In this week’s episode, Patrick Donley (@JPatrickDonley) sits down with Value Stock Geek to chat about his journey into value investing, how he’s developed his unique investing philosophy, and who his biggest influences have been in the value community. They also talk about how VSG worked his way out of debt, how he got into the FIRE movement, what the “weird portfolio” is, and what he would tell a younger investor just getting started.

Value Stock Geek is an anonymous blogger who has been blogging & tweeting about his portfolio and value investing concepts since 2016. He operates a Substack where he investigates new companies every week and posts updates on his personal portfolio, where he buys and sells these companies. He has also written up a unique approach to asset allocation, which they discuss in the interview.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN

00:00 - Intro

02:05 - How VSG got interested in value investing and what his biggest influences were.

05:46 - How the dot com bubble affected him.

06:37 - How he worked his way out of debt after falling into some typical consumer traps.

09:11 - When and how he got interested in the FIRE movement.

15:16 - What value investors have influenced his current approach to stock selection.

17:52 - How VSG has learned to think about moats.

23:10 - What the “weird portfolio” is.

33:59 - Why he writes weekly research reports.

39:33 - How to use Dataroma to clone great investors.

47:35 - What he’s learned from some of the guests on his podcast.

49:58 - What his favorite money and investing movies are.

52:16 - What his favorite stock is right now.

54:22 - What he would tell a younger investor on how to get started investing.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

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