It was not a great start to the new year. During the first week of the year, Apple cut its guidance and blamed it on the slow down in China. Given recent headlines, we felt […]
Forward Thinking. Finding Value.
David Barr I’m looking forward to reading three books this holiday season. Two relate to decision making, while the third has contributed to my never-ending quest to keep myself organized and it’s time for a […]
At Pender, we see three sources of potential competitive advantage for investors today, analytical, behavioural and organisational, or cultural. In our day to day, we spend a large percentage of our research time trying to […]
Something to tell your grandkids about one day…It’s official: The S&P500 is now in the longest bull run in history. Of note, the S&P500 is also in one of the oldest bull markets globally. Virtually […]
Our focus on identifying high quality businesses that generate strong returns on invested capital and have promising internal reinvestment opportunities generally results in our funds having little to no exposure in resource companies. That said, […]
The Pender Investment Process Pender’s goal is to protect and grow wealth for our investors over time. To achieve this, we seek to understand the quality of a business or security; obtain more value than we […]
David Barr One of the things I love about the summer is that you get away from the office and have the chance to reflect. I can think about our investment process and I have […]
Don’t just do something, stand there. Like many investors, we are always looking for insights into how we might improve our outcomes over time. By taking a multi-disciplinary approach and “thinking outside the box”, we […]
It is phenomenal to think about the evolution of the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) annual meeting over the years. Fifty three years ago the first Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting was held in a lunch room for […]
Recently asked questions from the field: Does the recent drop of Facebook offer us an opportunity to add a megacap name to our portfolios? If Washington decides to increase regulations on technology companies, would that […]
“I ask everybody not to think in two to three-year time frames, but to think in five to seven-year time frames.” – Jeff Bezos Amazon is a remarkable enterprise that was built in part on […]
It is important to keep in mind that one of Charles Darwin’s great insights on evolution also applies to capitalism: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that […]
“It’s déjà vu all over again.” – Yogi Berra We often own stakes in companies which can be characterized as boring, operating in “meat and potatoes” industries that have faced cyclical headwinds. Some major current […]
Index funds, or funds that passively track indexes, have a role to play in investor portfolios. Jack Bogle created the Vanguard 500 Index Fund in 1976, the first index fund. He had the most noble […]
David Barr A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market Edward O. Thorp (Author), Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Foreword) Investing is a probabilistic endeavour and […]
