In my experience, for investors in individual stocks, after you get experience in
-Qualitative Analysis of Businesses and Industries
-Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation Analysis
that's when diving into this Behavioral Finance stuff will help you the most.
These biases impact investors at various stages of investing.
So it helps to know which ones you are constantly being impacted by, which ones the general Market is being impacted by during periods of stress, learn more and come up with strategies that will slowly help you overcome those. 👍
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The point of the thread is not to show off, but to share my experiences & general lessons with whoever is interested & applies to. Divided into the below sections.
Philosophy
Trends
Research
Thesis
Valuation
Financials
Buying
Holding, Maintenance
Selling
✔️My Philosophy
- Invest your Capital with the best Businesses & Mgmt Teams.
- Hold for longterm as long as the biz quality/strength are improving & intrinsic value is growing.
- Learn from mistakes & improve the process.
- Expect & take advantage of Volatility along the way.
"A Simple Guide to Your Company's Financial Statements" - Excellent document by Mastercard to help Small Business owners understand the importance & structure of Financial statements. Equally useful document for investors. 📊👍
Yes, a very valid predicament @IrnestKaplan especially with the current valuations.
SW/SaaS Companies usually have few advantages.
-A very high Gross Margin that affords them to spend in other areas.
-No Debt (or very low amount) saving them the interest.
However careful evaluation has to be done if the ongoing expenses for
-R&D is resulting in great Products/Services widening their Market leadership.
-S&M is resulting in acquiring higher value Customers, lowering churn and increasing stickiness.
-G&A is trending down with scale.
The company has to be trending towards Market leadership in an important and growing TAM, while the Management is executing well and building some type of moat.
In these cases, at some point the operating margins and FCF/Sales for good businesses could reach 25% or more.