Go to ...

Buffettpedia

Legendary value investors' secrets

RSS Feed

November 30, 2020

RSS Aswath Damodaran’s Musings on Markets

  • A Viral Market Update XIV: A Wrap on the COVID market, premature or not! November 5, 2020
    Over the last eight months, I have written a series of posts on the market and how it has adapted and adjusted to COVID. The very first of these posts, on February 26, 2020, was about two weeks into the meltdown and it is indicative of how little we knew about the virus then, and […]
  • Value Investing III: Requiem, Rebirth or Reinvention? October 23, 2020
    If you have had the endurance to make your way through my first two posts on value investing, I compliment you on your staying power, but I am sure that, if you are a value investor, you have found my take on it to be unduly negative. In this, my third post, I want to […]
  • Value Investing II: Tough times for Value Investing - Passing Phase or a Changed World? October 23, 2020
    In the last post, I noted the strong backing for value investing for much of the last century, where a combination of investing success stories and numbers that back those stories allowed it to acquire its lead position among investment philosophies. In this post, I plan to look at the underbelly of value investing, by […]
  • Value Investing I: The Back Story October 23, 2020
    One of the classes that I teach is on investment philosophies, where I begin by describing an investment philosophy as a set of beliefs about how markets work (and sometimes don't) which lead to investment strategies designed to take advantage of market mistakes. Unlike some, I don't believe that there is a  single "best" philosophy, […]
  • Sounding good or Doing good? A Skeptical Look at ESG September 21, 2020
    In my time in corporate finance and valuation, I have seen many "new and revolutionary" ideas emerge, each one marketed as the solution to all of the problems that businesses face. Most of the time, these ideas start by repackaging an existing concept or measure and adding a couple of proprietary tweaks that are less […]
  • Illusion, Perception and Reality: Stock Splits and Index Inclusions September 1, 2020
    After big market movements, we are eager to look for explanations, fundamental reasons why a stock or stocks collectively moved on that day, but the reality is that a great deal of the price movement on a day-to-day basis has nothing to do with earnings, cash flows or risk. On August 31, this reality was […]
  • A Viral Market Update XIII: The Strong (FANGAM) get stronger! August 20, 2020
    When I started these updates on February 26, 2020, about two weeks after the markets went into free fall, my first six posts were titled "Viral Market Meltdowns", reflecting the sell off across the globe. About half way through this series, I changed the title, replacing the word "meltdown" with "update", as markets turned around. […]
  • From Class Rooms to Class Zooms: Teaching during COVID times! August 5, 2020
    As some of you who have visited my website and read my bio know, I describe myself first and foremost as a teacher,  and every semester, for the last decade, I have invited anyone who is interested to join in my classes. In December 2019, when I posted my last invite, I fully expected to be teaching corporate […]
  • A Viral Market Update XII: The Resilience of Private Risk Capital July 23, 2020
    In the midst of chaos and confusion, it is human nature to look for order and for a unifying theory that explains the world. As I have navigated my way through this crisis, I have used data from markets to try to come up with explanations for why markets have rebounded as quickly and as […]

RSS Dr David Kass commentary

RSS CNN Money

Like Us On Facebook

Facebook Pagelike Widget

Recommended reading

RSS The Business Times – Companies & Markets

  • BRC Asia's full-year net profit down 36% amid Covid-19 disruptions November 29, 2020
    MAINBOARD-LISTED steel dealer BRC Asia's full-year net profit fell 35.5 per cent to S$20.4 million, from S$31.6 million a year earlier, amid disruptions due to Covid-19.
  • Singapore stocks end week in the red; STI down 0.1% November 27, 2020
    SINGAPORE shares ended the week in negative territory, marking the third consecutive day of declines. The local stock market saw a directionless trading session, as the US market's closure due to Thanksgiving gave investors little in terms of news and updates.
  • Proxy advisers Glass Lewis, ISS recommend proposed merger of Sabana and ESR-Reit November 27, 2020
    PROXY advisers Glass Lewis and ISS have issued recommendations in favour of the resolutions up for voting at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting (EGM) and scheme meeting of Sabana Shari'ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana Reit) and ESR-Reit on Dec 4, which includes unitholders voting for the proposed merger of the two real […]
  • Biolidics jumps 22.6% on news of Covid-19 test kit distribution November 27, 2020
    SHARES in Catalist-listed Biolidics rallied for a third consecutive day on Friday, advancing more than 20 per cent by the closing bell.
  • ThaiBev cautious on recovery, offering wider product range November 27, 2020
    THAI Beverage Public Co (ThaiBev) said in a post-earnings conference call on Thursday evening that it does not expect a huge jump in sales in the months ahead as the pandemic's impact lingers. Still, analysts remain upbeat about the company's road to recovery.

RSS The Business Times – Stocks

September 2015
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  

Archives for September 2015

Benjamin Graham Theory Of Diversification

September 20, 2015

In investment, having a margin of safety itself is not sufficient.  Why is this so? Benjamin Graham, the founder of value investing, uses the simple basis of the insurance-underwriting business to explain the need for diversification. He said that  diversification is the companion of margin of safety. In other words, margin of safety and diversification

Continue Reading››

Skip to toolbar