I don’t know about you, but I have spend countless hours agonizing over whether real estate is a better investment than stocks. With REITs, you can invest in both in the same brokerage account. REIT investing promises the dream: steady cash flow, diversification, and real estate exposure—without the late-night tenant calls or clogged toilets. But […]
In investing, it is easy to get carried away. I remember investing heavily in the internet stocks in the early 2000s without knowing much about what they do. I was in the IT industry so I assumed I knew technology. I had bitten off more than I could chew. Most investors think they understand their
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Warren Buffett is famous for his quotes, his calm temperament, and his legendary long-term holdings. But what separates him from almost every other investor isn’t just what he buys—it’s how much he buys. Behind the scenes, Buffett’s approach to capital allocation mirrors a little-known mathematical formula used by gamblers and quantitative traders: the Kelly Criterion.
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One of the first things you look for as a value investor are the key price multiples. For example, we know that Price/Earnings ratio, Price/Book ratio and Price/Sales ratio all indicate some level of price appropriateness. If the ratios are too high compared to the normal or the peers, the stock may be over valued.
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As an income investor, you have very few choices to find safe, consistent income in today’s market. Treasury yields barely cover inflation. Dividend aristocrats are overpriced. And bond funds? They bleed when rates rise. But there’s a corner of the market quietly throwing off 8%–12% annual yields—backed by real businesses. If you’ve never looked into
Why Liquidators Make the Best Value Investors? Most investors try to predict growth. Liquidators look at what’s already there — and ask one simple question: If this business shut down today, how much money could we get back?This lens flips the script. It’s not about blue-sky projections, but hard asset values and what creditors would
You don’t need another article telling you to look for low P/E ratios and high book value. That’s table stakes — and in today’s market, it’s not enough. Most value investing strategies are stuck in a world that no longer exists. They worked when markets were slower, less efficient, and not driven by momentum algos
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The Odds Are Never Even—Unless You Make Them So At its core, investing sounds simple: buy the stocks that will go up and avoid the ones that won’t. But reality doesn’t cooperate. The future is uncertain, and every decision we make is a guess—hopefully an educated one. So we lean on probabilities, shortcuts, and heuristics
The Best Small Cap Stocks Are Hiding in Plain Sight—If You Know Where to Look. You’re not here for hype. You want serious opportunities with asymmetric upside, wrapped in downside protection. That’s the cornerstone of Ben Graham’s “enterprising investor” playbook—and it still works, especially in the small-cap universe where inefficiencies abound. While most of Wall
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Introduction: The Investor’s Struggle with Market Timing Even if you are a long term investor who is not concerned with short term price fluctuations, you still want to purchase stocks at low prices and sell at high prices. You do not actively try to time the market, but there is no reason to not take
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