The Security Analysis Podcast

Today’s episode is a solo episode where I answer questions from Twitter.

Topics covered:

* Berkshire’s cash position.

* Sell rules.

* Passive flows.

* Interest rates & stock valuations.

* Lessons from the SMCI crash.

* The role of bonds in a portfolio.

* General rules about ETF’s.

* Stock market valuations.

* Ulta & Nike.

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

Paul Cerro is a professional investor who runs Cedar Grove Capital Management, which focuses on long/short equity, merger arb, IPOs, and special situations. He also operates a substack where he posts his thoughts on various stocks and market trends.

Links

* Paul’s Twitter Feed: https://x.com/paulcerro

* Cedar Grove Capital Management:

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

Matt Cochrane and I are reuniting to discuss another investing classic.

Today’s episode is about Poor Charlie’s Almanac: The Essential Wit & Wisdom of Charlie Munger. Poor Charlie’s Almanac is a collection of essays & speeches from Charlie Munger, along with Munger’s commentary on them, highlighting his unique approach to business & life.

We’ve discussed three other books: Peter Lynch’s Beating the Street, the Little Book that Builds Wealth, and Phil Fisher’s classic, Common Stocks & Uncommon Profits. I encourage you to check out those episodes.

Links

* Poor Charlie’s Almanac: https://www.amazon.com/Poor-Charlies-Almanack-Essential-Charles/dp/1953953239

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

Today’s podcast is with Diania Merriam.

Most people are familiar with the FIRE movement, where people seek 25x their expenses and retire early. She took a different approach and instead reached her ‘coast FIRE’ number and did not retire. However, she used this as an opportunity to leave traditional W-2 corporate work.

Diania also runs the EconoMe conference, a personal finance conference with personal finance educational sessions and workshops.

Links:

* EconoMe Conference: https://economeconference.com/

* Overview of the Coast FIRE concept from Nick Maggiulli: https://ofdollarsanddata.com/coast-fire/

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

Ian Cassel has been investing in microcaps for the last two decades. He is a full time private investor. He also runs Microcap Club, where microcap investors share interesting ideas.

Links

* Microcap Club:

https://microcapclub.com/

* Intelligent Fanatics Capital:

https://if.capital/

* Ian’s Twitter feed: https://x.com/iancassel

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

Zach Abraham is the Chief Investment officer at Bulwark Capital and he’s the host of Know Your Risk radio, which has a lot of interesting guests & content.

This is a discussion about Zach’s experiences in the industry, his views on the broader market. We also extensively discuss Boeing. Zach was early in identifying the troubles at Boeing in 2019.

Links:

* Bulwark Capital:

https://bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com/

* Know Your Risk Radio: https://bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com/radio-show/

* Zach’s Twitter feed: https://x.com/KYRRadio

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

Matt Cochrane returns to the podcast!

We have been doing a bunch of episodes where we re-read investing classics and talk about them. So far, we’ve revisited “Beating the Street” by Peter Lynch and “Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” by Phil Fisher.

Today, we’re going to talk about “The Little Book That Builds Wealth” by Pat Dorsey.

Pat Dorsey was the pioneer behind Morningstar’s economic moat concept. Morningstar currently ranks companies based on whether or not they deem them to have a wide moat, a narrow moat, or no moat. Dorsey put together that entire framework. Today, he runs money based on trying to buy moats at reasonable prices.

Links

* The Little Book That Builds Wealth: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-That-Builds-Wealth-ebook/dp/B07MMYC9VT

* Long Term Mindset: https://longtermmindset.co/start/

Disclaimer

Nothing on this substack is investment advice.The information in this article is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this article is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This article and its author do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This author accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this website.

Tobias Carlisle returns to the podcast! This was recorded on 8/1/24 and we discuss the rotation into value that occurred in July, along with many other topics.

Tobias has written some of my favorite books about investing, which I highly recommend you check out:

* Quantitative Value

* Deep Value

* Concentrated Investing

* The Acquirer’s Multiple

He also runs an excellent weekly podcast called Value After Hours with Jake Taylor and Bill Brewster.

Tobias is also the manager of two ETF’s: ZIG and DEEP which employ his deep value strategy.

Links:

* Tobias Carlisle Part I:

* Part II:

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.

This episodes features a discussion with Lawrence Hamtil and Douglas Ott.

Lawrence is a partner and portfolio manager at Fortune Financial, and Douglas is the founder and chief investment officer at Andvari Associates. I’ve had Lawrence on the podcast before and I encourage you to check out that podcast, where we talked about a wide variety of topics.

Today, we’re specifically zoning in on Lawrence and Douglas’s joint paper, called “Going South: Implications of Business and Population Migration”

Please note that we have positions in the following securities discussed: Tractor Supply and Rollins.

Links:

* The paper, Going South. https://andvariassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-06-Andvari-Fortune-Southern-migration.pdf

* Douglas Ott’s Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/yesandnotyes

* Lawrence Hamtil’s Twitter feed: https://x.com/lhamtil

Disclaimer

Nothing on this substack is investment advice.The information in this article is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this article is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This article and its author do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This author accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this website.

This is a solo Q&A podcast where I answer questions I’ve received on Twitter and via email.

Topics covered:

* The temptation to enter the casino.

* Ethics of investing in alcohol stocks.

* Key metrics when evaluating a stock.

* Emerging markets.

* The unrealized profit tax.

* Merits of running multiple strategies.

* Gold as an international asset class.

* Shareholder yield.

* Jobs for value investors.

* Learning about accounting.

Disclaimer

Nothing on this podcast is investment advice.The information in this podcast is for information and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute a recommendation to purchase or sell any financial instruments or other products.  Investment decisions should not be made with this article and one should take into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any particular person or institution.

Investors should obtain advice based on their own individual circumstances from their own tax, financial, legal, and other advisers about the risks and merits of any transaction before making an investment decision, and only make such decisions on the basis of the investor’s own objectives, experience, and resources.

The information contained in this podcast & show notes is based on generally-available information and, although obtained from sources believed to be reliable, its accuracy and completeness cannot be assured, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

Investments in financial instruments or other products carry significant risk, including the possible total loss of the principal amount invested. This podcast, the host, and the guest do not purport to identify all the risks or material considerations that may be associated with entering into any transaction. This host & guest accepts no liability for any loss (whether direct, indirect, or consequential) that may arise from any use of the information contained in or derived from this content.