Charles Lemonides, founder and CIO of ValueWorks LLC, stops by The Business Brew to discuss his investment philosophy. Charles started his career as a high yield bond analyst. Over time, he gravitated towards equity. In this episode he says "I find the best investment opportunities are where you can find something that is a real growth opportunity but it is selling for a value price."

Today, ValueWorks LLC, tends to run portfolios with 25-30 long securities in them. Charles tries to have 15 "very, very different" bets in each portfolio.

We hope you enjoy this conversation.

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Detailed Show Notes:

5:15 - Best investment setups/opportunities

7:30 - Conceptual position sizing

9:40 - ValueWorks different vehicles and philosophy

17:45 - How Charles built his firm around a philosophy

20:00 - Why Rivian may be a value investment

28:20 - Comcast

31:00 - How Charles manages different types of theses?

35:00 - Where are we in a market cycle?

39:30 - What stocks do you want into a top?

44:40 - What makes Charles tick