Tight credit isn’t the only factor driving the Distress Ratio’s rise and fall. But it’s a powerful one that’s likely to keep making it harder for struggling companies to refinance their maturing debt in coming months. It all adds up to a likelihood that distressed-debt investors will have a significantly wider array of bonds to choose from before very long.
In this issue, we provide updates on several current recommendations in the portfolio that have fallen in value. Some of these are world-class companies that dominate their respective industries. One is not. The distinction provides a good lesson in when to sell and when to hold.
Most people shouldn’t ever buy stocks. For most people, the stock market is a rigged game that they cannot win. But there is an asset class that’s far, far better than the stock market.
If you want to become a great investor, learn from two of Warren Buffett’s purchases – his worst and his best. Porter takes readers through the history and numbers of both.
Warren Buffett has long warned that the growing size of his portfolio must, inevitably, begin to negatively impact his returns on invested capital. And that’s certainly occurring – though for reasons that are not obvious to most investors, Porter explains.
Apple is one of the largest companies in the world, with a market capitalization of $3.7 trillion, and the shares up 131,000% since 1997. But over the past three years, revenue has been flat, while share valuations have continued to rise. Trouble ahead for this tech giant?
An investor who consistently beats the market needs others to be consistently on the wrong side of the trade. Don’t persist with a strategy that makes you the one who’s making money for someone else, Distressed Investing editor Marty Fridson writes.
Today’s Daily Journal features an exclusive book excerpt highlighting the dean of high-yield investing Marty Fridson, Porter & Co. Distressed Investing’s senior analyst. Marty has written eight books on investing – including The Little Books Of Picking Top Stocks and Financial Statement Analysis – and now is the focus of a chapter of a book on corporate finance being released soon.