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The Achilles heel of the quantitative analysis of stocks

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

Something that knocks the pins out from our normal understanding of price earnings ratios, return on invested capital, discounted cash flow analysis, smart beta/factor ETFs, value at risk models (VAR) and even company financial statements

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Buffett’s concept of economic goodwill vs accounting goodwill

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 15, 2023January 15, 2023
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

Sunkenness – intangible investments tend to be worth less if they go wrong

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Disagreeing with Jeremy Grantham’s bubble call

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on September 4, 2022September 5, 2022
  • Part 5: Asset Management

Among other factors, indicators of extremes of euphoria seem much more important than price

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Negative free cash flow can be desirable

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 24, 2022July 24, 2022
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes

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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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The emergence of a new model of capitalism

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

The first step for investors is to come to a new understanding of reported earnings and the book value of equity.

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My thoughts about GMO’s ‘GROWTH BUBBLE’

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on October 17, 2021October 19, 2021
  • Part 5: Asset Management

Using trailing twelve months earnings that are impacted by a recession is a mistake

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Heart of stock valuation: subtleties of free cash flow

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

If a company’s capital expenditures are simply maintaining the company’s position in its markets, it free cash flow may be unduly high

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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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What you need to know about bubbles

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on September 13, 2020October 24, 2020
  • Part 5: Asset Management

I am not attuned to this market environment, and I don’t want to spoil a decent record by trying to play a game I don’t understand just so I can go out a hero.

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