InvestED: The Rule #1 Investing Podcast

453- The Weather- Numbers Almost Enough


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Following up on last week’s discussion about the “weather” of a business, or how the climate of various internal and external factors can influence the long-term success of your prospective investment. With so much data available at our fingertip, how can we know what information is useful for research and what can safely be left out of our analyses?


Whether you’re looking into a company’s direct competitors or doing a bird’s eye view of a whole market sector, knowing when to go deeper vs when to stop digging is an incredibly useful skill to have in the world of 21st century global finance. For the value investor, the ability to reliably ascertain the value of a business is crucial for finding the right moment for a good deal.


Listen in this week as Phil and Danielle ponder the age old question of “what is enough?” When it comes to your investments, where is the magic line between being adequately informed and wasting your time?


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Topics Discussed:

  • Being paralyzed by the research process
  • Netflix growth issues
  • Evaluating a business’s moat
  • Instinct in the investing process
  • Change vs stability

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