Most investors believe that once they pick good stocks, their main job is done. This is not true. First, you need to decide how much of your portfolio to allocate to each stock. You may choose to keep it simple and just equal weight everything. Or you may want to use more sophisticated strategies to […]
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You know that small cap value delivers exceptionally strong returns over long term. You also know that these stocks may need time to break out of their undervaluation and start delivering. You do not know how long this wait could be. Enter the small cap value stocks with dividends. Every quarter, the stock pays you
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Looking to buy “Wonderful Companies at Fair Price” stocks like Warren Buffett does? These companies tend to possess certain moat and can form the core of your portfolio. You will likely hold these stocks for a very long term, and if you do, these stocks will take very good care of your portfolio. The Buffettology
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The US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) was created to match revenues with expenses, and standardize reporting across all companies in all industries and sectors, but often the results can be misleading. Additionally, it introduces opportunities for the management to “smoothen” things out to keep the Wall Street happy. As a result, investors end up
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Ultimately GARP amounts to a measure of quality that you can buy at a good price. As Buffett is fond of saying, try to buy wonderful businesses selling at a good price. This Growth at Reasonable Price screen considers the 5 year sales growth, operating income growth and earnings growth and filters for companies that
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Investors have long debated why cheap stocks—those with low price-to-book (P/B), price-to-earnings (P/E), or price-to-cash flow (P/CF) ratios—tend to outperform over the long run. This persistent phenomenon, known as the value premium, has been a cornerstone of quantitative and fundamental investing for decades. But why does it exist? Is it a free lunch, or does
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Laying the Groundwork for a Diversified Investment Portfolio A well functioning highly performing value portfolio takes time and effort to built. It may seem daunting at first, but you can create processes and structures that will make the portfolio building and maintenance almost effortless. Here I lay out the ground work for a winning diversified
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Why Stock Returns Aren’t Just About Market Risk A staple of business schools all across the country, Capital Asset Pricing Model, or CAPM, is traditionally considered a model sufficient to explain the stock returns. CAPM tends to paint all stock returns with a single brush – a function of market risk. You probably know the
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As value investors, we invest in stocks selling at a discount to the intrinsic value, and expect the stock price to appreciate and approach the fair value which gives us a profit. By definition, we are looking for capital appreciation. Typically, income tends to be an after thought in this analysis. In fact, most value
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The Timeless Debate on Dollar Cost Averaging Dollar cost averaging (DCA) is one of the most popular investing strategies for retail investors. It involves consistently investing a fixed dollar amount into stocks or funds at regular intervals, regardless of market price. Over time, this approach helps smooth out volatility and removes emotional decision-making from investing.
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