risk tips
We think our way of investing lowers risk dramatically. If you invest only in quality businesses that generally aren’t exposed to external shocks...
When choosing between riskier stocks or safer bonds, is it really worth the additional risk for just a few percentage points? The answer is yes. 10% a...
We’re not afraid of political risks, which we generally think are exaggerated. We invested in Thailand after the coup. We’re investing in Turkey...
In our opinion, the real risk an investor must assess is whether his aggregate after-tax receipts from an investment (including those he receives on...
Tags: stock selection, risk
Risk isn't the same as volatility. For example, the Italian political system is more volatile than that of Saudi Arabia, but the latter is much more...
The biggest mistakes we ever made involved a few investments in highly acquisitive companies that had balance sheet leverage. The big lesson is that...
Proper Risk Management: You thought an investment was risk-free, but it wasn't. The lesson: Every investment has some type of risk. You can attempt to...
Tags: risk, investing strategies
Never risk more than 2-3% of the total trading account. One important difference between a successful and an unsuccessful forex trader is that the...
Tags: risk, forex trading
To some extent, balance sheet risk is a character issue for us. The CEO whose company has a great balance sheet probably isn’t going to make the...
Investing is often about knowing your strengths and we've learned that we're better at spotting profitable, unglamorous, under-valued companies than...
