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Portfolio Review – Year End 2019

Posted on December 15, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

With a very aggressively positioned portfolio, I am charging full steam ahead into the new decade.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Casa Systems

Posted on November 28, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

An interesting play on the coming 5G revolution unexpectedly shows up on my screens.

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Portfolio Review – October 2019

Posted on October 23, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

As signs of an impending recession accumulate and trade war tariffs loom, the resultant investor gloom is throwing up some very interesting investment opportunities.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Yellow Pages

Posted on October 7, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

Abandoned by investors long ago, Canada’s legacy yellow pages company may be quietly transforming itself into a modern digital media, marketing and e-commerce success story.

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The Mispriced Markets Portfolio

Posted on September 30, 2019August 28, 2024 by mispriced markets

A comprehensive look at the inner workings of the mispriced markets portfolio. What is it? Why am I publishing it? How often is it updated? How do I choose which stocks make it onto the list and how might you use it in your own investing?

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Portfolio Update: Bought Francesca’s Holdings

Posted on September 10, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

After watching from the sidelines for the past year, early signs of a turnaround convinced me to take a chance on the recovery of this once promising apparel retailer.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Hibbett Sports

Posted on September 7, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

I recently added this chain of sporting apparel and footwear stores to my growing collection of beleaguered US retailers.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Medifast

Posted on September 7, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

I’m hoping to turn weight loss into portfolio gains with this rapidly expanding multi-level marketing company.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Essential Energy Services

Posted on June 20, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

After careful consideration, I bought back into Essential Energy Services after abandoning it only a few months earlier. The valuation was simply too low to ignore.

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Portfolio Review – June 2019

Posted on June 9, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

After an extensive review of the investment landscape following the first quarter earnings season, I decide to jettison Preformed Line Products from the portfolio, take profits on PHX Energy Services and add a new name, Bird Construction to the stable.

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Portfolio Update: Two Takeover Offers Boost The Portfolio

Posted on May 14, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

Gerry Schwarz and I must be using the same playbook as Onex makes a second takeover offer in as many months for one of my portfolio companies.

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Portfolio Update: Sold Questor Technology

Posted on April 22, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

I recently sold my Questor Technology, locking in a satisfying 596% gain from my initial purchase price.

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Portfolio Update: Investing Without A Safety Net

Posted on April 16, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

No longer convinced that the next recession is just around the corner, I sold off all of the put options I was using to protect the portfolio and am now operating without a safety net.

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Portfolio Update: Sold Geodrill

Posted on March 28, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

After an unusually long stay in the portfolio, Geodrill is shown the door.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Urban Outfitters

Posted on March 16, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

This fashion retailer offers potential value as it continues to grow its online presence and expand its international footprint.

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Portfolio Update: Bought Preformed Line Products

Posted on March 13, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

A defensive stock at a reasonable price. This new addition to the mispriced markets portfolio could benefit from the need to upgrade our aging electricity transmission infrastructure.

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Portfolio Update: Giving Up On Canadian Oil And Gas

Posted on February 4, 2019August 27, 2024 by mispriced markets

I have lost faith in a meaningful recovery in the western Canadian oil and gas sector. I have sold my Macro Enterprises and Essential Energy Services and with the money from these sales, have placed my bets on the current market rally losing steam by the end of the year.

Letters From The Trenches

For 6 years, from the spring of 2018 to the fall of 2024, I blogged in real-time about every move I made in my own personal portfolio. This was a somewhat harrowing experience. It is not easy putting it all out there on the line for everyone to see. I had my share of missteps but fortunately, once the dust had settled, I enjoyed far more successes than I did failures. In the final accounting, my portfolio had tripled in size and I had outperformed the benchmark Russell 2000 index by 12% annually.

As you can see if you read through these posts, I did not hold back on the word count. My primary goal was to educate and inform. Theory is one thing but as Mike Tyson once said, "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face." This applies very much to the world of investing. The market threw quite a few punches over these 6 years. The 2 years leading up to the covid pandemic were marked by a sluggish economy, the "retail apocalypse" and one of the worst relative showings for value investing on record. We then had the pandemic which threatened to sink us all back into a Great Depression. The market plunged by 40% over the course of a few weeks as investors radically adjusted their expectations downwards. But then governments around the world stepped in and launched a torrent of stimulus. Stock prices skyrocketed back up. Inflation surged higher. Some sectors boomed while others were left behind. War broke out in Ukraine. Oil prices fluctuated maniacally. The word "unprecedented" was thrown around an awful lot.

In retrospect, I couldn't have picked a better time to showcase all the real-world tribulations and triumphs that come from being a dedicated value investor. I hope that these posts will stand the test of time and will give new investors a valuable insight into how one person successfully managed a stock portfolio through the chaotic mess that is the real world.

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