Investment Philosophy
How has the consensus among economists on such issues as deficit spending and population growth shifted over the decades?
Since its launch in 2011, Enterprising Investor has showcased the scholarship of behavioral finance’s top luminaries as well as its critics.
This should not be a one-time read but rather a guide for the rest of one’s investing career.
Benchmarking a company against its peers tends to be the quickest path to mediocrity.
How does the stock market collectively respond to quality losses versus quality gains?
How did modern society succumb to the illusion that uncertainty can be transformed into calculable risks?
If you can isolate the beliefs that are truly influential in your professional work, you can improve your success rate significantly, says Jim Ware, CFA. Ask yourself, “What do I believe is true? And how does this affect my decisions and behavior?”
A number of different investing strategies are effective, but the key is not so much to find any one approach in particular, but to apply it with discipline, says Isaac Presley, CFA.
Jason Voss, CFA, discusses the importance of aligning investment firm culture with investment philosophy to maximize alpha.
Thanks to his extraordinary track record as an investor, the late John Templeton, CFA, ranks alongside Warren Buffett and George Soros as one of the most successful money managers of all time. Still, for many investment professionals today, Templeton is less well known.