Forbes has posted a video and transcript of an interview with Joel Greenblatt. Greenblatt is the founder of Gotham Capital, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches “Value and Special Situation Investing.” He is the author of three investment books and, through Gotham, the advisor to four mutual funds, which select stocks [...]
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Steve Forbes Interviews Joel Greenblatt
Posted in Academic, Hedge Funds, Investing, Value Investing, tagged Investing, joel greenblatt, Value Investing on July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome Back
Posted in Academic, Analysis, Investing, Update, tagged Investing, Value Investing, ValueHuntr on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome back, ValueHuntr readers! In the coming weeks, we will resume regular posts relating to the business of value investing. In the meantime, we’ve kept some older posts that are still useful and relevant now. For today’s post, we highlight a timely quote from the latest memo by Oaktree’s chairman Howard Marks. In this memo, [...]
Introducing the Capital Asset Value Model (CAVM)
Posted in Academic, Value Investing, tagged capital asset pricing model, capital asset valuation model, CAPM, CAVM, portfolio analysis, portfolio modeling, valuehuntr model on May 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We introduce a value-based investment model as alternative to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) used by business schools, investment banks, and portfolio managers today around the world. We believe that the Capital Asset Valuation Model (CAVM) is a common sense approach to modeling risk-return in a way consistent with Graham and Dodd. We call [...]
CAPM: The Model that Never Was
Posted in Academic, tagged capital asset pricing model, CAPM, efficient market theory, theory, Value Investing on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we examine the Capital Asset Pricing Model, which value investors tend to be skeptical of. The CAPM assumes that the risk-return profile of a portfolio can be optimized. According to the theory, an optimal portfolio is one which displays the lowest possible level of risk for its level of return. Additionally, since each additional [...]
The Renaissance of Value
Posted in Academic, Value Investing, tagged article, Ben Graham, document, renaissance of value, Value Investing on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are several documents written by Ben Graham that are currently stored at the New York Research Library, and amongst them is a microfilm document titled “The Renaissance of Value”, written in 1974 by Ben Graham and which I have just obtained for our readers. The document discusses several questions posed by Graham, [...]
The New Warren Buffetts – Part II
Posted in Academic, tagged einhorn, finerman, gayner, jensen, tilson, Value Investing, Warren Buffett on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we wrote about the 1989 Fortune article titled “The New Warren Buffetts”, which identified the best young investors at the time. The article included the names of what seemed to be unknown and obscured investors at the time. However, today they are among the best investors around. Investors highlighted in the article included value [...]
The New Warren Buffetts
Posted in Academic, News, tagged Chanos, Constable, Cramer, Greenberg, investment, Klarman, Lampert, Perry, Price, Shapiro, Sweeny, Updyke, Value Investing, ValueHuntr, Warren Buffett on April 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I recently came across a 1989 Fortune Magazine article titled “Are these the New Warren Buffetts” which highlighted some of the best young investors at the time. The article highlights what seemed to be obscure investors at the time, some of who are well established names today. The list includes Seth Klarman (Baupost Group), Glenn [...]
On Risk Management and a Flawed Investment Theory
Posted in Academic, Value Investing on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to modern investment theory, diversification is a central feature to proper investment strategy. The theory holds that it is possible to diversify away the risks of holding securities by spreading this risk among many uncorrelated holdings. It’s a theory that has been widely followed, but one that has been tested by the recent financial [...]
Ben Graham’s Lectures on Valuation Techniques
Posted in Academic, Value Investing on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were recently able to obtain copies of some of Ben Graham’s original lectures (dated 1932 to 1947) while he was teaching at Columbia University, and we thought we would share some common themes among them. According to Graham, analysts who value companies based upon the capitalization of its earning power must make certain [...]
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