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Intelligent Investment Today - The Warren Buffett Way
Value Investment - INTELLIGENT INVESTMENT TODAY, a Shortcast "mini-podcast" series each around ten minutes, focusing on the teachings of the father of the value investment approach, Benjamin Graham, the teacher and mentor to the most successful investor of all time Warren Buffett.
Designed for the complete novice without any experience in the stock market as well as the more experienced investor wishing to reacquaint themselves with the likes of "Mr Market" and "The margin of safety principle".
Episodes
60 episodes
Inside the Circle: Why Understanding Beats Guesswork in Investing
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, David Coombs dives into a foundational principle of value investing: staying within your circle of competence. Inspiured by the teaching of of Benjamin Graham and the wisdom of Warren Buffett, we...
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All That Glitters is Not Value: Gold and The Value Investor
Is gold a timeless hedge or just shiny nonsense? In this episode, David Coombs dismantles the glittering myth of gold as a solid investment for value investors. From personal distaste for gaudy accessories to a lack of intrinsic value, nothing ...
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9:06
Act Like an Owner: The Mindset That Powers Value Investing
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, we explore one of the most overlooked yet powerful principles in value investing: thinking and acting like a true owner of the business in which we hold stock. Host David Coombs breaks down why a...
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9:37
Speculation vs. Investment: Is There Room for a Little Gamble?
In this episode of Intelligent Investment Today, host David Coombs steps outside the typical boundaries of value investing to explore a surprising topic: intelligent speculation. While speculation is often seen as the antithesis of val...
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9:32
Margin of Safety: The Key to Defensive Investing
In this edition we re-examine one of the central tenets of value investment - The Margin Of Safety Principle. This principle was put forward by Benjamin Graham to insure against mistakes or errors of judgement in the selection of stock. The pri...
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9:13
The Retention Trap: Why Companies Hold Back Dividends
In this edition we take a look at dividend policy and the habit that many businesses have fallen into of retaining earnings when it is not always in the shareholders best interest for them to do so. We consider why many businesses and managemen...
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11:17
The Value Investor’s DNA: Traits You Can’t Teach
In this edition we look at some of the common traits shared by the typical value investor. One of the main qualities seems to be our need to obtain value for money whether that be in the purchase of stocks at less than their intrinsic value or ...
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10:37
Gamestop 2.0? Inside the Next Meme Stock Craze
In this edition we look into a recent report of growing excitement on a certain Reddit forum about a whole new bunch of stocks. What one financial newspaper is tentatively dubbing Gamestop 2.0, we consider if investors have learned their lesson...
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9:45
The Alternative Investments Market - Worth The Hassle?
In this episode we investigate the pros and cons of investing in smaller listed businesses such as those listed on London's AIM index (Alternative Investments Market).
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11:26
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis vs Mr Market
In this episode we take the efficient markets hypothesis and consider if it really can stand up to scrutiny. Does the parable of Mr Market offer a better understanding of how the markets work in reality?
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9:56
Neil Woodford - Britain's Greatest Ever Value Investor?
In this edition we take a look at the career highs and lows of The British Value Investor Neil Woodford. After 26 years of Buffett rivalling performance at his Invesco Fund his reputation was heavily tarnished after the investment fund he set u...
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11:14
The Japanese Economic Miracle And The Lost Decades
In this edition we take a look at the Japanese economic miracle. In the four decades that followed the Second World War Japan's economy went on to become the world's third largest. We then look at the lost decades that followed the economic cra...
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9:11
Tesla Stock- A Lesson In Speculation
In this episode we take a look at the interesting case of Tesla. We consider the reasons why investors continue to prop up the stock price of this business despite a price to earnings ratio of around 160 times.
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10:02
Airline Stocks- Bargains Hiding in Plane Sight? Or To Be Jettisoned ?
In this episode we take a look at the Airline Industry. We consider the attractiveness or otherwise of this exciting and exotic sector as a destination for your capital, exploring the eccentricities and foibles of the industry along the way. &n...
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8:58
See's Candies - Buffett's Seminal Investment
In this episode we take a look at one of Buffett's earliest deviations away from the strict value approach as espoused by his mentor, Benjamin Graham. We will discover how the qualities of this Californian candy business would permanently alter...
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10:38
Black Monday - One Of The Stock Market's Darkest Days
In this episode we take a look at the events of Monday October 19, 1987, the day that went on to be known as Black Monday. On this day the Dow Jones Industrial average went on to shed around 23% of its value, and in doing so it looked like, for...
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12:04
When To Hold 'Em - When to Fold 'Em
In this edition we take a look at the fine art of determining the right time to sell your stocks. Whilst the ideal holding period for a stock is forever, most will need to be sold sooner or later as they reach and exceed fair levels of valuatio...
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10:25
Qualitative Analysis - An Important But Uncertain Art
In this edition we take a look at the art of qualitative analysis, the examination of those factors relating to the inherent quality of a business, when deciding which stocks to purchase and at what price.We look at some of the aspects o...
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11:21
Charlie Munger's Lollapalooza Effect
In this edition we take a look at the Lollapalooza effect, a term coined by Warren Buffett's former right hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger. We look at what the effect is exactly and how failure spot it in action can prove to be of...
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9:56
Professional Investors vs A Herd of Pooping Cows
In this edition we consider why so many professional investors do so badly when it comes to investment, with some it seems not even able to outperform a group of defecating bovines. We take a look at some of the crafty tricks used by industry p...
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9:28
Compound Interest - The Eighth Wonder Of The World
In this episode we explore the principle of compound interest. We consider what it is, how it works in practice and why it is perhaps the single most important factor in investment success and wealth creation.
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9:12
The Balance Sheet - Another Vital Document Any Value Investor Must Understand
In this episode we continue our look into the business accounts that will be vital when arriving at any valuation decision. We consider the difference between tangible and intangible assets and why knowing the difference is such an important di...
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12:15
Testing Your Mettle - Why Market Turbulence Can Prove You've Still Got It!
In this episode we consider what has been going on in the markets over the last couple of weeks, how the intelligent investor should react, and why times of turbulence are an opportunity to test your mettle.
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9:31
An Introduction to Intelligent Investment Today
A REPUBLISHED Piece. My FIRST ever podcast! (It wasn't quite as bad as I had remembered) But it remains a self-taught (and ever so slightly amateurish) exploration into the world of Podcasting. Whilst I hope that I delivered much of what I prom...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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The Income Account - A Vital But Misleading Document
In this edition we take a look at one of the most important documents to be found in a company's accounts, the Income statement or Profit and Loss account. We consider how oftentimes all is not what it seems with this seemingly innocuous accoun...
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