Navigating Inflation and Investment Strategies

This chapter explores the effects of inflation on investment strategies, advocating for a consistent approach focused on undervalued cash flows. The discussion highlights the importance of maintaining a solid investment plan amid market volatility while introducing the Acquirers Fund and its strategy of targeting deeply undervalued companies. The conversation also touches upon the shift from short selling to long-only investments, emphasizing the potential of small and micro-cap stocks for better long-term returns.

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Clay Finck chats with Tobias Carlisle about what led him to becoming a value investor, what mean reversion is and how it relates to his overall investment strategy, how inflation impacts his investment process, what the shiller PE is and why it’s something to be mindful of, what his thoughts are on determining an appropriate discount rate, and much, much more!

Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®. He is also the founder of Acquirers Funds® which manages ZIG, the Acquirers Fund, and DEEP, the Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value Fund.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - How Tobias ended up becoming a value investor.

07:43 - What investors had a big impact on Tobias’s own development?

12:02 - What mean reversion is from an investment standpoint, and how it relates to his overall investment strategy.

21:44 - What the shiller PE is, and why it is something to be mindful of.

32:20 - How inflation impacts his overall thought process for stock investing.

44:03 - Tobias’s thoughts on an appropriate discount rate, and what discount rate Warren Buffett might be using in his valuation process.

47:19 - The two funds the Acquirer’s Fund manages - ZIG and DEEP.

And much, much more!

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

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Tobias Carlisle’s book The Acquirer’s Multiple.
Tobias Carlisle’s book Deep Value.
Tobias Carlisle’s book Quantitative Value.
Bruce Greenwald’s book Value Investing.
Benjamin Graham’s book, The Intelligent Investor.
The Acquirer’s Podcast.
The Acquirer’s Multiple.
The Acquirer’s Fund.
Related Episode: Listen to MI025: Deep Value Investing w/ Tobias Carlisle, or watch the video.
Related Episode: MI084: Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, And Berkshire Hathaway w/ Adam Mead, or watch the video.
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