by John Huber | Dec 4, 2017 | Books, Education, General Thoughts, Industry-Banks
Roger Lowenstein wrote the first in-depth biography of Buffett in 1995 called The Making of an American Capitalist, an outstanding account that spans from Buffett’s early days in his partnership to the prime years of Berkshire’s growth. Lowenstein also wrote a book I...
by John Huber | Dec 12, 2016 | Edge, Industry-Banks, Investment Philosophy, Saber Capital Management
A couple months ago I read an investment write-up on a large-cap stock that is one of the most widely followed and largest companies in the S&P 500. There was a comment that basically asked the following question: “What is your edge with this stock?” The...
by John Huber | Nov 4, 2015 | Industry-Banks, Investment Ideas & Company Research
“In the end, banking is a very good business unless you do dumb things.” – Warren Buffett Buffett has been investing in bank stocks since the 1950’s, and I think one of the things he probably likes most about banking is the predictability of deposit growth. As he...
by John Huber | Dec 13, 2013 | Case Studies, General Thoughts, Industry-Banks, Superinvestors, Think Differently, Warren Buffett
I wrote a post about screening for quality bank stocks and another one here about Wells Fargo vs Cheap Community Banks and thought I’d post on some other comments I have here. Some of these thought might sound contradictory (everyone wants to separate stocks...
by John Huber | Dec 5, 2013 | Case Studies, General Thoughts, Industry-Banks, Investment Ideas & Company Research, Think Differently, Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger once said that he compares every possible investment to Wells Fargo… Why buy company X if it’s not as good/cheap as WFC? For weeks I’ve been slowly and steadily working my way through hundreds of small community bank stock filings looking for bargains....
