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250
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Jun 2026
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Value Investing, Life & Philosophy and Classical Music Explained by Vitaliy Katsenelson
Reflections on friendship, mortality, and the kindness of Guy Spier, the value investor who taught me that we all live on borrowed time. The post Guy and I – Ep 294 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
I have been feeling very uneasy about the market and the economy. Over the last two decades our economy has been acclimated to insanely low interest rates, and reacclimation to higher and rising rates is going to be difficult. The post This Is Your Captain Speaking – Buckle Up – Ep 293 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
My subconscious melded Fiddler on the Roof with the lecture from a few days earlier, and I ended up writing a chapter about the Jewish farmer Tevye buying a cow, Golde (which he named after his first wife). The post Fiddler on the Roof and Value Investing – Ep 292 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
Stock XYZ has declined 25%. What do you think? Is your thesis broken? What you observe in stock price volatility is mostly noise. A good chunk of buyers and sellers don’t know much about what they are trading other than the ticker. The post What to Do When a Stock Drops 25% – Ep 291 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
Last year I came out of the BRK annual meeting thinking that Greg Abel was not the right person to run Berkshire Hathaway. Abel lacked Buffett's charisma, warmth, and humor. Greg Abel was not Buffett, and he definitely was not Munger. I was wrong. The post Greg Abel Takes Over Berkshire Hathaway: My Thoughts After Omaha 2026 – Ep 290 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
The Iran war exposes a quiet rewriting of the rules that made the US exceptional. Why we own oil, why we hate owning gold, and why crypto still isn't for client accounts. The post What the Iran War Reveals About the Dollar, Gold, and the End of US Exceptionalism – Ep 289 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
At IMA, we deal with prospective clients who have a short-term time horizon very differently. We do what I call "reverse marketing." I write articles, people read them, and when they get interested in our services, they download our brochure and reach out to us. The post Q&A Series: On Firing Clients, Sizing Positions, and Ignoring Book Value – Ep 288 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
There is an unspoken conflict between Americans and Europeans. Europeans accuse Americans of being stuck in the rat race. Americans look at Europeans, see them sipping their espressos for two hours a day and reading newspapers, and call them lazy. The post Q&A: The Antifragile Investor: Balancing Geopolitics, Identity, and the Cost of Growth – Episode 287 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
I took a Waymo with my colleague Cyrus. We were genuinely impressed. It was a seamless experience. Uber is dead, long live Waymo? Not So Fast. The post Uber and Self-Driving Cars: The Utilization Problem Nobody Talks About – Ep 286 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
The future feels less predictable because the range of possible outcomes has expanded. Here is my best attempt to think through that reality with humility, and why you should let me do the worrying for both of us. The post What AI, Tariffs, and Global Uncertainty Mean for Your Portfolio – Ep 285 appeared first on The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson.
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