The business price in this equation, has a margin of safety compared to the business value. When i put em in, i'm looking for 50 % discount. I don't think warren buffet uses fty % any more. But i've seen berkshire step in and start buying companies with less than a 50%. In fact, just recently they started buying more bank of america. And there's no way that's out of 50 % margin of safety right now, in my opinion. So when you do this, just make sure that you are getting a large enough margin of safety that you feel confident in buying the company.
In Rule #1 investing, we call “buying on sale” purchasing stocks with a Margin of Safety. All you have to do to get a big MOS is know the value of the business you are buying—as a business—and then wait to buy it until the market drops much lower than the value. Today, Phil and Danielle dive deeper into Margin of Safety valuations, and explain why understanding how to value a company is critical to stockpiling.
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