by John Huber | Aug 28, 2014 | Case Studies, Investment Ideas & Company Research, Investment Philosophy, Investment Quotes, Shareholder Letters & Reports, Think Differently
“Google has a huge new moat. In fact, I’ve probably never seen such a wide moat.” – Charlie Munger, 2009 Google celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its IPO last week. Google is a company that I’ve never owned (unfortunately), but really admire. There are a few...
by John Huber | Aug 19, 2014 | General Thoughts, Investment Quotes, Overall Stock Market
I spend virtually zero energy thinking about the overall stock market. I’m always aware of what the indices are doing, but I really don’t pay attention to where I think they are headed or where they’ve been recently. As Munger has said, sometimes the...
by John Huber | Jul 21, 2014 | Education, Investment Philosophy, Investment Quotes
“We prefer businesses that drown in cash. An example of a different business is construction equipment. You work hard all year and there is your profit sitting in the yard. We avoid businesses like that. We prefer those that can write us a check at the end of the...
by John Huber | Jul 1, 2014 | Ben Graham, Case Studies, Investment Philosophy, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett
“The highest rates of return I’ve ever achieved were in the 1950’s. I killed the Dow. You ought to see the numbers. But I was investing peanuts then. It’s a huge structural advantage not to have a lot of money. I think I could make you 50% a year on $1 million....
by John Huber | Jun 25, 2014 | Ben Graham, Case Studies, Investment Philosophy, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett
I received a couple questions/comments from readers lately regarding Buffett and some previous comments I made on strategy before and after the Berkshire annual meeting. I always enjoy interacting with readers. The vast majority of my days are spent researching new...
