Quality Over Cost: The Investment Paradigm

This chapter explores the advantages of prioritizing quality investments over cheap stocks, arguing that high-quality companies with strong fundamentals offer superior long-term outcomes. Using Lululemon as a case study, it emphasizes the significance of business quality, competitive advantages, and cash flow generation in making informed investment decisions.

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In today’s episode, Shawn O’Malley (@Shawn_OMalley_) explores the fundamentals of, and merits in, being a long-term, quality-focused investor, using John Huber’s success and philosophy as an example to follow. Huber is the rare money manager who truly aligns incentives with his investors by using the template created by Warren Buffett back in his days before Berkshire Hathaway.

You’ll learn about what makes Huber’s fee structure special, Huber’s philosophy for investing long-term in high-quality companies, how time-arbitrage gives long-term investors a structural advantage in markets, how to blend both a focus on value and quality, the importance of assessing compounding power, how much to pay for quality companies, how changes in valuation multiples affect returns even for great businesses, plus so much more!

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN

00:00 - Intro

01:36 - Why John Huber used the Buffett partnership fee structure in his fund

03:44 - How time-arbitrage gives investors an advantage over time

04:55 - What it means to find investments where you can win big, and if you lose, not lose much

11:40 - How to calculate ROIC and why it matters for compounders

28:11 - What price to pay for the highest-quality businesses

32:33 - How changes in price-to-earnings multiples can affect returns over time

35:36 - How to blend both value and quality as investing styles

And much, much more!

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Saber Capital Management’s website.
Check out What Is Your Investing Edge? Article from John Huber.
John Huber’s latest interviews on Millennial Investing (YouTube Video) and We Study Billionaires (YouTube Video).
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Buffett’s 1987 shareholder letter discussing returns on capital.
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