Views & Insights
Periodically we publish content that puts our principles and views into practice, because education is an essential component of long-term investment success.
CATEGORY: Being a successful investor
Expecting the Unexpected
The Journal | February 2020
"It’s 6:30 in the morning and I’m checking my inbox for the first time. It’s early. It’s also earnings season, when most public companies are releasing their...
Creating a Culture of Responsibility
The Journal | December 2019
Richard Rooney, President and CIO, shares his thoughts on how Burgundy’s culture has enabled its sustained success and discusses the Investment Team’s approach to collaboration and accountability...
PDF: Minerva: the Women of Burgundy Magazine, Issue 2
Minerva | October 2019
The second issue of Minerva, a publication by the Women of Burgundy. This magazine is a shared effort to foster curiosity, confidence and continual growth for women as investors...
Minerva Issue 2: Invert, Always Invert
Minerva | October 2019
The past 30 years have truly been a spectacular period to be invested in stocks. A US$10,000 investment in the S&P 500 Index at the end of 1988 would have grown...
Minerva Issue 1: Inside the Book Club
Minerva | April 2019
In the typical path to becoming a better investor, most people spend their time understanding financial concepts such as how to interpret a company’s financial statements or learning...
Tough October
The Journal | November 2018
It was another tough October—famously the most difficult month of the year for the stock market. There once was a rational explanation for this phenomenon. In the old days,...
Marshmallows and the Cost of a Moat
The View | October 2018
One of the most frequently mentioned research studies in the field of developmental psychology is the “marshmallow test.” Conducted in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the experiment considered how...
Lazy Fund Managers
The Journal | April 2018
When we started Burgundy 26 years ago we had some basic principles and values in mind. We would aim to make significant investments in well run businesses run by trustworthy, capable...