The JRo Show

About the FPA Queens Road Small Cap Value Fund

What criterial he looks for when investing in a business

Portfolio management philosophy and cash position

Being a generalist

Avoiding making macro predictions

The research process and industries he tends to avoid

His four-pillar investing framework and research process

Valuation and DCF modeling

What he looks for in management and corporate culture

The concept of Mittelstand and how he incorporates it into his process

His thoughts on current small-cap valuations and free cash flow yields

Discussion on MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE: MSM)

What he’s reading

The investors he admires 

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About Miller Value Partners

Investing strategy and philosophy

Why being too dogmatic about the definition of value may not work in your favor

Portfolio management philosophy

Risk Management

On why he doesn’t short or use options

His thesis on bitcoin and why he considers himself to be a massive bitcoin bull

Thesis on Microstrategy as the largest corporate owner of bitcoin

Team structure and research process at Miller Value Partners

Insider buying

Idea generation

Stock screens

Technical and momentum investing

Incorporating macro

Valuation

Selling vs trimming

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Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more.

For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fee Schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠public.com/#disclosures-main⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information.

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About Vela Investment Management

Vela investment philosophy

Vela portfolio management philosophy

Why he offers a long/short strategy and uses options

Vela’s iterative research process

Idea generation

Ric’s macro views

Vela’s valuation methodology

Selling vs trimming

What’s next for Vela Investment Management 

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Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more.

For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fee Schedule⁠⁠⁠⁠.

All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See ⁠⁠⁠⁠public.com/#disclosures-main⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information.

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Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the ⁠⁠⁠Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options⁠⁠⁠ to learn more.

For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the ⁠⁠⁠Fee Schedule⁠⁠⁠.

All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See ⁠⁠⁠public.com/#disclosures-main⁠⁠⁠ for more information.

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Business description

Business Model

Problems solving and value proposition

Market share

Pricing power and pricing strategy

Balance Sheet

Income statement and biggest costs/expenses

Future growth opportunities

Market penetration

Ryan's history at XPEL

Margins and returns on invested capital

Asset turnover, inventory turnover, and cash conversion cycle

Operating cash flow conversion

Asset light and variable cost business model and the possibility of vertically integrating in the future

Acquisition strategy, history, and capital allocation philosophy

Incentive compensation metrics

Business risks

Competitive advantages

Xpel's culture

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Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the ⁠⁠Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options⁠⁠ to learn more.

For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the ⁠⁠Fee Schedule⁠⁠.

All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See ⁠⁠public.com/#disclosures-main⁠⁠ for more information.

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Diamond Hill is a philosophically pure intrinsic value investing firm
Living in Columbus, The Austin of Ohio
What makes a great equity analyst vs an average analyst
How to determine investing team size (using math)
Analyst productivity and how that leads to a better opportunity set and ultimately better client outcomes
Generalist vs specialist analyst team structure
How Diamond Hill is slowly, at the margin, transitioning from a strict sector specialist team structure to a more hybrid model
What is expected of an analyst when it comes to pitching a new idea and maintaining coverage
New idea production vs maintenance coverage 
How the best analysts get the most stocks into the port, which leads to the largest coverage list, which leads to the least time to find new ideas
What types of deliverables analysts should provide and why a shorter writeup is superior to a longer writeup
Table stakes skills of accounting, numerical literacy, and mathematical common sense
Interviewing candidates, identifying talent, and bring hyper aware of the barriers to exit when hiring people
The hurdle he uses for hiring talent
The two types of people that produce great work, but why one type may not be the right cultural fit

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Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the ⁠Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options⁠ to learn more.

For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the ⁠Fee Schedule⁠.

All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See ⁠public.com/#disclosures-main⁠ for more information.

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Polen Capital's culture: radical candor, autonomy, mastery, purpose

Investing philosophy: competitive advantages, concentrated portfolios (20-25 stocks), position sizing

Large Company Focus Growth Strategy: 132 stocks in 35 years, largest position in Amazon

Risk management: eliminate risky businesses

Analysis of Visa, MasterCard, cyclicals

Team structure: meetings twice weekly, Polen One-Pagers

Learning from mistakes: conservative margin modeling

Investing spectrum: seek double-digit annualized returns

Selling criteria: valuation, trimming stocks

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 -No commission fees

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Options are not suitable for all investors and carry significant risk.  Certain complex options strategies carry additional risk. Options can be risky and are not suitable for all investors. See the Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options to learn more.

For each options transaction, Public Investing shares 50% of their order flow revenue as a rebate to help reduce your trading costs. This rebate will be displayed as a negative number in the “Additional Fees” column of your Trade Confirmation Statement and will be immediately reflected in the total dollars paid or received for the transaction. Order flow rebates are only issued for options trades and not for transactions involving other assets, including equities. For more information, refer to the Fee Schedule.

All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Open to the Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information.

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How Harris Oakmark thinks about and defines value investing

Mid-cycle earnings and why they are important (using the coin flip analogy)

CBRE example of mid-cycle earnings

Banks and SCHW example of mid-cycle earnings

Additional common adjustments they make to get to true normalized economic earnings power

Estimating normalized earnings for software and faster-growing tech companies (and Salesforce example)

Amazon and Alphabet examples

Even more adjustments for SBC, amortization, and non-recurring items

Lithia Motors example

First Citizens example

Quick discussion on modeling share repurchases and benchmarking capital allocation decisions on buying back stock at a discount

How Harris Associates determines the appropriate P/E ratio for different businesses

Masco example and choosing an appropriate peer comp group

Thoughts around P/E multiple expansion

American Express example for choosing a fair P/E multiple

Dealing with stocks with a wider range of outcomes

How they pick a required rate of return

Idea generation and research process at Harris Oakmark

What Harris looks for in hiring an analyst

Humility and willingness to accept constructive feedback

The primary responsibilities of the Director of Research at Harris Associates

Unique cultural attributes of working at Harris Associates

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 -Earn $0.18 rebate per contract traded

 -No commission fees

 -No per-contract fees 

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Todd Ahlsten is the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Parnassus Investments. Todd is also a panelist on the prestigious Barron's Roundtable. In this episode, we discuss Todd's background, investment process, and what he sees in the market today. Listen in for topics like:

- How did Todd become CIO of Parnassus?

- What makes a successful investor?

- How does Parnassus operate?

- What is "short shelf-life information"?

- How does Todd look at the macro economy?

- What kind of valuations does Todd look for?

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2:00 On Semper Augustus investing philosophy and process

4:00 On what it means to be an “opportunistic” value investor

12:00 What the Semper Augustus portfolio-level metrics look like relative to the S&P 500

20:00 Why he thinks stocks are attractively valued today

24:00 On how he thinks about valuation

37:00 Chris shares his lessons from studying high price-to-sales stocks

45:00 How Chris spends his day, what he reads, and what podcasts he listens to, and how long he spends doing so

1:00:00 Why he finds ValueLine so valuable

1:07:00 – On the private investing social event he hosts every year

1:12:00 – starts deep discussion on Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway