Article Update and Weekend Reading Links

I have finished up all three articles in my now shortened series and will proofread and do some light editing over the weekend and post them as soon as possible after I am able to acquire the shares I want.

Psy Blog-How Long To Form A Habit.

Hardcore value-Amazon, Apple, and The Beauty Of Low Margins.

Distressed Debt Investing-One Of Warren Buffett’s Greatest Trades.

CSInvesting-Video Lecture Course On Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor.

Share Sleuth-Finding Hidden Debt.

Can’t Eat Value’s Blog-What’s Your Investing Edge.

Oddball Stocks-Value Momentum, Speculating On Recovering Net Nets.

The Equity Desk-Benjamin Graham: An Investing Legend.

Ragnar Is A Pirate-Fraud, Bankruptcy, and Ethanex.

25iq.com-Charlie Munger On The Psychology of Human Misjudgement.

Basehitinvesting.com

Wexboy-Why I Write…

The Globe and Mail-Article By GreensKeeper Asset Management Principle Michael McCloskey.

Distressed Debt Investing-My Three Favorite Quotes From Baupost’s 2012 Year End Letter.

Graham And Doddsville-Legacy Of Benjamin Graham.

Wexboy-The Great Irish Share Valuation Project Part IV.

GuruFocus-Answers From Tom Gayner’s Interview With Guru Focus.  Thanks for the link Obtuse Investor.

Sahara Investing-Triyards Holdings.

World Financial Review-Repeatability: How Companies Create Enduring Businesses In A World Of Change.

CSInvesting-More Valuation Case Studies.

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An Update, New Translation Page, and Links

As you might have noticed at the top of the page is now a translation page where you can translate the entire blog into many different languages.  I found something similar to this a few days ago but could not get it to work on the blog so I enlisted the help of my brother and he got the translation page working, thanks a lot Kev.  This also means that the short-lived Mandarin Value Investing Journey is also not now needed and will be going away.  I am sure the 20 of you who visited the mostly untranslated site will miss it dearly :).

A quick update on where I am at with the process of my article series.  I have now finished up the first two articles of the series and as you know I had planned to write articles on one or two more companies and then do a conclusion article.  Two of the companies I was planning on writing articles on I have been asked not to by the person who recommended them to me because he is planning on writing articles about them.  I am still going to read those companies annual reports and other filings but will not be writing articles about them so this has turned into a three-part series covering the two companies I have already written articles about and the conclusion article where I decide which of them to buy.  I will hopefully have the whole series posted as soon as possible.

“Things do not happen–they are brought about by careful planning, diligence, application, and direction.”George Mecherle, Founder of State Farm Insurance.

Valueprax-This One Is Personal.

25iq.com-Charlie Munger On The Importance Of Worldly Wisdom And Consistently Not Being Stupid.

CP-Africa.com-Meet 31 Year Old Ashish Thakkar-Africa’s Youngest Billionaire.

OTC Adventures-International Wire Group Is Cheap, But Is It Safe (ITWG)

Valuewalk-Baupost Group’s Seth Klarman Sees “50 Shades Of Value” In The Market.

Valueinvestingblog.net-CASA Holdings and Fiamma Holdings.

CSinvesting-A Reader’s Question On Case Studies.

Santangel’s Review-Benjamin Graham On Staying Small.

Motley Fool-Charlie Munger Info From A Board Poster.

Valueprax-Notes-Nintendo Back In The Saddle?

CSInvesting-Valuation Case Study HVAC.

OTC Adventures-Value Investing Strategy and Unlisted Securities Part 2.

CSInvesting-ValueUncovered Philosophy; Treat Everything As A Case Study.

Wexboy-2013: The Great Irish Share Valuation Project Part 2.

Credit Bubble Stocks-Horizon Kinetics, Owner Operators, and the Predictability Arb.

Update and Links From Mark Lin, Oddball Stocks, Guru Focus, Farnam Street, ValueFolio and Old School Value

The most recent company I was researching turned out to be another no go as I found it to be overvalued at the low end by as much as 30%.  Since then I have turned my attention to Dole and have been getting my updated article on them prepared.  I have already written a portion of the article and with Dole releasing its most recent results later today I should be all good to go and have the whole article up by early next week.

Until then here are some links.

The One Thing That Can Kill Your Portfolio

ROE, ROIC, and CROIC

All Roads Lead To Rome: Bridging the Graham Buffett Divide

Alternative Information Sources

Analyzing Working Capital-The Key To Successful Investing In Net Nets

Why Net Cash Is The Most Misleading Indicator Of Balance Sheet Strength

Characteristics of Value Stocks and Value Traps

The Principle of Incomplete Knowledge

Charlie Munger…..”If I Were Teaching Business School”

Psych Plays and Bayesian Probability

CSInvesting Update, Checklist Presentation By Mohnish Pabrai, How To Win In Investing, Leon Cooperman On How To Get Better, and The Benefits of Stress

I have finally found another company to do a full research article on and will have it up as soon as possible.  I am still doing research and waiting for its next quarterly results to come out this week so I can value the company with updated numbers so it will probably a little while until I write the article up.  Up to this point the company looks promising and as of its last quarterly results that came out in June, it is selling for less than the reproduction value of its assets, with about 50% of its value coming from cash and short term investments, and no debt.

CSinvesting update as John has now moved the blog over to csinvesting.org and the blog is up and running.  It also looks like the blog is going to become more focused on investing as well.

Checklist Presentation By Mohnish Pabrai from Hardcore Value where Mr. Pabrai uses examples from Graham, Buffett, Munger, and others to build a checklist.

“You Don’t Win By Predicting The Future, You Win By Getting The Odds Right” is another article from Farnam Street on how to win in investing.

Leon Cooperman On Hedge Funds, Investment Outlook, and Life, includes an hour long presentation.  Page is from Market Folly.

The Surprising Benefits Of Stress

Until next time.

Treasure Trove of free books

I mention csinvesting.wordpress.com quite a bit on this site and for good reason.  Not only does it have amazing analysis and teaches you how to think better about companies and investments.  He offers through his free Value Vault, books, videos, lectures, articles, etc from some of the greatest investors in the world.

Today John put up on his site 32 books/writings on his site that got donated to him from an anonymous contributor, all of which can be downloaded for free.

Some of the included books and writings are investment classics such as The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis: 1940 edition, and Margin of Safety.

The books are in the categories of: Business Strategy, Investment and analysis, Valuation, Accounting, and Economic history.

Thank you so much John and the anonymous contributor, I am now going to have to upgrade my Dropbox account here very soon.

Here are the links.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Great post I found. Also an update.

Here is a great post from oldschoolvalue.com, hope you enjoy.

I have just finished the annuals and quarterly reports from Chiquita, and Fresh Del Monte, Dole’s biggest competitors.

I am putting together a series of posts on those three companies.  Which one could be the best buy for a spot in the long term portion of my portfolio without the spin off possibility, or if any of them are good enough to fit that profile.

I have also started Competition Demystified and can tell I am going to learn a lot from it.  I can’t wait to get farther into it and start applying the principles to the stocks I research.

Quotes on my investing and life philosophy.

“You are neither right nor wrong because people agree with you.” Benjamin Graham

“All intelligent investing is value investing-to acquire more than you are paying for.  Investing is where you find a few good companies and then sit on your ass.” Charlie Munger

“The market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything-you can wait for your pitch.” Warren Buffett

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” Benjamin Graham

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.  Curiosity has its own reason for existing.  One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.  It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.  Never lose a holy curiosity.” Albert Einstein

“Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.” Albert Einstein

“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein

“Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.” Warren Buffett

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Wayne Gretzky