This week’s best investing news: Warren Buffett announces $6 billion in donations (Berkshire) AQR’s Cliff Asness weighs in on machine learning, quant credit (P&I) Jim Chanos on the Nuttiness of ‘Bitcoin Treasury Companies’ (Odd Lots) Ken Fisher – The Investing Opportunities We See Outside the US (Fisher) Bill Belichick and … Read More
Bill Nygren: The Bull Case For Value Investing
Bill Nygren’s recent presentation offers a compelling argument for the resurgence of value stocks in today’s market. “I think today’s a really interesting time for value stocks, really because it’s been such a poor time for them for most of the past decade,” he observes. “The result of that is … Read More
Michael Mauboussin: The Hard Truth About Drawdowns
Let’s cut to the chase: if you can’t stomach big drawdowns, you shouldn’t be investing in stocks. As Michael Mauboussin and Dan Callahan put it in their latest Morgan Stanley report, Drawdowns and Recoveries, Charlie Munger’s take on this is brutally clear: “I think it’s in the nature of long-term … Read More
Bill Nygren: Finding Value in the Shadows of the “Magnificent Seven”
The relentless dominance of tech giants—the so-called “Magnificent Seven”—has left many solid companies trading at bargain valuations, creating what veteran investor Bill Nygren calls “an unusual opportunity.” In his recent CNBC interview, the Oakmark Fund portfolio manager highlighted overlooked stocks with single-digit P/E ratios, arguing that the market’s fixation on … Read More
Terry Smith: Key Lessons from Fundsmith’s Latest Annual Meeting
Terry Smith’s latest shareholder meeting offered a refreshing dose of straight talk for investors. His candid reflections cut through the usual market noise and provided some lessons worth remembering. Even top performers have off years, as Smith openly admitted when discussing Fundsmith’s recent performance: “Last year wasn’t our finest hour. … Read More
Bill Ackman: When to Buy the Best Businesses (At the Right Price)
Bill Ackman’s investment philosophy comes down to a simple but powerful idea: find great businesses when they’re going through tough times, buy them at a discount, and help them get back on track. In an interview with Lex Fridman, he broke down exactly how he does this in straightforward terms … Read More
Warren Buffett: Why Concentration Beats Diversification
In his 1993 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter, Warren Buffett explained how he and Charlie Munger figured out early that trying to make dozens of brilliant investment decisions is a losing battle. As Buffett puts it, “Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it’s just too hard … Read More
François Rochon: The Optimal Portfolio Strategy
In a recent interview with The Investor’s Podcast, one of my favorite value investors, François Rochon from Giverny Capital, shared some straightforward advice about building a smart investment portfolio. His main takeaway? Owning between 20 to 25 high-quality stocks gives you the right mix of diversification and concentration for long-term … Read More
Warren Buffett: The Problem With Today’s ‘Electronic Herd’
The stock market today feels like it’s running on caffeine – jittery, reactive, and prone to wild mood swings. Warren Buffett saw this coming way back in 2007 during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting when he described what’s fundamentally changed in markets. “There is an electronic herd of people around … Read More
Warren Buffett: Great Investments Go Beyond the Balance Sheet
Investing is a balance between hard data and good judgment. As Warren Buffett put it in his 1967 Partnership Letter, “The evaluation of securities and businesses for investment purposes has always involved a mixture of qualitative and quantitative factors.” On one side, you’ve got the believers in business fundamentals—the ones … Read More
Adam Smith: The Stock Market as a Game
It’s become abundantly clear to me that there’s a high degree of gambling in today’s stock market. From the frenzied trading of meme stocks to the speculative bets on tech IPOs, investing often feels more like a high-stakes poker table than a carefully calculated financial strategy. This isn’t a new … Read More
Mohnish Pabrai: Buffett’s Geiger Counter Approach
An often-overlooked aspect of Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy is his ability to pivot when opportunities arise outside the mainstream equity markets. This flexibility is what Mohnish Pabrai calls Buffett’s “Geiger counter approach” in his book – Mosaic: Perspectives on Investing. The Geiger counter metaphor suggests an investor constantly scanning for … Read More
One Stock Superinvestors Are Dumping: Is It Time to Sell?
As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple, we’re always interested in superinvestors who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13Fs. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, Ray … Read More
One Stock Superinvestors Are Loading Up On
As part of the weekly research here at The Acquirer’s Multiple, we’re always interested in investing gurus who hold the same stocks that appear in our Acquirer’s Multiple Stock Screeners, based on their latest 13Fs. Investors such as Warren Buffett, Joel Greenblatt, Carl Icahn, Prem Watsa, Jeremy Grantham, Seth Klarman, … Read More
Howard Marks: The Art of Holding
If you’re like me, one of the things I often struggle with is the question of when to sell. The instinct to lock in gains when something is up, or to cut losses when something is down, feels natural. But as Howard Marks recently explained on The Money Maze Podcast, … Read More
Weekly Investing Roundup – News, Podcasts, Interviews (03/14/2025)
This week’s best investing news: Howard Marks – Unlocking Investment Wisdom (Money Maze) Ray Dalio: The U.S. government’s debt problem will lead to ‘shocking developments’ (CNBC) Bill Nygren – A Modern Approach to Value Investing (FinChat) GMO: Trade: The Most Beautiful Word In The Dictionary (GMO) The Last Lecture of … Read More
Bill Nygren’s Modern Approach To Value Investing
During his recent interview with FinChat, renowned value investor Bill Nygren reflected on mistakes and lessons learned over his career. His insights serve as a compelling reminder of the delicate balance between conviction and caution in investing. “You know, it’s funny, there’s so many mistakes. If you define the mistake … Read More
10 Worst Performing Large-Caps Last 12 Months
Over the past twelve months ten Large-Cap stocks have underperformed all others. Here’s this week’s top 10 worst performing Large-Caps in the last twelve months: Name 1 Year Price Returns (Daily) Moderna (MRNA) -69.43% Celanese (CE) -64.61% Super Micro Computer (SMCI) -64.45% Intel (INTC) -55.10% Estee Lauder Companies (EL) -53.65% … Read More
Tobias Carlisle: Redefined Value Investing For 2025
In the early 2020s, skepticism toward value investing surged. As Tobias Carlisle noted on the Excess Returns Podcast, “In 2020 and 2021, the growthy, better-quality companies were having a field day, and value was again being left behind.” Critics argued value investors were merely price investors, relying on multiple expansion … Read More
Warren Buffett: Investing Without Hurdle Rates
At the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Buffett addressed a topic that confounds many investors: discount rates and hurdle rates. Unlike Wall Street analysts who obsess over these metrics, Buffett made it clear that he and Charlie Munger don’t operate that way. “We don’t formally have discount rates,” he said. … Read More