If You Used Valuation, You Would Be Out of Stocks Since 1993
Let's say you are a macro value investor, and let's say you particularly liked using the CAPE ratio. Well, one argument against CAPE is...
A Simple Calculation
I think many still do not appreciate the ins and outs of how companies distribute their cash flows. Our last post included a must...
Breakdown of Dividend, Buyback, and Shareholder Yield for the S&P 500
Below is a great piece from CSFB / Mauboussin on dividends and buybacks that we went out to the Idea Farm a few weeks...
Santa Barbara Talk
Had forgotten to mention this, but I'm talking at an event in Santa Barbara tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2pm...stop by and pick up a free...
The WealthFront and Betterment Allocations
Lots of people have been commenting on the rise of the robo-advisors. In general I think their development is a positive for individual investors....
Earning 20% from the Beach, & My Presentation From Wine Country
I was giving a speech in the Bahamas (I know, I know, kind of ridiculous), and the nite before the talk was watching the...
Excel Quant Backtester, & Down on the Farm
Note: Many do not realize a subscription to The Idea Farm includes a tactical Excel backtester with data back to the 1970s...it's pretty cool...
Home Bias, Everywhere
Here is another great screenshot from JP Morgan, where it shows a big bias that even institutional investors have all over the world...
Skin in the Game – My Portfolio
Next time you sit down with your advisor, ask him or her a simple question:
How do you invest your own money?
Don't settle for...
Books in the Mail (or Pre-Ordered)
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers - Horowitz
Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving...
