For much of the last century, there was this well-established finding that small cap stocks earned a premium called the small cap premium over the market. That ended around 1981. Since 1981, small cap stocks have earned roughly the same return as large cap stocks in the market. It's gone away. And I think what happened was now you got institutional investment kind of permeating the process. Any potential advantage you thought you might have investing in a small company and now gone,. You got to look elsewhere.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
03:53 - The importance of having an investment philosophy and how to figure out what your investment philosophy is.
The difference between having an investment philosophy and strategy.
03:53 - An example of what a growth investor’s investment philosophy may be, such as the famous growth investor Peter Lynch.
08:22 - Why Aswath believes it’s better to be a generalist than a specialist in one area of investing.
15:00 - What are value drivers and how to apply them in our valuation process?
15:00 - The 5 basic variables we need to value any business.
24:27 - How to convert these value drivers into a DCF or intrinsic value model.
26:23 - The most common mistakes investors make when valuing a company and how to avoid these.
26:23 - Aswath’s test on how to figure out if your growth rate is reasonable.
29:23 - How to figure out what discount rate we should use?
36:11 - Why Aswath doesn’t believe in a “hold forever mentality” of stocks in a value investing approach.
37:24 - How often we should revisit our valuations for companies?
56:53 - How do companies get on Aswath’s radar?
And much, much more!
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