A Turnaround Story With A Margin Of Safety

While the S&P-500 (SPY) and Nasdaq Composite have had a solid year with an 8% return and 17% return, respectively, the Retail Sector (XRT) has lagged considerably, impacted by promotional activity to unwind bloated inventory levels and continued worries about consumer demand. This has especially been the case when it comes to brands with a…

Energy Company of the Future

It’s been a volatile year for investors in the major market averages and while some growth stocks have done quite well and climbed more than 50% off their lows, most have struggled to make much upside progress with gains being fleeting. This is frustrating to say the least for many investors, and especially those that…

Panic Selling Creates Buying Opportunity

It’s been a volatile week with fear of bank runs for the overall market, and it’s little surprise that the major market averages have found themselves sitting near their December lows given the wreckage witnessed in the Financial Sector (XLF) with the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank New York. While this has…

DPZ Just Dropped Onto The Sale Rack

It’s been a tough 14-month stretch for the major market averages. While investors focused on great businesses trading at deep discounts to fair value have managed to outperform the indexes, it hasn’t been easy and many former leaders have been taken out and shot. With the S&P 500 (SPY) now up ~15% off its lows,…

This Standout Name Needs No Introduction

One of the best strategies for long-term outperformance is to ensure one owns shares in the best businesses globally, given that winners tend to continue winning. The tricky part about this strategy is buying these businesses at the right price, given that the top 25 businesses globally rarely head onto the sale rack from a…

Small-Cap Outperformer in the Retail Sector

In a market that remains overvalued relative to historical levels after spending time near DotComBubble-like valuations in Q4 2021, finding large safety margins can be difficult, despite the near 30% correction in the S&P-500 (SPY). This is because this correction has occurred from extremely lofty valuation levels, meaning we may need an abnormally large correction…