Investing in its purest sense (Analysis of Intrinsic value, buying with Margin of Safety) has been out of fashion recently, but here's an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning the core concepts.
h/t @Vintage_Value👏
✔️Famous Value Investors (Graham, Buffett, Schloss, Klarman, Marks, Burry...)
✔️How to value a Stock
✔️Qualities of Great Companies (Enduring, High ROIC, Economic Moats)
✔️Behavioral Finance
✔️Recommended Reading.
Core concept
One of the most important illustrations in investing.
The difference between the intrinsic value of the Company based on the facts
vs
Market price that changes all the time.
Charlie Munger's checklist. ⬇️
Personally I do not like Value Investing being synonymous with buying for a cheap multiple based on past Financials while ignoring the Company's future and it's current problems.
It can (should) also mean analyzing where value is being created or being increased by the Company (usually in areas with stability/growth. aligned to trends, Moat, good Management, good ROIC, long runway....), measuring the range of intrinsic value, buying for less than that.
Overall a very useful document to get the concepts right irrespective of the method you use to buy stocks for the long-term (based on Intrinsic value, DCF, Multiple based....)
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On Seeking Alpha, "Integrator" (not sure about Twitter presence) is one of my favorite authors along with @FromValue @andrescardenal @EconomyApp
Bert Hochfeld
👏👏
Few of my fav articles of his.
1⃣ The 5 Elements That Make For An Outstanding Business
-Seek Economic Moats in any investment
-Having an awareness of your circle of competence
-Investing for the ultra long term
-Take advantage of a bargain hiding in plain sight
-Preservation of Capital, Above all
3⃣ 5 Common Mistakes In Evaluating High-Growth Companies
-It has already gone up so much.
-Fearing short interest
-Fearing future Competition
-Fearing stock dilution due to secondary offerings
-Fearing current losses
LESSON #1: Government policy can greatly affect your investment portfolio, for good or ill.
LESSON #2: Bull markets climb a wall of worry.
LESSON #3: Don’t fight the Fed. Adjust your portfolio when money is tight, and again when money is easy.
LESSON #4: Gold is money and the best insurance against an inflationary future and bad government policy, but don’t go overboard buying gold. (Not for everyone, but the author mentions that it should be done only as insurance. I guess Bitcoin is the proxy for it these days).
1) On limitations of traditional DCF & other analysis (that assume low terminal growth & mean-reverting) when it comes to exceptionally durable businesses.
Thanks Irnest. My investing philosophy is that we need to start with good first principles/frameworks like the ones in that document, but then adapt it to the current Business/Market environment.