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A time of maximum pessimism

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on July 10, 2022July 10, 2022
  • Part 7: Building and Managing a Portfolio

So we search for those things that other people are selling and then if the problem or adverse outlook is temporary we buy them and hold them patiently for years until the public changes its mind.

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Decisions, decisions and the current down market

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 22, 2022May 22, 2022
  • Part 4: Principles of Operation

The intelligent investor should be interested in the possibilities of profiting from these pendulum swings. There are two possible ways by which he may try to do this: the way of timing and the way of pricing.

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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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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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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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