Legendary value investors' secrets
November 21, 2024
In a note dated March 10, 1994, Walter Schloss, a famous value investor named by Warren Buffett in 1984 as one of the superinvestors, listed 16 “Factors Needed To Make Money In The Stock Market”. Walter Schloss (August 28, 1916 – February 19, 2012) was a notable American value investor who was one of the famous…
Read More about Walter Schloss stock market secrets“A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.” – Wikipedia. Legendary investor Warren Buffett coined the term “moat” in finance. A company needs a moat to protect its profitability and to fence itself…
Read More about Economic moats checklistOne great bonus in reading the revised edition of Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor book is the accompanying commentary for each chapter and even for the introduction by veteran investment writer Jason Zweig. What exactly does Benjamin Graham mean by an “intelligent” investor? “Back in the first edition of this book (The Intelligent Investor), (Benjamin)…
Read More about Are you an intelligent investor?Excerpt from a CNN Money report, How to invest like a billionaire, dated 31 December 2014: “The company (Warren) Buffett may regret buying the most this year though is IBM…It’s by far and away the worst performer among the 30 top American businesses in the Dow. IBM is trying to reinvent itself by laying off…
Read More about IBM shares down but Warren Buffett could be happyAmerican stock investor Philip Arthur Fisher (September 8, 1907 – March 11, 2004) was best known as the author of the investment guide book Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. The book has the reputation of staying in print since it was first published in 1958. Among his best-known followers is Warren Buffett who on some…
Read More about Philip Fisher’s “Fifteen Points to Look for in a Common Stock”In a section of his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on February 28, 2014 for FY2013, Warren Buffett shared “Some Thoughts About Investing” (Post: Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike) . He also shared more about Benjamin Graham, his teacher and friend, and about Benjamin Graham’s book, The Intelligent Investor . “Ben’s ideas…
Read More about Benjamin Graham’s The Intellingent Investor Chapter 20 (Margin of Safety As The Central Concept Of Investment)In a section of his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on February 28, 2014 for FY2013, Warren Buffett shared “Some Thoughts About Investing” (Post: Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike) . He also shared more about Benjamin Graham, his teacher and friend, and about Benjamin Graham’s book, The Intelligent Investor . “Ben’s ideas…
Read More about Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor Chapter 8 (The Investor and Market Fluctuations)In his letter (dated February 28, 2014 for FY2013) to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett shared some thoughts about investing in one section. In a sub-section, he gave pointers on the analysis involved in buying stocks. Warren Buffett said: “When Charlie and I buy stocks – which we think of as small portions of businesses…
Read More about When Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger buy stocks…In his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on February 28, 2014 for FY2013, Warren Buffett, among other things, shared “Some Thoughts About Investing”. To illustrate certain fundamentals of investing, Warren Buffett told two tales in the letter. The two tales are about two small non-stock investments that Warren Buffett made long ago. “Though neither changed…
Read More about Warren Buffett’s investment tales“Investment is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.” – The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham Warren Buffett kicked off with this quote when he shared “Some Thoughts About Investing” in a section of his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on February 28, 2014 for FY2013. Under a sub-section, he shared more about Benjamin Graham, his teacher…
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