Good Management

Assessing the management of a company

Working out a company’s value can mean pouring over its financial statements, analysing the quality of its business operations, assessing competitive position, returns on equity, earnings growth, and the list goes on.

However, one thing  missing from this list is the importance of the quality of management in a business.

Management may make decisions that are, while in their best interests, not in the interests of the company. This is called agency risk.

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reasons to invest

What is Value Investing?

Value investing is an investment strategy where shares are selected for purchase that trade for less than their calculated or intrinsic value.

To value invest an investor needs to understand thoroughly the share or business they are investing in, to arrive at a calculated or (intrinsic) value and then buy the shares at LESS than what they calculate as their intrinsic value.Continue reading