Category Archives: Useful resources

How to become a better investor – Greg Speicher

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Adib Motiwala

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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Search strategy

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

To be successful in investing, one should have a good search strategy. Often I used to wonder where should I look for companies for doing further research and then investing in them. Here are some of the places I look … Continue reading →

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Automate your Google Search via Google Alerts

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

Google search is used extensively by everyone for almost anything. Some trivial examples include Search for a book, research company news, look up a person. Now, it would be good if there was a way to receive the Google Search … Continue reading →

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A model to check earnings manipulation

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

Professor Messod Beneish at Indiana University created a mathematical model that uses financial ratios and eight variables to identify whether a company has manipulated its earnings.. In many ways it is similar to the Altman Z score, but optimised to … Continue reading →

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3 Value Ideas from TheValueGuys.com

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

Val at TheValueGuys.com podcasts a show every week where he picks three companies from the weeks Value Line. Val has an excellent show and I use the show to learn more about the companies he presents. It can be a … Continue reading →

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Video lectures at Columbia Business School

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

I found some excellent educational material on Columbia’s website. They have archived videos of guest lectures by world renowned investors such as Thomas Russo, Chris Browne, Michael Price, Glenn Greenberg, Mohnish Pabrai, Li Lu. The lectures are about 60-90 minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in Mohnish Pabrai, Podcast, Tom Russo, Tweedy Browne, value investing | 2 Comments

Book Summary – The Little Book of Value Investing by Chris Browne

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

I am presenting my summary of thebook “The Little Book of Value Investing” by Chris Browne. ChrisBrowne who passed away in 2009 was one of the great value investors over the past 30+ years.   Chapter 1 : : Buy … Continue reading →

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Lessons from – “The five rules for successful stock investing” by Pat Dorsey.

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

Pat Dorsey is the Director of Stock Analysis at Morningstar. ·        Picking individual stocks requires hard work,discipline and an investment of time (and money) ·        You need patience, an understanding ofaccounting and competitive strategy and a healthy dose of skepticism ·        Buying … Continue reading →

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Lessons from “The Little Book of Behavioral Investing” by James Montier

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

Behavioral finance recognizes that there are psychological reasons for all investor decisions. Most seasoned investors will tell you that finding good companies is only part of the investing discipline. The tougher aspects of investing are controlling your emotions ( greed, fear) … Continue reading →

Posted in Behavioral Finance, Ben Graham, Books, Bruce Berkowitz, DCF, George Soros, James Montier, Sir John Templeton, value investing | 2 Comments

GuruFocus.com : Become a better investor by learning from Guru Invesors.

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Adib Motiwala

“A guru (Sanskrit: ????) is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others (teacher)” – Wikipedia.com GuruFocus.com is a value investing oriented website that focuses on the stock picks, portfolios and … Continue reading →

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