by John Huber | Dec 2, 2014 | Industry-Insurance, Investment Ideas & Company Research
I thought I’d write a post with some quick thoughts on Markel’s value. I recently had a few conversations with a friend regarding how to think about the return on equity that Markel produces relative to the investment return that you will receive as a...
by John Huber | Oct 28, 2014 | Investment Philosophy, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett
There seems to be a strange dichotomy in the value investing universe: those who buy so-called compounders, and those who buy so-called cheap stocks. I want to own businesses that are building value, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care about valuation. I pass on...
by John Huber | Oct 10, 2014 | Case Studies, Investment Ideas & Company Research, Investment Philosophy, Investment Quotes
“Experience, however, indicates that the best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago… a business that constantly encounters major change also encounters...
by John Huber | Sep 30, 2014 | Investment Philosophy
I thought I’d circle back to discuss the topic of compounders and return on capital. I wrote a few posts about earlier this year, and there have been numerous comments and questions. In this post, I want to discuss the actual math behind the compounders, to try and...
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...
