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13 Dec 2023

10 Timeless Stock Picking Lessons

Investment Books (Dhaval)

12 Dec 2023

Staying Invested

Source: Brian Feroldi

12 Dec 2023

How to not lose money in the stock market? Answer: keep a long-term time horizon

Source: BofA

5 Dec 2023

Capital allocation framework

Source: invesquotes

29 Nov 2023

Goldman: Hedging against a market crash is the cheapest in more than five years...

The chart below shows the cost of a rolling SPX 1 month 3% OTM put: the current cost is 34 basis points, the lowest level in 5 years. Source: Goldman Sachs, TME

29 Nov 2023

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's Partner and 'Abominable No-Man,' dies at 99

Munger helped Buffett, who was seven years his junior, craft a philosophy of investing in companies for the long term. Under their management, Berkshire avg an annual gain of 20.1% from 1965 through 2021 — almost twice the pace of the S&P 500 Index. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

29 Nov 2023

Here's a classical example of contrarian signal that can be used in your asset allocation decisions

Entering into 2023, Wall Street strategists were expecting the S&P 500 to decline. This was the first time ever (survey started in 2000) that aggregated 12-month S&P 500 targeted return was in negative territory. Fast forward to the end of November and the SP500 is up 18% year-to-date... As Warren Buffet said: "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful" Source: BCA research, Barchart

27 Nov 2023

10 Accounting KPIs everyone should know

By Compounding Quality / Chris Quinn

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