Author Archives: Adib Motiwala

About Adib Motiwala

Portfolio Manager at Motiwala Capital LLC

My analysis of a valuation exercise – Dairy Queen 1997

Whopper Investments (an excellent blog) has started a valuation exercise series. He is going to post information about companies from the past and ask his readers to value the company. Read the instructions for the challenge here . For the … Continue reading

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JAKK tender offer gives small investors a chance to make $200

JAKKS Pacific Inc. (JAKK) announced on May 25th 2012 that it has commenced an offer to its shareholders to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $20 per share. The self-tender offer will expire … Continue reading

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Attending Ira Sohn Investing Conference

The Ira Sohn Investing Conference is an exceptional event and is dedicated to a great cause. The conference is organized to support the Sohn Conference foundation. Here is a snippet from the website – “The Foundation honors Ira Sohn, a … Continue reading

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My interview with John Mihaljevic of the Manual of Ideas

John Mihaljevic runs the excellent value publication The Manual of Ideas . A few days back he contacted me to conduct a interview. To listen to the interview, you can either register for free at GreatInvestors.tv – which is a … Continue reading

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How to become a better investor – Greg Speicher

I have followed Greg Speicher’s excellent blog for almost 2 years time. I highly recommend his blog to all investors. He blogs on investment process, other successful investors, posts a weekly links of interest among other topics. Greg recently published … Continue reading

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Articles worth reading (4/15/2012)

“Buy the out-of-favor, the unpopular. Nobody can predict the market. Take that premise to heart and look to invest in dollar bills selling for 50¢. If you’re going to do your own research and investing, think value. Think downside risk. … Continue reading

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Q1 2012 Letter to clients

Dear Friends, Attached is the quarterly letter to clients and prospective clients for the period January – March 2012. Please contact me if you have any feedback. thanks Adib Motiwala Capital – Quarterly Letter – Q1 2012

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Why invest with us?

Click the link to download the presentation below…. Motiwala Capital LLC – Why invest with us

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The ROTH IRA account

On this blog, I usually discuss investing philosophy, great investors, discuss some of my stock picks. In this post, I am going to take a slight deviation and talk about one of the best tax efficient investment vehicles in the … Continue reading

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Walter Schloss passed away at ripe age of 95

Walter Schloss passed away a couple of days back. He was 95. While Walter is not as famous as Buffett but he was an investor extraordinaire. His investing track record was 16% compound returns for 40+ years. And he did … Continue reading

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