Here’s an article from Schroders which discusses the impact of technology on traditional value investing: Disruption is a major theme in stock markets today with companies such as Amazon and Uber challenging the traditional approach to their respective industries. Such companies are an example of so-called “growth” stocks, with investors … Read More
Bloomberg: Why Value Investing Has Been Doing Badly
Here’s a great podcast from Bloomberg with hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway discussing – why has value investing been doing so badly. One of the oldest, most basic strategies in investing is value investing, which, for lack of a better way to put it, means “buy stocks that are … Read More
Cliff Asness: Why It’s Hard to Say When Value Wins Again
Here’s an excerpt from the AFR in which Cliff Asness is discussing why it’s hard to say when value investing wins again: It’s the question every almost every fund manager wished they had the answer for. And not surprisingly, it’s one that Cliff Asness gets asked the most: When is … Read More
Charlie Munger: The Two Markets That Are Most Inefficient
Here’s a great excerpt from Whitney Tilson’s notes on the 2007 Wesco Annual Meeting. During the meeting Charlie Munger provides some great insights on the growing popularity of value investing, efficient markets, and the two markets that are most inefficient: Is value investing becoming more widespread? I think our way … Read More
Walter Schloss: It’s An Irrational World, So You Can’t Always Do Things Logically
Here’s an excerpt from a 1989 article featuring Walter Schloss titled – Searching for Value. In the article Schloss provides some great insights into the difficulty of investing logically in an irrational world: A value-minded investor. Schloss views his business as rational—finding securities that are objectively undervalued compared to their … Read More
Forbes: Contrary To Popular Belief, Value Investing Is Not Dead
Here’s a great article at Forbes discussing the recent performance of value investing saying: “However, a hundred years worth of data says value investing works. One cycle doesn’t change that.” Here’s an excerpt from that article: Many people think value investing is dead. It’s not. Style leadership rotates across cycles. Also, adjusting … Read More
Christopher Davis: Value Investing Opportunities Exist When A Company Is In The Headlines For Unfavorable Reasons
Value investor Christopher Davis just released his 2018 Fall Review for the Clipper Fund. The Clipper Fund returned 6.1% in the first seven months of 2018, and over the last three years has slightly outperformed the S&P 500 Index with a cumulative return of 43% versus 42% for the index. … Read More
How Different Are Value Investors From Other Investors?
Heres a great article by George Athanassakos at The Globe and Mail which discusses the personality traits of successful value investors and how value investors are different to other types of investors. Here’s an excerpt from that article: While the technical aspects of value investing – screening for and valuing … Read More
OSAM: Here’s Why Value Factors Will Continue To Provide An Edge For Long Term Value Investors
One of the firms that we like to follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is O’Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM), which is run by Jim and Patrick O’Shaughnessy and their team. OSAM recently released it Q218 Shareholder letter which provides some great insights on the future of value investing and why OSAM … Read More
Bill Nygren’s Oakmark Funds Says Inactivity In Investing Remains The Optimal Strategy
One of the investor’s we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Bill Nygren. Nygren has been a manager of the Oakmark Select Fund since 1996, Oakmark Fund since 2000 and the Oakmark Global Select Fund since 2006. He is also the Chief Investment Officer for U.S. Equities at … Read More
Mario Gabelli: We’ll Use The Same Guiding Principles To Avoid Over-Paying For A Company’s Intrinsic Value And Lose Less During Market Manias
One of the investors we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Mario Gabelli, Founder, Chairman and CEO of GAMCO Investors, Inc. Gabelli recently did a Q&A session with some folks at Reddit which provided some great value investing insights. Here’s an except from the thread on Reddit: Hello Reddit! … Read More
Sequoia Fund: A Great Value Investing Mindset Creates A Substainable Advantage
One of the value investing firms that we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb (RCG), the investment adviser best known for managing the Sequoia Fund. RCG recently released its Q2 2018 Investor Letter. For the second quarter of 2018, Sequoia Fund generated a total return … Read More
Is David Einhorn’s Underperformance A Sign That Value Investing Is Set to Return
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
Is It Time For Value Investing to Return to the Limelight?
Here’s a great article from Peter Langerman at Franklin Templeton Investments where he discusses an optimistic outlook for value investing. Here’s an excerpt from that article: We believe macroeconomic developments in the United States and elsewhere could prove a fillip to value investing after several years of underperformance. The combination … Read More
Warren Buffett’s Three Best Investing Tips — Including ‘Margin of Safety’ — Explained
Here’s a great article at CNBC discussing Warren Buffett’s three best investing tips, including margin of safety: Warren Buffett believes investors should buy stocks within their “circle of competence” and at attractive values to succeed in the stock market. Buffett’s track record is unparalleled. From 1965 to 2017, Berkshire Hathaway’s … Read More
Barron’s: Are Value Stocks Ready To Grow Again
Here’s a great article from Barron’s which discusses the future of value investing. Here is an excerpt from that article: Quick: Name a famous investor. Whether you thought of a celebrity like Warren Buffett, a less famous (but no less successful) hedge fund manager like Seth Klarman, or reached into … Read More
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