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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

My advice was not based on fear of a bubble or the (over)valuation of Yahoo; rather, I suggested employing a regret minimization framework.2 He could take any job he wanted for the rest of his lifeor none at all. Torn about what to do, he asked my opinion. All of these strategies have been money-losers this century.

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The Contrarian’s Guide: Inside David Dreman’s Value Investment Strategy

Validea

Beyond Cheap: Quality Matters While valuation was crucial, Dreman wasn’t interested in just any cheap stock. The strategy showed particular strength in 2003, 2004, and 2006, with returns exceeding 30% in each of those years. Defining a Contrarian Stock How exactly did Dreman identify contrarian opportunities?

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Strategy of the Week: A Small Cap Growth Model Inspired by The Motley Fool’s David & Tom Gardner

Validea

The Gardners dubbed this the “Fool Ratio” and use it to identify growth stocks trading at reasonable valuations. 2004 22.5% 2004 22.5% Combining quality fundamentals, growth, insider conviction, and manageable valuations makes this a model with serious long-term appeal. 2007 23.3% 2008 -25.0% -38.5% +13.5%

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Market Commentary: Swift Election Results Boost Investors’ Confidence

Carson Wealth

The big surprise for many, though, was Trump won the popular vote as well, the first Republican to do this since 2004. How the economy is doing, Fed policy, inflation, valuations and overall market trends potentially matter much more. He is up to more than 72 million votes, which will go higher once Arizona and Nevada become official.

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Things Change

The Better Letter

From the tech sector, the top ten included four names, including the entry of Apple (the first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007) and Google (which had only come to market in 2004).

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Thinking Big and Survivorship Bias

The Irrelevant Investor

After five years as a private business, they went public in 2004 at a valuation of $27B. In Google's 2004 Founders’ IPO Letter , Larry Page wrote: We will not shy away from high-risk, high-reward projects because of short term earnings pressure. Some of our past bets have gone extraordinarily well, and others have not.

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Tata Technologies IPO Review – GMP, Details & Much More

Trade Brains

Their last offer being from Tata Consultancy Services in 2004. Looking at its valuations, Tata Tech’s peer trades at an Average PE of 62x, which is significantly higher than Tata’s 32.5x. Tata Technologies IPO Review: The Tata Group is finally coming out with an IPO after 19 Long Years. KPIT currently trades at the highest PE of 82.6x.