One of Warren Buffett’s basic tests for buying a stock is the idea that if you wouldn’t buy the whole company at this price – market cap, enterprise value, etc. – you shouldn’t buy the stock. Not even to hold it for just a week, month, or...
Hi, Geoff. I have just recently read your old article titled “How To Find Competitive Advantages In The Real World”. My question is, is that article still relevant at this point in time (because it is quite old)? If any, what would you...
Someone sent Geoff this email ( to ask your own question: just send me an email ) : Hey Geoff, The last 10 years saw the dominance of ‘growth’ (as quantitatively defined) over ‘value’. If you were a value (however it is defined) investor,...
We did a Focused Compounding Podcast episode that was 100% dedicated to bank investing. In that podcast notice that I analyze banks completely differently than most value investors. I don’t believe price-to-book is an especially...
One of the biggest issues I come across when talking with people about specific stocks is that while we can have a good discussion of bottom-line numbers like earnings – the discussion of items higher in the income statement is not so...
One of the biggest risks for a value investor is buying into a business with poor momentum. Not momentum in the since of an upward movement in the price of the stock – that is often a problem, but it’s a difficult one for an investor (as...
I’m writing today’s Focused Compounding daily from a Best Western in Kansas. By the time you read this, I may already be back in Plano. Today will complete this short – only like four days total – research road trip by me and Andrew. We...
A couple days back, I read Tilman Fertitta’s book “Shut Up and Listen”. The book is short. And it’s full of a lot of basic, good advice especially for someone looking to build a big hospitality business (which is what Fertitta did). What...
