Warren Buffett: We Prefer Businesses That Are Drowning In Cash

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In the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Warren Buffett explained that investment involves assessing an asset’s potential to generate future returns, focusing on its fundamentals rather than market speculation. He highlights the importance of understanding a business’s nature and financial statements to predict its future performance. Buffett shares his approach … Read More

Lack of Institutional Coverage Creates Opportunities

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During their recent episode, Taylor, Carlisle, and Gwen Hofmeyr discussed Lack of Institutional Coverage Creates Opportunities. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Gwen: Yeah. And so, there’s an extremely valuable asset there, but there’s no institutional coverage of the company. And so, the market has never that I’ve observed– I … Read More

Warren Buffett’s Mindset – Would You Hold This Stock if the Market Closed for 5 Years?

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During the 1997 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Warren Buffett explained why he focuses more on the intrinsic value of businesses rather than market trends or capital flows. He dismisses the significance of who is buying or selling securities or macroeconomic indicators, such as market signals or Federal Reserve actions, as … Read More

VALUE: After Hours (S06 E45): Luxury Fashion, Conference Swag and Supermarket Land Value with Gwen Hofmeyr, Maiden

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In their latest episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Tobias Carlisle, Jake Taylor, and Gwen Hofmeyr discuss: Cyclical Compounders and Market Opportunities Lack of Institutional Coverage Creates Opportunities Insights on Regional Banks Historical Analogies: The Hunt Brothers and Silver vs. Michael Saylor and Bitcoin Untangling Cyclical versus Secular Tiny’s … Read More

Value Investing Masterclass: Greenblatt & Pzena – Excess Financial Leverage And Value Investing are Not Good Bedfellows

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In their recent Value Investing Masterclass, Rich Pzena and Joel Greenblatt discuss all things value investing including their days spent worked together on a Ben Graham paper in college. During the interview Rich Pzena also discusses his thoughts on why value investing and excess financial leverage are not good bedfellows. … Read More

Pzena Investment Management: Webinar EM Value: How Trade Wars Create Opportunities in Emerging Markets

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Here’s a great little webinar from value investing firm – Pzena Investment Management which discusses how trade wars create opportunities in emerging markets saying: “This is a particularly interesting time to invest in emerging markets. Global trade wars have created opportunities where companies with strong competitive positions are caught in … Read More

FT: Has The Value Investing Fightback Begun?

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Here’s a great article from The Financial Times titled – Has the value investing fightback begun?, which discusses whether value investing is making a fightback as US value stocks have gained almost 10 per cent since the beginning of September. Here’s an excerpt from that article: Like an ageing, unfancied … Read More

Schroders: Has Value Investing Been Disrupted?

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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

Latest Research: Will Value Investing Ever Rebound?

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Here’s a great new research paper titled – Explaining the Demise of Value Investing. The paper discusses the two major reasons for the demise of value investing and speculates on the likelihood of a resurgence. Here’s an abstract: The business press claims that the long-standing and highly popular value investing strategy—investing in … Read More