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Merryn Somerset Webb

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1099 total appearances

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Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

We call you investor, a value investor.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

And then other people call themselves growth investors.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

And then we've been through this lengthy period until quite recently when people talked about investing in quality growth.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

And that seemed to be an area that massively outperformed.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

And people would talk about not worrying about price so much because they were invested in a quality company and it was growing.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Therefore, price was slightly by the by.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Now, that seems to be coming to an end or has come to an end.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

And a lot of the quality growth investors have been having a pretty torrid time, which slightly brings us back to the idea that maybe all investing should be value investing.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

And in the end, if you buy something overpriced, it's going to end up a value stock one day.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Yeah, 2010 to 2020, right, which coincided amazingly with guess what?

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

I mean, that doesn't necessarily tell you that you shouldn't look for high quality companies that you think will grow fast.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

It just tells you that it's very risky to overpay for them.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

I mean, the message is very simple.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Are you seeing any of that now as we move away from the idea that quality growth is it's okay to overpay and there's some of those stocks have done pretty badly or worse than expected.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Anyway, is there anything in there that you can now pick up and say this is quality growth and value at the same time?

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Have you got a Costco card?

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

That's great.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

You should go to Costco.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Strongly recommend.

Merryn Talks Money
Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?

Nice day out.