom Technologies were selling at $130 Billion. It’s still selling… it’s … Read More

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

In his latest Fairfax 2020 Year End Letter, Prem Watsa discusses the wisdom he uses from investing legend Phil Carret to identify the most successful determinant of long term success in any investment. Here’s an excerpt from the letter: As I have said to you many times over the past … Read More

Here’s a recent article from the Globe and Mail titled – Fairfax CEO Prem Watsa touts traditional value investing amid frenzy for tech stocks like Shopify, in which Prem Watsa says that today’s valuations for some wonderful companies are ‘insane’. He adds that the best days are ahead for value … Read More

Here’s an interview with Prem Watsa on the Price-To-Value Podcast in which he discussed the under-performance of value investing in recent years, and its future. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Watsa: Yeah, you’re exactly right. In the last 10 years since that 2008, 2009 crash, call it the great … Read More

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

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

Some of the best shareholder letters that investors can read are those from Prem Watsa at Fairfax Financial Holdings. In his 2006 Shareholder Letter, Watsa predicted the sub-prime mortgage crisis saying: Finally, we continue to worry about the unprecedented issuance of collateralized bonds, mortgages and loans (we hold none!). The … Read More