Reflecting on an eventful start to 2021 and thinking about what may be around the bend.

Reflections on Value’s Outperformance and Our Outlook Going Forward

After the new $1.9 trillion stimulus package was passed along party lines early in the year, the multi-trillions of dollars of government stimulus and additional trillions of monetary support by the Fed left the United States awash in cash. As can be seen in the chart below, the U.S. money supply...

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Upside Participation, Downside Risk Mitigation

Upside Participation, Downside Risk Mitigation

The volatility of 2020 is still fresh in people’s minds.

On March 12th, 2020, the S&P 500 had it largest single-day percentage drop since the 1987 stock market crash, falling 9.5% in a single trading session.

This infamous record was short lived, as four days later on March 16th, the S&P 500 fell...

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Questions We Ask Before We Invest

Questions We Ask Before We Invest

Successful investing doesn’t have to mimic rocket science. Warren Buffet breaks it down well in his first two rules of investing:

Rule #1 – Don’t lose money; Rule #2- Don’t forget Rule #1!

We adhere to this principle, and our entire investment process revolves around the idea of limiting downside...

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Tips on How to Approach Value Investing

Tips on How to Approach Value Investing

Prospector approaches value investing from a credit perspective, with an emphasis on value-based principles and bottom-up fundamental analysis.

Our in-house, deep dive research is key to our approach, focusing on regulatory and statutory statements when available, in addition to GAAP.

We look at...

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The Path to Value Investing with Prospector Partners PM Steve Labbe

[PODCAST] The Path to Value Investing with PM Steve Labbe

After graduating with a degree in mathematics and pursuing a job as a teacher, Steve Labbe could have never predicted he would spend the next 16 years working for a sell-side research firm and eventually become a portfolio manager at Prospector Partners.

Like many people, his non-traditional...

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Exploring similarities between the dot-com bubble and the recently rally in Reddit meme stocks and cryptocurrencies.

Reddit Traders and Things That Remind Us of the Dot-Com Bubble

If you were working in the investment industry during the late 1990s, what were some of the most excessive, unreasonable market events you remember? Here are some that may jog your memory:

  • Mark Cuban’s Broadcast.com (known as AudioNet prior to the name change), which primarily streamed...
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[PODCAST] The Prospector Flavor of Value Investing with PM Jason Kish

[PODCAST] The Prospector Flavor of Value Investing with PM Jason Kish

On a daily basis, investors are exposed to a lot of numbers and a lot of information, but it should be known that portfolio evaluation goes beyond just the stats.

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Prospector Partners highlights their top 3 blog posts of 2020.

Top 3 Blog Posts of 2020

Nervous about the high-flying valuations of technology stocks and interested in more attractively valued sectors? Two of our three most popular blogs of 2020, below, tackled these themes, while the third featured a popular podcast featuring our founder John Gillespie and how he wound up starting...

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Prospector Portfolio Manager Kevin O’Brien, CFA, talks about his experience working at a large mutual fund complex, the outlook for the markets, struggles of value investing and what books impacted him.

[PODCAST] Value Investing in Today’s Environment

Prospector Partners Portfolio Manager Kevin O’Brien, CFA, and Havener Capital Partners Founder & CEO Stacy Havener recorded a podcast in which Kevin elaborates on his backstory as an analyst and co-portfolio manager of a flagship Neuberger Berman mutual fund, among many other topics.

By listening...

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Multi-decade low valuations and potentially higher interest rates are supporting the case for a continued rally in bank stocks.

Why the Rally in Bank Stocks Can Continue, Part 2

In part one of our blog series Why the Rally in Bank Stocks Can Continue, we discussed the improving clarity on loan losses and reserve levels, and we began examining the potential for cost saves. This week, we continue where we left off.

Cost Savings

Another way we expect banks to capitalize on...

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