by John Huber | Sep 27, 2013 | Case Studies, Education, How to Improve Results, Investment Quotes, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett
I do a lot of case studies. I recommend that any burgeoning value investor do as many case studies as they can, sprinkled in among reading annual reports and other filings. I’ll explain what I mean by this in a moment… first I thought the best...
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...
by John Huber | May 15, 2013 | Ben Graham, Case Studies, Investment Philosophy, Superinvestors, Warren Buffett
Geico is a company that is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. It’s an incredibly interesting company to study. I recently read an outstanding presentation on the company by David Rolfe of Wedgewood Partners. This post is my take… a short...
by John Huber | Apr 8, 2013 | Ben Graham, How to Improve Results, Investment Philosophy, Investment Quotes, Portfolio Management, Superinvestors, Think Differently
“Invert, Always Invert.” -Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, 19th century mathematician, using the phrase to describe how he thought many problems in math could be solved by looking at the inverse. Charlie Munger often uses this same quote to express how investors...
by John Huber | Apr 7, 2013 | General Thoughts, How to Improve Results, Investment Quotes, Think Differently
A few years ago at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Warren Buffett said something very interesting. He said that he personally knows of a half dozen or so people who could make 50% per year managing a relatively small amount of money. I came across a reference...