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The luckiest part of my investing career is that I’ve been old enough (37) to have emotionally invested through two bear markets (1999-2001 and 2008-2009) but still young enough to …

I’m a full time private microcap investor. The smaller the company the greater the emphasis investors should place on selecting the right founders and CEO’s. I try to find and …

We are entering the graduation season which of course is the time of commencement speeches. It makes me reflect on what I want my children to know about investing particularly …

On June 30th 1997, Amazon.com (AMZN) was trading at a split adjusted $1.50 per share and was valued at $700 million. That day the stock traded 228,900 shares in a range …

Management competence is a significant factor that investors should research about a company prior to investing. To be more specific, I mostly mean the CEO. Being a CEO of a …

One of my favorite investors is Nicholas Sleep of Nomad Investment Partners. He is famous in qualitative investment circles, but rather unknown to the rest of the investment world. He …

Morgan Housel gave an incredible presentation on What Other Industries Teach Us About Investing at our second annual MicroCap Leadership Summit (MLS). Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative …

Closed-minded people put up walls around them. They prohibit new ideas and people from getting in. By doing so they stop growing. The only way to grow and evolve personally or …

I often learn the most by speaking with or studying successful investors that have the complete opposite strategy from my own. There is no better way to find holes in …

Each investor’s strategy is and likely should be different from the next person. It’s good to be different. I think too many focus on cloning others when it’s a mistake. …