This section of the Tweedy Browne publication What Has Worked In Investing referenced in yesterday’s blog describes the investment approach related to low price in relation to earnings. Legendary value…
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Morgan Housel's Farewell to Motley Fool
…of investing is as high as it’s ever been.” Most investment success boils down to avoiding catastrophic mistakes. In the past, Housel contends, “successful investing meant being on the inside,…
Investing Principles Part I: Identifying Value based on Assets
This describes the first investment approach outlined in the Tweedy Browne Company publication entitled What Has Worked In Investing referenced in yesterday’s blog post. The net current assets approach was…
Investing Principles: What Has Worked
For the next several weeks, our daily blogs will include information from a 1992 publication by the investment firm Tweedy, Browne Company LLC entitled What Has Worked in Investing: Studies…
Active vs. Passive Results Linked to Market Cycles
…when value investing is favored. “When very high-priced stocks are running, passive investing wins because active managers tend to shun the higher valuations.” He warns that while passive investing has…
Fundamentally Solid Value Picks in the Spirit of Graham and Doddsville
…investing pays off in the long term. The article emphasizes the importance of focusing on business fundamentals when evaluating a stock and steering clear of the “short-term guessing game” of…
Mistakes from the Top Down
…“quality that unites the best-of-the-institutional-investing-best.” Ray Dalio, Co-CIO and Founder of Bridgewater Associates says “I’m a professional mistake-maker—one third of my trades are probably wrong.” Dalio say that humility comes…
The Case Against Sound-Bite Investing
While many financial planners warn clients to steer clear of the media when making investment decisions, the advice often falls on deaf ears. New academic research reported in Investment News,…
Fund Managers: The Latest Might Not be the Greatest
The investing mantra that touts patience as the best strategy for successful investing extends to choosing, and evaluating, fund managers. Research conducted by Robert W. Baird & Co. provides evidence…
Monte Carlo Is No Crystal Ball
…who has lectured on Monte Carlo, says “There is no magic to beat garbage in, garbage out.” The possibilities in the areas of finance and investing are obvious, although it’s…