Never underestimate the power of stupid people.
—Paulo Coelho
It’s hard to make good decisions.
Thinking people do their homework. They commit to research and trying to gain understanding. They know what they don’t know.
Equally, there are many stupid people who rush into actions without any thought. Often, they believe they’re right, and they will win without careful examination of the facts.
The latter group can do a lot of damage to themselves and to others.
With investing, it’s what you don’t know that can lead to drawdown. When it comes to assessing a company, your job is to highlight the unknowns.
Will the margin of safety you’re seeing in a stock price actually cover these unknowns?
Well, one of the most substantive unknowns is around external risk events.
These have upside and downside.
Let’s take look at one such event. Plus, an unexpected opportunity. And we’ll follow up on the logistics conversation from last time…
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Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Before this, he owned an award-winning professional-services business and online-learning company in Auckland for 20 years. He has completed the Certificate in Discretionary Investment Management from the Personal Finance Society (UK), has written a bestselling book, and manages global share portfolios.