SUMMITThe hardest part of achieving 10-20+ baggers is having the patience and conviction to hold through multi-year periods of underperformance. Patience is your biggest asset when investing in a great …
Discipline is having the strength to say No
Goals are accomplished through hard work and great discipline. Discipline is choosing what matters most over what you want now. Whether it’s in life or investing it’s often the individuals …
Investing in the Misunderstood
A full-time private microcap investor recently commented on our forum: I’m quite curious how you all account and measure the relative performance of variables that can be quantified like earnings, …
Concentrating on a Few Companies is a Great Way to Learn Investing
The financial world preaches diversification because it’s safe and comfortable, but often times to learn and excel you need to be uncomfortable. The point I’m making isn’t that concentrating is …
Ten Valuable Insights on Structuring Your Fund by Robert Vinall
Even though I don’t manage other peoples money, I’m certain the hardest part isn’t finding the right investments, it’s finding the right investors. From time to time I get asked questions from aspiring or …
Differentiating Business Performance from Stock Performance
“If I’d had the slightest idea of what lay ahead of me when I joined up with Chrysler, I wouldn’t have gone over there for all the money in the …
Don’t Compare Yourself To Others
“To be a disciplined investor you have to be willing to stand by and watch other people make money on things that you passed on” – Howard Marks This Howard …
Expectations
How many of your successful investments have occurred on the timeline that you originally predicted? How many times do you ever remember saying, “Well that happened a lot quicker than …
Think Different and Better
Buffett does it his way while Schloss did it another way. Ichan does it his way while Lynch does it another way. Tepper does it his way while Andreessen does …
Are You Prepared?
In rising markets, it’s easy to nonchalantly talk about risk, patience, and the conviction necessary to hold through volatility. But you will eventually be tested. There will come a period …