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The Contrarian’s Guide: Inside David Dreman’s Value Investment Strategy

Validea

Beyond Cheap: Quality Matters While valuation was crucial, Dreman wasn’t interested in just any cheap stock. The strategy showed particular strength in 2003, 2004, and 2006, with returns exceeding 30% in each of those years. Defining a Contrarian Stock How exactly did Dreman identify contrarian opportunities?

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Thinking Big and Survivorship Bias

The Irrelevant Investor

After five years as a private business, they went public in 2004 at a valuation of $27B. In Google's 2004 Founders’ IPO Letter , Larry Page wrote: We will not shy away from high-risk, high-reward projects because of short term earnings pressure. Some of our past bets have gone extraordinarily well, and others have not.

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Joel Greenblatt’s Magic Formula: Combining Value and Quality

Validea

He back tested the strategy from 1988 to 2004 and found that a portfolio of the top 30 magic formula stocks, rebalanced annually, would have returned 30.8% The company’s consistent profitability and attractive valuation make it a top pick for the Greenblatt model. per year on average, compared to 12.4% Michelle Wine Estates.

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Tata Technologies IPO Review – GMP, Details & Much More

Trade Brains

Their last offer being from Tata Consultancy Services in 2004. Looking at its valuations, Tata Tech’s peer trades at an Average PE of 62x, which is significantly higher than Tata’s 32.5x. Tata Technologies IPO Review: The Tata Group is finally coming out with an IPO after 19 Long Years. KPIT currently trades at the highest PE of 82.6x.

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Market, Stocks, and Bonds Lessons Learned from 2022 | Weekly Market Commentary | January 9, 2023

James Hendries

economy to avoid recession, and support above-average valuations. The relationship between inflation and stock valuations is a strong one, as shown in Figure 2 , which meant the market could no longer support price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios over 20 (the same goes for the relationship between interest rates and stock valuations).

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Making Private Public

The Irrelevant Investor

Dollars are accruing to the venture capitalists who represent wealthy investors In a McKinsey report, Grow Fast or Die Slow , they created this tremendous visual which shows a handful of software companies in particular are now reaching a $10 billion valuation prior to going public. Charts like the one above don't include the losers.

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Investment Perspectives | Bubbles II

Brown Advisory

In Engines That Move Markets, a 2002 book about the cycles of technology investing, Alasdair Nairn defines “bubbles” as periods when investors appear to suspend rational valuation, much as they had during the dotcom craze shortly before the book was published. Unsurprisingly, as volume has increased, so have valuations. Possible Signs.