Bruce Flatt presentation slides from Omaha talk earlier this year – “Real Assets: The Place to Be”. https://t.co/qxLk6gjeaO
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NOTA DEL EDITOR: El siguiente texto escrito por Javier Ruiz, CFA, es un extracto de una carta trimestral de Horos Asset Management.
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Se consigue un margen de seguridad cuando se compran acciones a precios suficientemente por debajo de su valor intrínseco para protegernos de errores humanos, mala suerte o extrema volatilidad en un mundo complejo, impredecible y en continuo cambio.
— Seth Klarman
Uno de los principios básicos que se enseñan en los módulos de gestión de carteras de casi todas las escuelas de finanzas es que, para maximizar la rentabilidad de nuestras inversiones, se necesita asumir un mayor riesgo. Sin entrar en valorar las medidas de riesgo que suelen utilizarse – podríamos dedicar varios párrafos a explicar por qué la volatilidad, la beta o cualquier otra medida estadística relacionada con la evolución de una acción, no son medidas adecuadas -, esta asunción suele quedar muy arraigada en la mayoría de los inversores, sean profesionales de la industria o particulares. Si lo pensamos un momento, intuitivamente tiene todo el sentido del mundo. ¿Cómo va a ser posible conseguir rentabilidades importantes asumiendo poco riesgo? El que no arriesga no gana, ¿verdad? Sin embargo, al menos en el mundo de la inversión, la realidad es muy diferente: asumir riesgos es la mejor receta para dilapidar nuestros ahorros.
No nos equivoquemos, es prácticamente imposible encontrar inversiones en las que no estemos asumiendo algún tipo de riesgo o de incertidumbre. Pese a ello, sí es posible buscar maximizar la rentabilidad, minimizando el riesgo de pérdida permanente de capital. La esencia de la inversión value es precisamente esa: buscar inversiones que arrojen un suficiente margen de seguridad, que nos cubra de posibles errores de análisis o riesgos impredecibles. El margen de seguridad es un concepto “robado” de otras disciplinas académicas, como la ingeniería. De hecho, ya los ingenieros de la antigua Roma aprendieron la virtud de construir puentes con un elevado margen de seguridad. En el momento de retirar los andamios, el ingeniero debía permanecer debajo del puente, con lo que tenía un claro interés en que la arquitectura fuera lo suficientemente resistente para cubrirse de esa potencial pérdida permanente (llevada al extremo en este caso) o errores/riesgos no contemplados inicialmente.
En ocasiones, no muy habituales, encontraremos situaciones en las que este margen de seguridad puede verse ampliado cualitativamente al mejorar la relación rentabilidad-riesgo que hemos mencionado anteriormente.
Fórmula margen de seguridad
Margen de seguridad = (Valor intrínseco – precio actual de la acción) / Valor intrínseco
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Glenn Surowiec on Controlling Emotions and Temptation
November 27, 2018 in Best Ideas 2019, Best Ideas Conference, Ideaweek, Ideaweek Podcast, Podcast, TranscriptsIn an episode of the Ideaweek Podcast, presented by MOI Global, Glenn Surowiec discusses the challenges faced by investors in controlling their emotions as part of the investment process.
Glenn started GDS Investments in 2012. From 2001 to 2012, he worked for Alsin Capital Management, Inc. as an equity research analyst (2001-2003), co-portfolio manager (2003-2008), and portfolio manager (2008-2012). Glenn has a BA in Management (Accounting concentration) from Gettysburg College and an MBA (Finance concentration) from Southern Methodist University. His interests include running, cycling, golfing and youth coaching.
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Saahill Desai on the Investment Approach of a Family Office
November 27, 2018 in Building a Great Investment Firm, Equities, Ideaweek, Ideaweek Podcast, Podcast, TranscriptsIn an episode of the Ideaweek Podcast, presented by MOI Global, Saahill Desai discusses his investment philosophy and the approach of the single family office he manages.
Saahill is the founder of DS Advisors, a NYC/Miami-based family office where he oversees investment activity and manages a public equities fund. Saahill began his career at Jane Street Capital, a high-frequency trading and market making business in New York City. He later joined New Silk Route Partners, a South Asia-focused growth equity firm in their Mumbai office. He worked on NSR portfolio investments in media, healthcare, and manufacturing in addition to extensive work on the deals in the energy sector. While in India, he founded DS Advisors, the organization that now manages the majority of his family’s liquid net worth.
The firm is built on three fundamental principles: preservation of capital, a long-term view on investing, and partnering with great people who have impeccable values. At the moment, the firm operates in three areas: (i) public markets: the firm manages several public securities portfolios focused on equities and debt listed in developed markets; (ii) real estate: the firm focuses on owning and operating cash-flowing real estate assets in the U.S.; and (iii) private transactions: DSA seeks to invest directly in select private businesses with strong ROIC and cash flow characteristics.
In addition to sitting on DS Advisors’ investment committee, which oversees all the above pools, Saahill leads the firm’s efforts to expand its capabilities into new areas. Across all business segments, where the family office believes it cannot build or acquire specialized expertise, it seeks to partner with domain experts. In his free time, Saahill enjoys playing tennis and squash, traveling, reading up on consumer technology trends and following college and professional football. Saahill received a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and a Certificate in Finance from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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David Marcus on Great Owner-Operated Businesses in Europe
November 27, 2018 in Europe, Ideaweek, Ideaweek Podcast, Jockey Stocks, Podcast, TranscriptsIn an episode of the Ideaweek Podcast, presented by MOI Global, David Marcus discusses owner-operator-led businesses, particularly in Europe.
David Marcus has more than 20 years of experience in the investment management business. He began his career at Mutual Series Funds, mentored by renowned value investor Michael Price, and rose to manage the Mutual European Fund and co-manage the Mutual Shares and Mutual Discovery Funds. He also served as director of European Investments for Franklin Mutual Advisors, LLC. After leaving Franklin Mutual, David founded Marcstone Capital Management, LP, a long-short Europe-focused equity manager, largely funded by Swedish financier Jan Stenbeck. When Mr. Stenbeck passed away in 2002, David closed Marcstone and then co-founded a family office for the Stenbeck family; as an advisor to the family, he advised on the restructuring of a number of the public and private companies the family controlled. He later founded and served as managing partner of MarCap Investors LP, the investment manager of a European small cap special situations fund, which he managed from 2004 to 2009.
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Outliers in business/investing can be misleading because the same traits needed for outlier success are the same traits that increase the odds of failure. Fine line between bold and reckless.
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My latest post discusses why we bother forecasting a company's cash flows, despite knowing that our forecast is sure to be wrong to some degree. – Todd https://t.co/8576o7LDGX
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