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Active investing is an oxymoron

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

Inactivity strikes us as intelligent behavior

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Profound errors in interpreting and using ROE and ROC

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 30, 2022May 31, 2022
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

I find it better to analyze a company’s cash flows, maintenance capex, growth capex and free cash flow in real dollar terms and measure them against the true value of the capital management has use of

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The Hullabaloo about Dividends

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on May 16, 2021June 14, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

You should wish your earnings to be reinvested if they can be expected to earn high returns

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The best approach to choosing common stocks

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on April 18, 2021April 21, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

“If you can look into the seeds of time,
And say which grain will grow and which will not,
Speak then to me.”

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Concentrate on smaller-picture things

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on April 11, 2021April 11, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

The small picture is its specialist technical, engineering, construction and operational skill and economic performance

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The impact of Millennials on the stock market

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on December 6, 2020December 6, 2020
  • Part 1: The Field of Play

Today the Millennial generation is engaged in earning, saving and investing.

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How to identify companies that make lots of money for shareholders

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on November 22, 2020November 22, 2020
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

Economic performance focuses on effective use of the capital invested in the company

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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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Financial strength – the debt equity ratio has serious shortcomings

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on April 12, 2020March 21, 2021
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

No company under consideration will even be close to scrambling to pay its creditors.

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How to identify great companies to invest in – Part lll

  • by Rodney Smith
  • Posted on April 5, 2020November 22, 2020
  • Part 6: The Hallmarks of Superb Businesses

There needs to be a skilled knight in the castle to protect and enhance the moat.

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