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Have a good read while we are away on holiday for a few weeks

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on April 24, 2022April 24, 2022
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This first one is timely as the stock market is currently in a blue funk

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Have a good read while we are away on holiday a for a couple of weeks

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on February 20, 2022April 24, 2022
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The Tags Index on the home page gives easy access to over 130 great posts on everything from Investment Psychology to Warren Buffett’s concept of Economic Goodwill vs Accounting Goodwill.

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CAPE’s halo falls with a thud

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022
  • Part 5: Asset Management

CAPE is ignorant of interest rates

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My take on simplicity in investing

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 2, 2021January 25, 2026
  • Part 2: Human Foibles and Investment Decision Making

A fancy spreadsheet will give precise numbers but can also give you a false sense of accuracy.

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Misconceptions about Warren Buffett’s approach to investing

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

A high ratio of price to book value, a high price-earnings ratio, and a low dividend yield – are in no way inconsistent with a ‘value’ purchase.

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Why you can safely ignore market (and economic) predictions.

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 21, 2020May 2, 2021
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

The last time I made any specific stock market predictions was in the year 1914, when my firm judged me qualified to write their daily market letter, based on the fact that I had one month’s experience in Wall Street.

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Stock valuation in an age of intangible assets

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on November 29, 2020December 1, 2020
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

About forty years ago Buffett experienced a Damascene conversion

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The great investors and extreme volatility

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 10, 2020March 10, 2020
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Be prepared financially and psychologically to live through a series of bull markets and bear markets because in the long run common stock will pay off enormously and the next bull market will carry prices far higher than this one

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