Value Investor
Categories: Managed Funds
See Value Investing.
A value investor is one who buys stocks that, she believes, have hidden value that Wall Street just isn’t appreciating.
So uh, aren't all investors value investors? They want to buy low and sell high or at higher prices, i.e., they find "hidden" value in the prices of a given security.
A value investor, generally speaking, waits until a stock with good core assets stumbles. The company falls on short-term hard times and maybe "should" trade at 20 bucks a share. But Wall Street was angry and disappointed that the company grew revenues only 7 percent, instead of the expected 15 percent for a quarter or two, and the Street sold down the stock from 18 to 7.
The proverbial baby is thrown out with the bath water. So, at this point, the value investor steps in and buys the stock big, but likely sells the stock when it goes from cheap to being fairly priced. Like...back at that 20-dollar target where it was supposed to be earlier, all else being equal.
The normal cycle would then have the value investor sell those shares to a growth or momentum investor, whose credo is more like "buy high and sell higher" versus the value investor, who is all about "buy low, sell when fairly priced."
Not as sexy. But you can make big bank in value-land. Just ask that one centi-billionaire who loves all-you-can eat restaurants. What's his name again? (Hi, Warren. We heart you.)
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Finance: What is a value investor?1 Views
Finance allah shmoop what is a value investor Well of
value investors and investor who buy stocks that she believes
have quote hidden unquote value That little wall street just
isn't appreciating So uh aren't all investors value investors Well
kind of yes And really no value investor Generally speaking
in this context waits until a stock with good core
assets stumbles The company falls on short term hard times
and maybe quote should unquote traded twenty bucks a share
But wall street was angry and disappointed and hurt that
the company grew revenues only seven percent instead of the
expected fifteen percent for a quarter to and the streets
sold down the stock from eighteen to seven Well the
proverbial baby is thrown out with the bathwater And well
at this point the value investor steps in and buys
the stock big They hold the stock it's a tte
seven box The company slowly fixes itself in the stock
price gradually creeps upward back to that eighteen figure And
then the value investor likely sells the stock when it
goes from cheap to being fairly priced like you know
back in that eighteen twenty dollars target price kind of
thing Yeah that's where it was supposed to be earlier
all else being equal Well the normal cycle would then
have the value investors sell those shares to a growth
or mo mentum investor Who's credo is more like buy
high sell higher versus the you know value investor who's
all about by low then sell when fairly price that's
like benji graham Look him up it's not a sexy
but you can make big bank in value Land just
asked that one billionaire who loves all you can eat 00:01:40.498 --> [endTime] restaurants Yeah what's his name again