13 Guru Philosophies & Valuation Guide
13 Guru Philosophies & Valuation Guide
Core investment philosophies, checklists, and key quantitative benchmarks of the 13 legendary value investors powering the Reportist research engine.
Warren Buffett
Economic Moat, disciplined capital allocation, and durable high ROE
Benjamin Graham
Father of value investing; Net-Current-Asset Value (NCAV) and Margin of Safety
Peter Lynch
6 corporate categories, PEG < 1.0, and boots-on-the-ground consumer discoveries
Michael Burry
Direct 10-K filing review, deep value, FCF yield, and panic rebound
Joel Greenblatt
The Magic Formula: High Return on Capital (ROC) + High Earnings Yield (EY)
Seth Klarman
Rigorous downside margin of safety, downside risk protection, unloved assets
Mohnish Pabrai
Dhandho framework: Heads I win, tails I don't lose much
Aswath Damodaran
Narrative and numbers: DCF valuation built on growth, target margins, and reinvestment
Philip Fisher
Structural qualitative growth, scuttlebutt research, and high R&D productivity
John Templeton
Contrarian value investing at the point of maximum pessimism
André Kostolany
The Kostolany Egg cycle: liquidity, interest rates, and mass crowd psychology
Jack Schwager
Asymmetric Risk/Reward, ironclad risk control, and volatility contraction timing
NY Resident
Hedge fund institutional financial forensics, guidance tracking, and SBC dilution audit