Learning from the Best
The best way to learn is by standing on the shoulders of giants. In the world of investing, few stand taller than Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Over more than 50 years, Buffett has grown Berkshire Hathaway’s market value at an average annual rate of 20.1%—a truly remarkable feat.
To put that into perspective, a $1,000 investment in Berkshire in 1965 would be worth over $39 million today. Their success wasn’t just luck. Many other value investors—often called the “Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville”—have used similar principles to achieve outstanding long-term returns.
This blog is my space to share my journey as a value investor, applying the time-tested investment philosophy of these two legendary figures.
I will also be sharing insights into my retirement portfolio, the SRS Fund, which focuses on investments in the Singapore stock market. Each month, I’ll provide updates on the fund’s performance and any trades made along the way.
Beyond that, I’ll occasionally write about investment principles, lessons from great investors, and some fun facts about investing in general.
One important note: this blog is not about stock tips, market timing, or financial advice. Everything shared here is purely for educational purposes.
What I do hope is that my experiences and insights will help you refine your own investment approach, giving you practical ideas to apply on your journey.
Welcome, and happy investing!
LATEST POSTS
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Tuning Out the Noise
There are simple too much news and data out there in the investment world for an investor to consume everyday. To become an effective investor, one got to tune out the noise, that is to differentiate what is useful and what is not.
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The Revenge Travel Boom
When Covid hit major economies in 2020 a group of companies like the FANNGs got a major boost due to the physical lock down of cities all over the world.
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Worst Investment Ever
I made this investment at the stage when the biggest mainland property firm China Evergrande defaulted on its offshore debt. From then on the property sector took a dive bringing many property related companies stock to new lows. Sensing an opportunity I did some research and zoom in on this company called Sunac.
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Mind Changing Facts
When the facts changed a flexible mind should have the ability to accept the changed facts and adjust accordingly. For some time now, it has become clear to me that the low interest rate environment that we enjoy for the past many decade has come to an end.
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The Banking Crisis
What a difference a month make. This March we watch the banking crisis unfolded as something finally broke after long periods of interest rate increases. Both the casualties Silicon Valley Bank SVB and Credit Suisse are not technically close but their shareholders had been truly wiped out without a doubt. With this turn of event…
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The Invisible Hand
February is the month the Singapore national budget is tabled, discussed and debated. It totalled over more than a $100b of spending including in defence, healthcare, education and more. Using a population of about 5 million, the spending works out to be a cool sum of $20,000 per head for the year.
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