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....
by John Huber | Nov 25, 2013 | Case Studies
Over the weekend I was reading through some Charlie479 posts on VIC (who I’ll introduce below). He recommended a company called Winmall & Co (WNMLA), a small, illiquid, management-controlled stock in 2001 that was selling for about 43% of net cash. Below is an...
by John Huber | Oct 25, 2013 | Investment Philosophy, Superinvestors, Think Differently, Walter Schloss, Warren Buffett
Earlier this week I responded to a comment that centered around the role of luck in long term outperformance. Feel free to read my response to the comment in Part 1 of this post where I list the #1 main reason why most people don’t replicate the results of...
by John Huber | Oct 2, 2013 | Case Studies, General Thoughts, How to Improve Results, Investment Philosophy, Superinvestors, Think Differently, Warren Buffett
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky One of the most important skills that you can develop as an investor is the ability to think differently. This is a broad topic with many interpretations. I often...
by John Huber | Sep 19, 2013 | How to Improve Results, Investment Philosophy, Portfolio Management, Superinvestors, Think Differently, Walter Schloss, Warren Buffett
I was having a conversation about Munger’s philosophy vs Schloss’ philosophy and had a few thoughts (and below I’ll compare their performance results against Buffett’s)… I often like to look at long term past performance of investors (10...
