Value investing, in its simplest terms, means buy low, sell high, the universal primary tenet of business. Value investing is defined as a systematic process of purchasing high-quality stocks at an undervalued market price, quantified by intrinsic value and justified through financial analysis, then selling the stock promptly upon market price recovery.
This site teaches the investor about the four core principles of value investing. There are various in-depth sections, including tutorials about intrinsic value and security analysis.
Furthermore, there is a membership-only section that utilizes a Value Investment Fund with eight pools of different industries and 60-plus potential investments that are monitored regularly. This Fund has a six-year history of 25% annualized returns.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered excellent long-term investments. There are two underlying reasons. First, under the Internal Revenue Code, they are considered income tax free investments.
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From the Lessons Learned article posted a few days ago, in order to gain higher returns, the investment model needs to have greater dispersion with my buy/sell trigger points in its model. Last year, the buy/sell triggers for Union Pacific were a 17% market price decrease from the prior peak and to sell at 100% of prior peak.
This purchase point is driven by the model update whereby market price decreases must hit 18% decrease and the sell point increases to 102% of the prior peak price. This post covers the model update and the associated dollar amounts tied to Union Pacific.
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This morning at the market opening, the railways pool of the Value Investment Fund purchased 98.2849 shares of Norfolk Southern at $202.49. Altogether, including transaction fees of $1 per share, the fund invested $20,000.
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At close of business today, 10/26/2020, the REIT pool of the value investment fund purchased 606.9803 shares of UDR, Inc., United Dominion Realty Trust, at $32.95/Each including transaction fees of $1 per share.
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A primary tenet of good business management is to constantly and consistently evaluate outcomes of decisions made; make adjustments and reevaluate the new results.
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When selling PUTs in the market, value investors cover their position by purchasing a similar position in an existing low price to book stock. In effect, the position acts as a bank account in case the PUTs are activated, thus the existing stock is sold and the proceeds are used to cover the PUTs financial obligation.
Purchased 382.336 Shares of Equity Residential Read More »
Today, I sold 59 PUT options for Union Pacific with a strike price of $170.00 with a final date of February 19, 2021. PUTs are simply selling insurance that if the stock price drops to $170 per share, the Value Investment Fund will have to buy them from the owner of the puts.
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A second purchased made at close of business yesterday is 48.9644 shares of Essex Property Trust, another REIT investment. The total cost per share including transaction fees is $204.23 per share (closing price is $203.23).
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This post is to record the value investing fund’s purchase of 192.12296 shares of Equity Residential, a real estate investment trust (REIT) for the value investment portfolio.
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On October 22, 2019 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 26,823 (market opening). Today, October 18, 2020 the Dow Jones Industrial Average is 28,607. The DOW improved 6.65% in the course of one year (technically 361 days).
On October 22, 2019, I started out with $10,000 in a value investing based railroad fund. Today, the fund has a cash balance of $12,351.96 with no receivables nor stock position. This means, the fund had a return of $2,351.96 or a 23.52% return on the original basis of $10,000. This means, the fund performed 353% (a factor of 3.53) greater than the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the same time period.
How did this fund outperform the market? Two words explain the result – Value Investing.
Value investing is a style of investing whereby the investor uses business ratios to evaluate and set buy sell points for each of the respective stocks within a pool of stocks. The pool consists of similar companies within an industry. Each company within this pool has a buy/sell point and with this knowledge, the value investor simply waits for a trigger, a buy/sell point to occur, and automatically acts on the preset action. The results are undeniable, value investing generates significantly greater returns over the long run than the market does as a whole. It is simply a model that reduces risk and maximizes return on that investment pool.
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