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Sep 18, 2026
Walmart Mexico: First Eagle asks "Is It Better Than Walmart US?"
The creator discusses Walmart Mexico (Walmex) as a superior investment compared to Walmart US, highlighting its lower valuation multiple (15x earnings vs. 40x for US) despite a similar business model and significant growth potential in a less mature Mexican retail market. The company is described as being at an earlier stage of growth, similar to Walmart US 20-25 years ago, with ample room for store expansion and same-store sales growth.
Sep 18, 2026
Where Are the Best Value Bargains in Today's Market? | Tweedy Browne
The creator discusses the persistent underperformance of value investing, particularly quantitative value, and highlights the shift in their portfolio towards international small and mid-cap stocks. They express a strong belief that the best value opportunities lie in these segments, especially outside the US, and specifically point to the UK market as being undervalued due to consistent outflows from active equity managers. The creator also notes a recent rotation back to large-cap tech (Magnificent Seven) since the start of the Iran war, which has been disappointing for value investors.
Sep 18, 2026
Filtering Insider Trades: Materiality and 'Free Will' Buying Explained | Tweedy Browne
The Acquirers Podcast discusses their insider trade filtering process, which involves identifying buys over $100,000, checking for "free will" purchases, and applying a proprietary "value score" based on valuation factors relative to the S&P 1500. They also touch on portfolio diversification rules, limiting exposure to any single industry or country, and provide an example of insider buying in US banks following the Silicon Valley Bank crisis.
Sep 18, 2026
Why Option Markets Misprice Securities (And How to Capitalize)
The creator discusses how option markets can misprice securities due to factors like volatility, which can create opportunities for patient investors. They use examples like real estate investment trusts and asset managers to illustrate how underlying assets might be undervalued while their options are mispriced, allowing for strategies like selling out-of-the-money options. The discussion then shifts to software-as-a-service companies, highlighting ServiceNow as a potential AI beneficiary trading at attractive multiples and with appealing option prices.
Sep 18, 2026
Why Active Small Cap Value Investors Are Getting Hammered
The creator discusses the recent underperformance of active small-cap value investing, attributing it to market speculation and momentum driving up valuations without fundamental backing. They express difficulty in justifying the valuation of a potential SpaceX IPO, citing high expectations and speculative elements. The conversation also touches on S&P 500 index changes and their potential impact on market dynamics.
Sep 18, 2026
Mason Hawkins' Southeastern Asset Management's Value Philosophy Explained
The Acquirers Podcast discusses Southeastern Asset Management's value investing philosophy, emphasizing long-term, concentrated, and actively engaged portfolios. They highlight their focus on businesses, people, and price, using discounted cash flow methods. A key example is Rayonier, a timberland company, which they believe is trading at a significant discount to its actual land value, despite its strong fundamentals and recent merger with another portfolio company, PotlatchDeltic.
Sep 17, 2026
How to Value and Risk-Adjust International Stocks |David Samra, Artisan Partners
The Acquirers Podcast features David Samra of Artisan Partners discussing their approach to international stock investing. Samra emphasizes diversification across industries and countries, portfolio construction based on relative expected returns, and risk adjustment of intrinsic value estimates, particularly for volatile sectors like banking. He also highlights the importance of considering currency exposure, corporate governance structures, and geopolitical risks when allocating capital internationally, advising caution for US-based investors regarding certain countries.
Sep 17, 2026
The 274-Year Rise and Fall of the World's Most Powerful Company
The creator discusses how current investors are underwriting significant "blue sky" potential in frontier AI, space, and hyperscalers, noting that these valuations require enormous terminal value and market shares. This leads to a historical comparison with the East India Company, which, over 274 years, demonstrated a unique level of dominance and provided significant investment returns, highlighting the early origins of the stock and venture capital mindset during the age of exploration.
Sep 17, 2026
Why the World Is Running Out of Copper: AI, EVs, and Shortages | John Love
The creator discusses the global copper shortage, driven by increasing demand from AI, EVs, and general manufacturing, while supply struggles to keep up due to long lead times for new projects. While short-term supply/demand dynamics are debated by analysts, the long-term outlook for copper is considered bullish due to persistent deficits. The role of copper as an economic indicator ('Dr. Copper') is also explored, noting its recent strength alongside gold, which may signal a bottoming of economic stress.
Sep 17, 2026
The Four Elements of a Great Value Investment | David Samra, Artisan Partners
David Samra of Artisan Partners discusses their value investing philosophy, emphasizing buying businesses at a discount to intrinsic value. He outlines four key elements: a significant discount to intrinsic value, strong balance sheets for risk management, a good business with underlying growth to combat inflation, and a capable management team. The goal is to generate excess returns from the unwind of the discount while protecting against permanent capital loss.
Sep 17, 2026
How to Transition From Stock Trader to Value-Add Investor | Ian Cassel
The creator discusses their evolution from a short-term "story stock" investor focused on quick gains and avoiding dilution to a "value-add" investor. This transition was driven by increasing capital, which necessitated longer holding periods and a greater focus on business quality and fundamentals, especially in the illiquid micro-cap space. The creator also developed a role as a sounding board and advisor to management teams, contributing to their "value-add" approach.
Sep 17, 2026
The Harsh Truth About Micro-Cap Stocks and Quality Investing
The creator discusses the challenges of identifying quality in micro-cap stocks, emphasizing that strategies applicable to large caps often fail due to inherent risks like key man risk, customer concentration, and general fragility. They highlight that many micro-cap winners experience a "season of winning" rather than sustained long-term growth, often following a "Lassonde curve" pattern of initial discovery and rapid valuation expansion, followed by a fall. The creator also notes a perceived decline in the number of high-quality small companies going public.
Sep 17, 2026
The $4 Trillion AI Capex Bubble: Bamboo Analogies and Tech Spend
The creator uses the bamboo analogy to explain that business growth requires a strong underlying engine (unit economics) before scaling. They apply this to the current AI buildout, questioning if the massive $4 trillion projected capex over the next decade is sustainable, drawing parallels to past capital cycle booms like railroads and fiber optics where overcapacity and unprofitability were common. The core concern is whether the AI infrastructure spending can generate sufficient revenue to justify the investment, especially given the depreciation costs.
Sep 16, 2026
The Four Investment Filters for Small-Cap Value Stocks
The creator outlines a four-filter investment process for small-cap value stocks, focusing on identifying good businesses, ensuring management has skin in the game, understanding performance through cycles, and determining why a stock is cheap. The process emphasizes qualitative aspects and potential mispricings that quant funds might miss, particularly in smaller companies with less analyst coverage or complex situations like pending litigation.
Sep 16, 2026
$1 Trillion a Year in AI Capex. What If It Doesn't Pay Off?
The creator draws parallels between the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s and the current AI boom, highlighting market bifurcation, inflated valuations, and the difficulty of picking long-term winners. While acknowledging Nvidia's current strong position, concerns are raised about the sustainability of its revenue and the potential for a larger downturn if AI capital expenditures do not yield significant returns.
Sep 16, 2026
What Has Changed Since Writing '100 Baggers'?
The creator discusses what has and hasn't changed since writing '100 Baggers,' highlighting the enduring importance of holding high-return-on-capital businesses and the quality of leadership. A significant shift noted is a more favorable view on growth by acquisition, supported by research and examples like Swedish serial acquirers (Lifco, Lagercrantz, Addtech) and Constellation Software, contrasting with the traditional view of M&A underperformance.
Mar 11, 2026
Alexander Roepers on constructive activism and concentrated value in $KEX, $AXTA, and $FLS | S08 E09
The founder of Atlantic discusses his investment strategy, focusing on concentrated positions in mid-sized public companies with a margin of safety. He avoids high-tech, biotech, and financial companies due to risks of obsolescence and lack of transparency, preferring businesses with potential for corporate action, activism, or takeovers.
Feb 25, 2026
Jonathan Tepper on The Myth of Capitalism, his "Shooting Up" memoir and $BKMG | S08 E07
The creator discusses his investment philosophy, focusing on buying quality, dominant companies at a discount. He uses Booking.com as an example of a successful investment made during the pandemic, highlighting its strong market position and the opportunity presented by market overreaction.
Feb 11, 2026
Jay D. Hatfield, Portfolio Manager InfraCap Small Cap, Income, MLPs and REIT Preferreds | S08 E05
The creator discusses income-oriented investment strategies, focusing on preferred stocks and high-yield bonds as components of a diversified portfolio. These strategies are presented as beneficial for both younger investors and those nearing or in retirement, offering a stable income base and potential for rebalancing during market downturns.
Jan 21, 2026
Andrew Summers of Summers Value Partners on healthcare, biotech $GILD, $QURE and $ELMD | S08 E02
The creator discusses their strategy of focusing on undervalued, underfollowed healthcare companies, often special situations, and holding them long-term. They highlight the complexity of the healthcare sector due to regulatory changes (FDA, government policies) and commercial dynamics (payers, CMS), which can make it uncomfortable for generalist investors.
Jan 14, 2026
Gary Mishuris on $PHIN and $WBD, options and intrinsic value investing | S08 E01
Gary Mishuris of Silver Ring Value Partners discusses his investment strategy, which focuses on predictable businesses run by honest people with a large margin of safety. He highlights a past investment in Finineia, an automotive supplier, which he bought at a low valuation during a period of market fear regarding internal combustion engines.
Dec 10, 2025
Value Stock Geek on the Magnificent 7, tech, $AZO, the Weird Portfolio | S07 E44
Value Stock Geek discusses his strategy of buying quality companies at deep discounts, highlighting current opportunities in liquor stocks like Brown-Forman and Diageo while noting that past tech winners like Meta and TSM are no longer undervalued.
Dec 3, 2025
Todd Wenning on Flyover Stocks and Small Cap Moats $GMWKF, $ODFL, and $CPRT | S07 E43
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Nov 19, 2025
Jonathan Boyar on opportunistic value in $UBER, $UNF, $HHH, $MSGS, $BATRA and $MRK | S07 E41
Jonathan Boyar of Boyer Value Group discusses their investment philosophy, which involves taking a private equity approach to public markets by looking for businesses selling at a material discount to what an acquirer would pay, combined with a catalyst for value appreciation over 2-4 years. They consider themselves opportunists and are interested in special situations and undervalued companies.
Oct 29, 2025
Small and microcap investor Adam Wilk on coal $NRP, furniture $LEFUF and fire systems $APG | S07 E38
The creator discusses their investment strategy focusing on small and micro-cap companies with good management and cheap valuations, often in transition. They highlight Natural Resource Partners (NRP) as a significant holding, describing it as a coal royalty business with diverse mineral rights and other operations.
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