How to Select Companies to Buy

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I think it's important to build in those layers of conservatism just because you can run numbers in a spreadsheet or something. Intrinsic value is not something that's on a financial statement so that you can calculate to several decimal places. And we're really not trying to buy a dollar for 95 cents, I think that gets into margin of error territory rather than margin of safety. We're really looking for the big discounts and the big opportunities.

In this rewind episode, Clay Finck chats with Tom Botica about what it means to invest with a margin of safety, Seritage Growth Properties, and much more!

Tom is a value investor and studies superinvestors such as Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai, Guy Spier, and many others.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:44 - What investors should keep in mind during a market correction.

11:10 - Why investing checklists can be useful for value investors.

16:46 - The case for individual stock pickers outperforming the market indices.

28:11 - What Seritage Growth Properties does and why it’s potentially a compelling investment.

36:37 - Why Seritage is trading at what appears to be well below it’s liquidation value.

36:37 - The potential risks investing in Seritage.

And much, much more!

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