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How Warren Buffett’s approach diverged from Ben Graham

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on March 12, 2023March 19, 2023
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

Buffett analyzed companies more subjectively than Graham, and he found intrinsic value in companies, such as See’s Candies, that Graham would not have touched.

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Scatter shot estimates of fair value

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 3, 2022July 5, 2022
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

A group with a high anchor were prepared to pay three times as much for the same wine as a group with a low anchor

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Timing that’s not market timing

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on February 13, 2022February 14, 2022
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

Too many investors focus on “outlook” and “trend.” Therefore, more profit is made by focusing on value

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Margin of safety in portfolio and financial planning

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on January 2, 2022January 2, 2022
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

Something that is over and above what is strictly necessary and that is designed to provide for emergencies

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The cornerstone of investment success

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 23, 2020May 2, 2021
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

Is buying with a margin of safety really the closet practice of market timing?

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The joy of higher return with no more risk

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 18, 2020January 29, 2023
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

If we calculate the value of a common stock to be only slightly higher than its price, we’re not interested in buying

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The under-performance of value stocks explained

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on August 8, 2019January 15, 2021
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

There is a lot of talk currently about the underperformance of value stocks compared with growth stocks over the last fifteen years. In fact, value investing has performed well against all other styles. This seeming contradiction comes from the fact that value investing and investing in value stocks are not the same thing.

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