I am a self-educated deep value investor. I mostly focus on US small caps as I believe most of the value opportunities can be found there in the current market. I love to look at beaten-down or underfollowed stocks searching for mean reversion opportunities. I look for classic deep value situations based on undervalued assets, in line with the classic net net investing of Benjamin Graham or the deep book value discounts of Walter Schloss. I also like Mohnish Pabrai’s out-of-the box thinking regarding cheap assets. I am also looking for companies facing temporary problems that are executing successful turnarounds. I am a big believer of the counterintuitive thesis that some of the best investment returns can be achieved not by popular high-fliers, but when a company’s situation improves from “really bad” to “average”. I started investing in the years leading up to the pandemic, so I have experienced both mild bear markets and raging bull markets during my investing journey. Unsurprisingly, I tend to find more opportunities in down markets.
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