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Seth Klarman addressed a Columbia MBA class back in 2010. Someone was nice enough to record it (you can find the video at Valuewalk).
His presentation covered his investing principles, which have defined his success over the years. I pulled out three of his principles below. Continue Reading…
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Sanjay Bakshi is the latest to do a Talk at Google (link to the video). Bakshi, an MBA professor, teaches about behavioral financial and valuation.
In the talk, Bakshi discusses five areas where the market misprices a moated business because it’s given the wrong label: Continue Reading…
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Last week, I pointed out that experience is a great teacher for those willing to learn. But it can be a slow process at times. The best way to speed it along is to study history.
The best example I have is learning from market extremes. Despite the constant talk of bubbles and crashes, the market spends most of its time away from these extremes. Continue Reading…
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The popular world view is short term and technology has only helped to shrink that view. That’s why being a contrarian to that perspective is a big advantage for investors. But should we pay attention to the short term?
The media has been circling like vultures for an opportunity like this since the last market correction in May 2011 because nothing draws eyeballs like high volatility and a correction. Continue Reading…
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I spent some time Monday morning watching reactions to the stock market. Thanks to social media, everyone has a front row seat to the greatest sideshow on Earth – investor behavior. Monday did not disappoint.
I have two Twitter accounts, one for the site where I follow a wide range of financial types (broken into groups: top finance, financial advisors, value investors, and financial media. BTW, value investors were the most calm – well done!) and a personal account that follows non-finance folks. Continue Reading…
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Football is a few weeks away. For fantasy football fans, that means drafts are starting soon. I thought I’d go slightly off topic, though not really because investing and fantasy sports tend to have similar patterns of behavior.
Put another way, similar mistakes and biases abound in both. So we can take what we know from investing and apply it to fantasy football or vice versa. In either case, hopefully, this post gives you something to think about while you prepare for both. Continue Reading…