In his recent Q4 2020 Market Commentary, Bill Nygren discussed his review of 2020, the rise of Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy as the new market guru, his sum-of-the-parts valuation of Facebook, and how value investors can benefit from ‘strong opinions weakly held’. Here’s an excerpt from the commentary: Unlike many … Read More
Oakmark: Why Stocks Are Safer Than Cash
Oakmark recently released its latest commentary titled – Why Stocks Are Safer Than Cash, which provides a great illustration of why investing in stocks is safer than holding cash, if you’re prepared to consider a long time horizon. Here’s an excerpt from the commentary: If you ask most people whether … Read More
Bill Nygren: Dealing With Stocks You Hold That Are Running At A Loss
In a recent interview with GuruFocus, Oakmark’s Bill Nygren and Win Murray answered a number of questions on their value investing strategy, portfolio holdings, value traps, and how to deal with positions you’re holding that are running at a loss, but you believe remain undervalued. Here is Nygren’s response: Question: … Read More
Bill Nygren: Today’s Resurgence In Day-Trading Will Not End Well
During his recent interview with ET NOW, Bill Nygren discussed the impact of intangibles and GAAP accounting, what he looks for in prospective investments, and his thoughts on the current resurgence in day-trading, and why it will not end well. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: I think the problem … Read More
Bill Nygren: High P/E Stocks Like Alphabet And Facebook Are ‘Value Stocks’
In his latest Q2 2020 market commentary Bill Nygren provided some great insights into his definition of ‘value stocks’ and the reasons why stocks with high P/E’s like Alphabet and Facebook can be considered value stocks. Here’s an excerpt from his commentary: Many strategists now claim that “value looks cheap … Read More
Bill Nygren – Top New Buys, Top Sold Out Positions
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
Bill Nygren: Here’s Why Alphabet And Netflix Can Be Classified As Value Stocks
In a recent interview with Barron’s famed value investor Bill Nygren explained why Alphabet and Netflix fall into the value stock category. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: You own Alphabet and Netflix. Those are not typical value stocks. One of the ways we differ from some value investors is … Read More
Bill Nygren: How To Hedge Against The Secular Changes To Traditional Value Investing
In this recent interview with Barron’s Roundtable, famed value investor Bill Nygren discusses how his firm, Oakmark Fund, hedges against the secular changes to traditional value investing. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: Q. You’ve had a great long-term track record, but the last couple of years have been tough. … Read More
Bill Nygren: Intangibles Are The Key To Business Valuation Today
Bill Nygren, Portfolio Manager at The Oakmark Funds, has just released a video which highlights the importance of considering intangibles when valuing businesses today saying: “The linkage between book value and business value has been broken because so many important assets today are intangibles and don’t even show up on … 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
Bill Nygren: Value Investors Need To Adapt Their Business Valuation Strategies
In The Oakmark Funds’ latest Q218 market commentary Bill Nygren says that value investors need to adapt their value investing strategies for today’s companies because book value is no longer a definitive indicator of economic value: “For companies in the S&P 500 today, the correlation between stock price and tangible … Read More
Successful Investing Is Achieved By Studying Other Successful Investors Who Do Things Very Differently To You – Bill Nygren
One of the value investing firms that we follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Oakmark Funds and portfolio manager, Bill Nygren. Nygren is a value investor who focuses on companies trading at what he considers to be a substantial discount to their true business value. He has been a … Read More
Bill Nygren – How To Apply A Private-Equity Approach To Public-Equity Investing
Great interview with Bill Nygren and Win Murray from Oakmark Capital in last month’s Value Investor Insight Newsletter. On the subject of passive vs active investing Nygren says, “I think it’s ironic that an increase in the number of dollars invested without thought as to where value is and isn’t would make … Read More
Bill Nygren – Doesn’t think there’s reasons to believe the stock market is expensive
One of our favorite investors at The Acquirer’s Multiple – Stock Screener is Bill Nygren. Bill Nygren has been a manager of the Oakmark Select Fund (OAKLX) since 1996, Oakmark Fund (OAKMX) since 2000 and the Oakmark Global Select Fund (OAKWX) since 2006. As of December 2016 the Oakmark Select … Read More