Is the blog still alive?
I know, I know.. I have been a bad blog writer and haven’t published in a while, probably leaving you wondering whether this blog is even still alive. Give me a chance to redeem myself here though! I would like … Read More
Going to cash – avoid the crash
It is not a secret the market is overvalued, it has been so for a while. Despite that, it kept rising, so what gives? Is the fundamental value not relevant anymore? It is, but you have to consider the overall … Read More
5 Things Warren Buffett Taught Me – Happy Birthday!
Today, one of the greatest, if not the greatest investor of all time celebrates his amazing 91st birthday. Yes, you guessed it (or read the title), Warren is the birthday-boy today. Throughout his life, he accumulated tens of billions of dollars … Read More
My favorite books about (but not only) value investing
“I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.” … Read More
Is the market in a bubble?
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception -George Soros Such a cliché, right? We’ve been hearing that the market is in a bubble for at … Read More
Value investor’s take on Bitcoin and other cryptos
“Price is what you pay, value is what you get” … Read More
The cash-eating parasite we forget about
Let’s begin with the complex reality of investing and money- it doesn’t grow on trees and everybody wants a piece of yours. There are parties (or parasites) that chip away from your hard-earned cash: some brokers charging ridiculous fees, fund … Read More
Let’s talk about risk
Risk in general What do you imagine, when you hear the word “risk”? Not only in investing, but in general? Risk doesn’t have an exact, “one size fit-all” definition, but we intuitively know, what risk is: when you drive a … Read More
Would Sun Tzu be a value investor?
“It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance and not the ambitious seeker of fortune.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War Wisdom I stumbled upon the quote above the other day … Read More
I will buy this stock- the price has risen sharply recently
“I will buy this stock- the price has risen sharply recently.” I hear this sentence from friends and strangers almost every week. The other most popular is “I will buy stock of Zoom/Netflix/Pfizer/Apple/or any other popular company, because everybody … Read More
What is (and isn’t) great about value investing
Just as about everything in life, value investing too has certain advantages and disadvantages from my perspective. I’m saying from my perspective, because investors or portfolio managers with different approaches might view some pros as cons and vice versa. Of … Read More
How to start investing with little money
When you read about successful billionaire investors or just generally people who got rich by investing into stocks, you might get a feeling that with your limited, ordinary income it’s impossible or pointless to invest. I know that feeling well, … Read More