The process of investing, trading or speculation is an evolutionary process that over time, with enough longevity, helps the investor, trader or speculator achieve superior outcomes. It combines not just the experiences and aspirations of the individual partaking in the ...
The extreme sell-off we saw in markets yesterday reminded me very much of the big moves in the 2008-2009 bear market where correlations went to 1 and multiple asset classes declined simultaneously. We had multiple bubbles brewing simultaneously and as ...
During Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting last week, Warren Buffett went into a lot of detail about his position in Activision Blizzard (ATVI) to capture the arbitrage spread on the deal. This position was distinct from the position one of his ...
Writing covered calls is an investment strategy that works very well for some investors, especially at a time when markets are trading sideways or declining like we are currently experiencing. A majority of options expire worthless, skewing the strategy to ...
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has a long history of buying retail companies with strong operators at the helm and being willing to pay up for those companies. It was the shift away from cigar butts and cheap companies that helped Berkshire ...
Investing processes are unique to each individual and investment firm. While some rely on investment checklists (I once built one with nearly 80 data points), others might rely on calculating the potential intrinsic value using a discounted cash flow (DCF) ...
A question I frequently get from readers of our Insider Weekends series of articles is whether the insider purchases we are reporting are open market purchases. They are often concerned that the purchases might be insiders exercising options that were ...
When teaching an online class about the fundamentals of investing, the question of luck and specifically beginner’s luck came up. We have all seen the role luck plays, both good and bad, in our lives and our investment outcomes. “Luck ...
This is the second article in a new series of posts that we are going to publish mid-month for InsideArbitrage Premium and InsideArbitrage Plus subscribers. These posts will contain updates related to the model portfolio (if any) or a new ...
When we launched InsideArbitrage Premium more than three years ago, we got some great feedback from our subscribers and we also heard from some of you that the price was out of reach for retail investors. At launch, we covered ...