Episode 23: Keep it simple, stupid!
In this week’s episode we discuss systematic simplicity, and how more moving parts can mean that there are more things to go wrong.Here’s what we cover and discuss:•Why discounted cashflow calculations are difficult•What’s the best way to value a company?•How the great investors can end up with simple systems and variables•Do computers add any value for investors?•Why simple doesn’t mean thoughtless•Some simple models for investing•Calm and circumspect: how systems can reduce emotional reactions•Repeating behavioural investing•Good decades and not-so-good decades•Why are investors drawn to complexity?•Our 8 timeless principles for investingBooks referred to:Ben Graham - Security AnalysisBen Carlson – A Wealth of Common SenseBen Graham – The Intelligent InvestorJames Montier – Value InvestingThanks for listening!Download a free chapter from our book ’Low Rates, High Returns’https://www.lowrateshighreturns.com/podcastPete Wargent:www.petewargent.com/www.linkedin.com/in/pete-wargent-37228322/Stephen Moriarty:twitter.com/SGM63
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