Year: 2020
Accent Podcast Interview – Part Two – Ep 89
In Part 2 of Vitaliy's interview with Aznaur Midov on the Accent Podcast, Aznaur and Vitaliy continue their discussion on investing and life. Vitaliy explains how time can slow down when investors face a loss and what to do about it, how investing is...
Accent Podcast Interview – Part One – Ep 88
In November 2019, Vitaliy had the pleasure to sit down with Aznaur Midov, fellow Russian immigrant and host of the Accent Podcast, to talk about Vitaliy's story and lessons from 20 years of investing. In part 1 of a 2 part podcast, Vitaliy shares his...
Free Value Investing Curriculum for College Students
An announcement that should be of interest if you are a college student with a passion for value investing.
Jonah Doing Jonah’s Thing
I describe the next adventure my son Jonah will have going to college from Hawaii.
Svenska Handelsbanken and How to Use Book Value
I discuss our investment in Swedish bank Svenska Handelsbanken, and what makes their culture so unique. Then give a short explanation on when book value works as a measure of intrinsic value, and why it often doesn't.
Defense Stocks
I wrote this before the war in Ukraine began. The thesis of this article has become even more pronounced since ...
Beloved Country. Unloved Hedge. – Ep 87
Vitaliy hated every minute he spent working on this podcast, because he got close to a line he doesn't like to cross – the politics line. It was particularly painful because it made him think more about the negative changes that are happening to the...
What I Learned from Value Investor Guy Spier – Ep 86
Vitaliy was recently asked by the CFA Institute to give a talk in London. But this offer was even more interesting than usual: it was a joint presentation with Guy Spier. Guy is a tremendous value investor who happens to be a good friend of Vitaliy....
Good Companies Don’t Always Make Good Stocks – Ep 85
Vitaliy was recently going through a new client’s portfolio and found it full of the likes of Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup - pseudo-bond substitutes. Each one is a stable and mature company. Your mother-in-law would be proud if you worked for any one...
Santa Fe: “Remember This” – Ep 84
Santa Fe and Vitaliy's family go way back to the early 90s. It all started with his father, Naum, and his stepmother. Naum had his paintings exhibited in a gallery on Santa Fe’s famous Canyon Road. A few times a year, the Katsenelsons would load up...
Tesla’s Stock Price Discounts Temporal Wormhole into the Future – Ep 83
Tesla’s market cap just crossed $300 billion. It’s the largest car maker in the world, even larger than Toyota, which produced almost nine million cars in 2019 and had a market cap of $200 billion. In this podcast, Vitaliy hypothesizes that...
My Interview with Josh Brown on The Compound – Ep 82
Vitaliy had the pleasure to sit down with the Reformed Broker himself, Josh Brown on his podcast The Compound. What follows is their conversation, in which they discuss why the price you pay for a stock always matters, no matter how good the quality,...
Tesla’s Stock Price Discounts Temporal Wormhole into the Future
Low interest rates have messed with the temporal properties of the market and created a wormhole in time and in Tesla’s stock.
Santa Fe: “Remember This”
Santa Fe and my family go way back to the early 90s. It all started with my father and my stepmother. My father had his paintings exhibited in a gallery on Santa Fe’s famous Canyon Road. A few times a year, they would load up paintings in a minivan and drive them to Santa Fe.
When the Facts Change, We Change Our Minds (Anatomy of a Sale) – Ep 81
In investing, one of the most important traits an investor can have is intellectual flexibility. Buffett, for example, is very dispassionate about what he owns; he has the ability to change his mind. In the early part of 2020, he was the largest...
When the Facts Change, We Change Our Minds (Anatomy of a Sale)
Even before the coronavirus we were not big fans of the airlines stocks. Planes are expensive. Airlines have to pay for them whether they are fully occupied during normal economic times or when they are half-loaded during recessions.
Perspective – Ep 80
In this mini-podcast, Vitaliy shares a personal story that illustrates how profound even a tiny shift in perspective can be. You can read this article online at:
Uber: Delivering Food and My 4 Seconds of Fame on PBS (not PBS Kids, unfortunately) – Ep 79
Vitaliy was on PBS NewsHour talking about Uber Eats and the food delivery business. When he told his six-year-old daughter Mia Sarah about it, she shrugged and said she’d be more impressed if he was on PBS Kids. The five-minute recorded interview...
Uber Eats: Delivering Food and My 4 Seconds of Fame on PBS (not PBS Kids, unfortunately)
I was on PBS NewsHour talking about Uber Eats and the food delivery business (you can watch it here). When ...
Nifty FAANG and Other “One Decision” Investment Strategies – Ep 78
In the 1960s and 1970s Nifty 50 stocks were one-rule stocks – and the rule was, buy! They were bought, and bought, and bought. They were great companies and paying attention to how much you paid for them was irrelevant. Until. In this podcast,...
De-Numb Your Mind – Ep 77
Vitaliy can definitely see how we are always trying to numb our minds. We constantly need the mental organ entertained and well-numbed with external stimuli. It seems that whenever we are left with ourselves, that is, with our minds, we reach out for...
