At Berkshire’s annual meeting today in Omaha, NE, Warren Buffett announced that he will be stepping down as CEO at the end of the year and handing the reigns to Greg Abel – ending an epic 70 year career in…
I am currently about halfway through a fascinating podcast in which William Green, author of Richer, Wiser, Happier, interviews Chris Begg, Chief Investment Officer of East Coast Asset Management. One of the most intriguing concepts in the podcast is the…
I’ve had my eye on Nike (NKE) for a year and a half now, initiating a starter position 9 months ago, and waiting for a moment to go bigger. This is it. First let’s talk about the quarter. It was…
I have recently been reading the 5th edition of The Essays of Warren Buffett edited by Lawrence Cunningham. Reading these excerpts from Buffett’s Berkshire Annual Letters over the years has been an extremely calming experience for me, almost a form…
Earlier this month news broke that Berkshire Hathaway had acquired a position in beaten down retailer Ulta Beauty (ULTA). The stock soared the next day in reaction but it’s coming back to earth this morning after a weak earnings report…
Jon Sindreu wrote a very interesting article for the WSJ’s Heard On The Street section this morning (“Don’t Call AI Craze A Bubble” [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED]). Sindreu wants to make a distinction between the current market – in which blue chip…
At the end of his long life, Charlie Munger expressed doubts about the future of value investing: I think that the modern investors, to get ahead, almost has to get in a few stocks that are way above average. They…
Two stocks that may represent deep value report earnings Wednesday morning: Advanced Auto Parts (AAP) and Target (TGT). AAP was decimated six months ago when it drastically cut full year earnings guidance. A quarter ago, AAP brought in a new…
Written on the occasion of Warren Buffett’s 93rd birthday (8/30/23): The game taught me the game – Jesse Livermore There are four perennial approaches to the stock game: value, macro, momentum and technical. Value investing was founded by Ben Graham…
Most of the time cheap stocks are cheap for good reason. While they look good on current financial metrics like the P/E ratio, their businesses are in decline and a more far sighted analysis of their business reveals them to…