I was finally able to do something I have tried to do but could not for ten years! We have built a dividend portfolio that’s “all-terrain” and that yields … well, you’ll have to read to the end to find out.
Market
Our thinking about coronavirus has evolved significantly over the last few weeks. Our initial optimism that it would send us into a mild recession was proven wrong by our government’s inept response – the extra time that we were given was wasted.
I discussed with Andrew Horowitz this recession and why it’s a good crisis, and not like any other previous one we’ve experienced.
Especially in this coronavirus market crash, we continue to seek out what we always look for globally — high-quality businesses that we can buy at a significant discount to fair value.
A letter we sent to clients about how we are responding to the recent market selloff. We are anything but celebrating the toll coronavirus will take on human life and the global economy, we are embracing this crisis as an opportunity to increase the long-term returns of our portfolio.
I stumbled on a column by the wonderful Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Zweig, titled “What Benjamin Graham Would Tell You to Do Now: Look in the Mirror.”
Saudi Arabia announced that it will increase oil production from 9.7 million barrels a day to 10 million and then to 12 million if needed. This news alone sent the oil price down 20% – and the whole stock market with it.
The 2020 stock market is experiencing a light version of the 1999 dot-com bubble, with growth stocks being incredibly expensive and value stocks underperforming. What will the feature bring?
We are having difficulty finding attractive stocks because the stock market is overvalued. We have chosen to focus on finding high-quality companies significantly undervalued, rather than trying to time the market. But where to find them?
Global debt is growing, and stock markets are at their most expensive in the last 100 years. How to invest in a stock market that’s due for a hard landing?