Chris MayerJan 24, 201911 min readOne of my favorite ideasVolatility creates opportunity because the value of a business simply doesn’t change as much as its stock price does. I’ve always been...
Chris MayerJan 17, 20197 min readWhat Index Funds Can't DoJack Bogle died yesterday... I hardly need to tell you about him. As Warren Buffett wrote in his 2017 annual letter: “If a statue is ever...
Chris MayerJan 10, 20197 min read“Bucky,” a 235-bagger and volatilityBuckminster Fuller, the essays of Murray Stahl and financial curiosities of various sorts are the subjects of today’s post. And yes – to...
Chris MayerJan 3, 201910 min readThe Coffee Can Portfolio and 100-BaggersI recently had lunch with Preston Athey, who used to manage the T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund. In his 20+ years at the helm, his...
Chris MayerDec 23, 20186 min readNotes from Value Invest NYCGreetings from Piney Point, MD. We rented a house down by the water, where our family took up residence for Christmas. Piney Point is...
Chris MayerDec 20, 20185 min readWhat's it all about?Before I start posting regularly, let’s get the preliminaries out of the way and answer a couple of questions you might have: What can I...