My daughter Hannah and I went to a trip to India. We visited a small part of this large country, the most populous in the world.
Vitaliy Katsenelson

Vitaliy Katsenelson
I am the CEO at IMA, which is anything but your average investment firm. In a brief moment of senility, Forbes magazine called me "the new Benjamin Graham”.
I’ve written two books on investing, which were published by John Wiley & Sons and have been translated into eight languages. (I’m working on a third - you can read a chapter from it, titled “The 6 Commandments of Value Investing” here).
And if you prefer listening, audio versions of my articles are published weekly at investor.fm.
Investors who own index funds have likely strapped themselves into a giant stock market roller coaster which, to this point, has only gone up.
Value investors have had a miserable time over the past years. Now that our investing principles are finally being vindicated, you’d expect us to gloat. But Herr Schadenfreude is not a friend of ours.
Crypto currency was touted as antidote to central banking. But with its own flaws, is the system itself to blame for this crypto market crash?
Recessions are like forest fires – small ones are healthy for the forest. However, the longer you suppress fire, the more dead material the forest accumulates. Eventually, when it does pay a visit, it is more devastating and its effects are more long-lasting.The recession that is coming could be a big fire.
I share a story about when four separate people asked me about “investing” in cryptocurrencies, as well as my thoughts on Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.
Inflation is on the rise in the US. So are the interest rates. So what about the housing market? Are we going to see housing prices decline? Read below to find out.
The following is a loose collection of random thoughts and observations on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Rather than a coherent article, I offer some insights that have emerged as the war has dragged on.
How great alignment with clients creates the perfect recipe for long-term compounding. (And I get to drive my kids to school.)
Individual impact aside, Biden’s student loan forgiveness will also affect the US currency and economy. Here’s how we see it as value investors.