The Acquirers Podcast Value Stock Geek on the Magnificent 7, tech, $AZO, the Weird Portfolio | S07 E44
Dec 11, 2025
Value Stock Geek, an investment analyst and Substack author, dives deep into quality investing strategies. He shares insights on finding undervalued tech stocks and discusses emerging opportunities in the liquor sector. The conversation explores the impact of changing drinking trends among younger generations and debates if current tech enthusiasm mirrors the late '90s bubble. Value Stock Geek also reveals his unique 'weird portfolio' strategy that balances risk and creates steady compounding, making for a lively and informative discussion!
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Quality-Then-Value Stock Selection
- Value Stock Geek builds a universe of quality companies then hunts for the cheapest among them rather than blindly following quantitative screens.
- He combines qualitative selection with valuation filters like price-to-sales and earnings yield to find inflection points.
Picking Tech Cheap In 2022
- Value Stock Geek bought tech names like Taiwan Semiconductor and Meta in 2022 at roughly 10x earnings.
- He notes those bargains vanished as prices reverted upward afterward.
Narratives Follow Price, Not Vice Versa
- Narratives often follow price movements rather than precede them, creating exaggerated secular stories.
- True outcomes usually lie between extreme narrative claims and total dismissal.