January 27, 2019

Value and Trend

Nice year end letter from OSAM and crew… Chart then download:—- —- Link Year End Letter Website Good investing,Meb Fabertheideafarm.com
January 20, 2019

Is the Bubble Bursting?

Well, tell us what you really think…. “Our advice, consistent with our portfolio positions established in Q1 2018 – as usual, we were early – is to own as little U.S. equity as your career risk allows.” Chart then download:—- […]
November 21, 2018

The IMF

A Decade after the Global Financial Crisis: Are We Safer? Gotta pass along an IMF piece with CAPE ratios! Chart then download… —- —- Download PDF Global Financial Stability Report Website https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/GFSR/Issues/2018/09/25/Global-Financial-Stability-Report-October-2018 Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
November 19, 2018

4TH QUARTER 2018 Investment Landscape

Value pain train from Verus… Chart then download… —- —- Download PDF 2018 4 Q Letter Website https://www.verusinvestments.com Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
November 6, 2018

Additional Insights into the Value Factor’s Inner Workings

The next chapter in the Jesse Livermore / OSAM collaboration… Chart then download… —- —- Download PDF Additional Insights into the Value Factor’s Inner Workings Website https://osam.com/Commentary/insights-into-the-value-factors-inner-workings Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
October 3, 2018

Global Valuation Updates!

Quarterly CAPE Ratio Updates!   Not a lot of changes this Q.  Let’s go right to the stats! Median CAPE Ratio: 18 25% most expensive: 27 (U.S. in this bucket) 25% cheapest 12 Average of Foreign Developed 22 Average of […]
September 21, 2018

EBITWHAT

Mauboussin usually gets an auto send….here he is diving into EBITDA… Chart then download: —- —- Download PDF What Does an EV/EBITDA Multiple Mean? Website https://www.bluemountaincapital.com/ Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
July 16, 2018

Mirae

I can’t recall if I emailed this KKR piece or not, so here’s a double issue.  Macro chartbooks from Mirae and KKR both… Charts then downloads… —- —– PDF Downloads Mirae KKR Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
July 1, 2018

Avoiding Losers

This paper is a few years old but from a shop that is new to me, Greenline Partners.  Their other pieces are worth perusing as well. Today tackles a topic we chat about lots on the podcast…many strategies, like value, […]
June 19, 2018

How Long?

How long until you know if that smart beta ETF you bought is delivering alpha?  Oh, I dunno, 67 years or so? Chart and download: —- —- Download Factor Fimbulwinter Website https://blog.thinknewfound.com/2018/06/factor-fimbulwinter/ Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
June 11, 2018

Factors from Scratch

I’m sure most of you have already seen this, but worth reading or downloading….a collab between anon Jesse Livermore and the OSAM crew… Chart and link: —- —- Downloads Factors from Scratch Website http://osam.com/Commentary/factors-from-scratch Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
June 10, 2018

Global Mkt to GDP

A couple great charts in here I’m not sure I’ve seen before… Charts and link: —- —- Downloads Global Stock Market to GDP Website https://www.globalfinancialdata.com/GFD/Blog/global-stock-markets-struggle-for-survival Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
May 28, 2018

Will it Blend?

Age old question:  Do you rank factors individually then combine the portfolios, or average the rankings?  Which works best? Chart and download: —- —- Downloads Food for Thought: Integrating vs. Mixing Website https://www.researchaffiliates.com/ Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
May 18, 2018

Comfort is Not Your Friend

Some great charts in here that make you pause and recon Chart and download: —- —- Downloads Comfort is Not Your Friend Website https://www.hussmanfunds.com/comment/mc180508/ Good investing, Meb Faber theideafarm.com
April 30, 2018

REITs NAVs

Discount to NAV seems to be one of the best factors to select REITs, and here is a macro chart from Green Street on sector wide NAVs… Chart and download: —- —- Downloads Real Estate Stocks Are on Sale but […]