Kidding aside, I'm not too worried abt post ER/Macro drawdowns for any of my holdings unless Business momentum unexpectedly stalls and thesis changes for the worse.
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For those inspiring to be Business focused long-term investors, below would be my recommendations of Businesses to intensely study.
30 old and 30 new Companies and my reasons to include them. ⬇️
Read up on their origin stories
-Their Mission, purpose and Values
-Main products/services & evolution
-Business models
-Customer focused & long-term oriented Management Teams that created/re-created their Success
-Company culture, Capital Allocation,
-Creating/extending Moats
-Leveraging Technology and adapting to times
-Finally long-term Financial statements to put everything into perspective....
With ongoing Digital transformation projects, more & more Cos trying to own their Customer relationship and changes in data privacy landscape, both Communication & Engagement products could have plenty of runway.
For anyone new, this gives a good view of what they are doing and where they are trying to go with the whole Customer Engagement Platform on top of their Communications platform.
Some comments from Khozema Shipchandler (COO) on strategy and guidance.
"Words of Investing Wisdom" published by Value Investor Insight in late 2008 is a highly valuable document worth reading once an year by investors of all types. Comes in very handy during good and bad times.
✔️Finding an Edge
✔️Field of Play
✔️Uncovering Value
✔️Research & Analysis
✔️Portfolio Management
✔️Learning Curve
✔️Of Sound Mind
✔️The Craft of Investing