When you hear stats like the S&P 500 is up 10% for the year or the index has more than tripled off the 2009 low, it’s easy to take those…
Tag: Factor Focus
Four Things Buffett Does Most Investors Couldn’t or Shouldn’t Do
They say Warren Buffett eats McDonald’s multiple times a week, gulps down a few cans of Coke a day and prefers ice cream and candy over vegetables. According to one…
What Bitcoin Taught Me About Risk & Reward In Investing & Life
In 2015, my firm Validea hired a technology consultant who was also building a company utilizing blockchain technology. At the time, the consultant suggested, “You know, you should take a…
Investing’s Real Magic Formula: Compounding
“When it comes to saving, investing, and the power of compounding, starting earlier is better – a lot better.” – Joel Greenblatt The quote is not taken from Joel Greenblatt’s…
A Systematic Earnings Revision Model To Help In Your Stock Picking Process
On Validea.com, we run 22 public facing models. Most of the models are a combination of fundamental factors, combining measures like profitability, valuation, cash flows, levels of debt, relative valuation,…
Excess Returns, Ep. 40: Six Lessons New Robinhood Traders Could Learn From Peter Lynch
Trading volumes at online brokers have skyrocketed since the Coronavirus crisis began. If there is one lesson these newly minted traders have learned so far, it is that the market…
Gaining A Long-Term Edge With The Wisdom of Peter Lynch
In last week’s piece, link here, I discussed what Peter Lynch might say to the millions of investors who have been investing in individual stocks over the last few months.…
What Peter Lynch, the Granddaddy of Stock Picking, Might Say To 3 Million New Robinhood Investors
Over 3 million new accounts were opened at Robinhood in the first quarter of this year – a resurgence in individual stock picking in the heart of the COVID-19 shutdown…
Eight Timeless Buffett Contributions That Go Beyond Returns & Bind Shareholders
In last week’s article, I discussed Warren Buffett’s recent and long-term track record and how Berkshire shareholders have remained committed to him even though he has trailed the market in…
Buffett’s Disappearing Alpha – Why It Doesn’t Really Matter
Warren Buffett has one of the greatest long-term investing track records of all time. The chart below shows the excess return (y-axis) over the market of some of history’s best…