Value investing articles, screens and related topics
You’ve probably heard it before—“the market is a voting machine in the short term and a weighing machine in the long term.” But most investors forget what that really means. When stock prices bounce on headlines and herd emotions, you’re left wondering: Is this stock actually worth buying, or am I just chasing smoke? That’s […]
Smart Investing Isn’t About Forecasting—It’s About Protection If you’ve been investing long enough, you know this truth: it’s not the winners that make or break your portfolio—it’s the losers. Avoiding big mistakes is the real game, and two tools help you do just that. One is the margin of safety. The other is free cash
Free Cash Flow and the Margin of Safety: A Double Defense for Value Investors Read More »
You’ve seen the lists. “21 Ratios Every Investor Must Know.” “15 Metrics That Predict Market Outperformance.” Most of these lists are bloated with academic fluff or Wall Street distractions that won’t move the needle for long-term value investors like you. What you need is precision. You need the seven key financial ratios that actually matter—ratios
Wonderful companies at fair prices has been Buffett’s mantra and this screen gives you that. These are large cap stocks that are selling at great price. They may not be undervalued in the classical sense, but these are quality companies with pedigree, and one can reasonably expect them to continue to grow and do well
54 Best Stocks to Buy Now Inspired by Buffettology (Large Cap, Mar 2025) Read More »
Growth investing is all the rage today. I follow a lot of investment sub-reddits and the consensus seems to be to just buy QQQ or SPY and sit on it. SPY if you want steady growth, QQQ if you want accelerated growth. A frequent advice on these forums is that you should look at the
Why Deep Value Investing Still Works in a Market Obsessed with Growth Read More »
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
Buffett’s Circle of Competence: How to Draw Yours Without Lying to Yourself Read More »
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.
Buffettology and the Kelly Criterion: The Hidden Formula That Supercharges Compounding Read More »
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.
13 Best Large Cap Stocks with Cheap Multiples – March 2025 Read More »
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
Value Investing Strategies That Actually Work in 2025 (And Why Most Don’t) Read More »
