by John Huber | Nov 30, 2015 | Books, Case Studies, Investment Philosophy
Over the weekend I was reading David Einhorn’s book Fooling Some of the People All of the Time. I’ve had it on my bookshelf for some time, and it has always taken a back seat to other books until I decided to pick it up recently. It’s an entertaining read, basically...
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 | Oct 14, 2015 | Investment Ideas & Company Research
Fastenal (FAST) reported earnings yesterday. I love reading Fastenal’s press releases. They are more like investor letters than they are press releases. I didn’t even see one “Adjusted EBITDA” reference in the entire release—which is written in layman’s terms more...
by John Huber | Sep 3, 2015 | Industry-Railroads, Investment Ideas & Company Research
Stock prices have finally entered the much anticipated correction, and so I’ve spent more time lately looking at my watchlist of great businesses that I’d like to own at some point. My portfolio has been largely made up of special situation investments for some time,...
by John Huber | Aug 24, 2015 | Macro, Overall Stock Market
I just thought I’d put up a quick post as it’s Sunday night and I’m getting ready for the week and listing some things I’m going to be focusing on and researching this week, as is my routine on Sunday evenings. I don’t often discuss the overall markets, but as I was...
