Value Investing in a Capital-Light World
The composition of the economy and stock market has shifted from physical assets to intellectual ones. This change has significant implications for traditional valuation metrics, requiring a new approach.
Long-Term Investing: The Costs of Myopic Thinking
Adhering to long investment time horizons is easily said but more difficult to do. Emotions and behavioral biases work to erode the otherwise attractive returns offered by equity markets when evaluated over multi-year periods. Properly framing comparisons between equities and other assets—like bonds—can help investors avoid the risk of falling short of return objectives.
Risk: Fundamentals Over Price Volatility
Investors should consider investment risk as defined by an investment’s fundamental stability, level of indebtedness, and valuation, rather than simply its short-term price volatility.
Behavioral Biases: Exploiting Systematic Mispricings
Deeply rooted behavioral biases can offer exploitable opportunities for a thoughtfully designed, systematic investment approach.
