Marty Whitman’s adjustments to Graham’s net net formula
Long-term readers of Greenbackd might remember our initial struggle to apply the net net / liquidation formula described by Benjamin Graham in the 1934 Edition of Security Analysis in the context of...
View ArticleMarty Whitman discusses Graham’s net-net formula
In the following video, legendary value investor Marty Whitman discusses Benjamin Graham’s net-net formula and his adjustments to it. We’ve previously covered those adjustments here, but we’ve added...
View ArticleSub-liquidation value ten baggers
Bespoke Investment Group (via The Reformed Broker) has a list of the biggest gainers for 2009. It should come as no surprise to regular readers of Greenbackd that a number of the stocks are former...
View ArticleIntroducing the Monthly Net-Net Watchlist
We’ve recently been using the GuruFocus Benjamin Graham Net Current Asset Value Screener (subscription required) to generate regular watchlists of net net stocks. The GuruFocus NCAV screen has some...
View ArticleJapanese liquidation value: 1932 US redux
Zero Hedge has an article Uncovering Liquidation Value… In Japan? discussing SocGen’s Dylan Grice’s Are Japanese equities worth more dead than alive. The title is a nod to Benjamin Graham’s landmark...
View ArticlePerformance of Japanese sub-liquidation value stocks: the results
Since last week’s Japanese liquidation value: 1932 US redux post, I’ve been attempting to determine whether the historical performance of Japanese sub-liquidation value stocks matches the experience in...
View ArticleThe Kabuki narrative
Regular readers of Greenbackd know that I’m no fan of “the narrative,” which is the story an investor concocts to explain the various pieces of data the investor gathers about a potential investment....
View ArticleWalking the talk: Applying back-tested investment strategies in practice
Aswath Damodaran, a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business, has an interesting post on his blog Musings on Markets, Transaction costs and beating the market. Damodaran’s thesis is that...
View ArticleBack-testing the performance of net current asset value against net net...
Jae Jun at Old School Value has a great post, NCAV NNWC Screen Strategy Backtest, comparing the performance of net current asset value stocks (NCAV) and “net net working capital” (NNWC) stocks over the...
View ArticleNet current asset value and net net working capital back-test refined
Jae Jun at Old School Value has updated his great post back-testing the performance of net current asset value (NCAV) against “net net working capital” (NNWC) by refining the back-test (see NCAV NNWC...
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