By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — “I do not like debt and do not like to invest in companies that have too much debt, particularly long-term debt. With long-term debt,…
Tag: Factor Focus
U.S. Government Just Gave Investors Part of their "Super Stock" for Free (Sort Of)
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Sometimes someone says something that hits you like a ton of bricks. Well, in early January Warren Buffett was on CNBC and one of…
How an Investment Strategy Can Be at the Top and Bottom at the Same Time
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Imagine you’re presented with two investment models. Both hold a concentrated basket of 10 stocks, both are rebalanced monthly and both are built on…
The Value of Cash and the Gurus
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Cash may be one of the most boring things to talk about when discussing a company and its investment prospects. Things like a company’s…
Investing in Both Big & Small Companies: Taking a Look at Market-Cap
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world. He’s achieved this vaunted status is because of the price of the stock and…
Validea Gets Under the Hood: P/E Ratios
By Justin J. Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) — In our book, “The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies”, we called Benjamin Graham the “Granddaddy of the…
Factor Strategy Focus – Benjamin Graham
By Jack Forehand — When we started following guru-based models, the term factor investing didn’t exist. We just wanted to find a way to outperform the market, and we realized…