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: Global investing
Resilience
June 2017
Since assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer at Burgundy last December, one of the common questions I get asked by clients is about my background, my career and education....
PDF: The View from Burgundy Compilation: 1990-2016
The View | May 2017
When we started Burgundy, we had two main goals: to focus on earning long-term absolute returns for our clients (without taking excessive...
Political Instability is Not the Same as Financial Instability
The Journal | March 2017
It can be difficult to discern between political and financial instability. Global capital markets often mirror tempestuous political campaigns, eliciting financial anxiety that might not have otherwi...
PDF: Winning by Not Losing
The View | October 2016
Before I became an investor, I was a tennis player. I played competitively as a junior and became pretty good at the game. It took me a long time to...
Boots on the Ground
The View | June 2016
Travel plays an essential role in Burgundy’s bottom-up investment research process. Our portfolio managers and analysts regularly travel to find new investment ideas, conduct due diligence on portfo...
PDF: Confessions of a Buffetteer
The View | July 2014
The value investing tent is inhabited by several different tribes: the Orthodox, the Bears, the Gold Bugs and the “Buffetteers.” These groups are united by a common admiration for Ben...
Beware the Risks
The Journal | September 2013
In my previous post, I listed the reasons why Burgundy invests in Japan, but I also alluded to the risks that exist. Let me illustrate with the story of Olympus...
Lying Down on the Highway: Reasons to Invest in Japan
The Journal | August 2013
Today, investors no longer pay much attention to Japan and most underweight their portfolios to Japanese equities or avoid the asset class altogether. Jesper Koll, one of the few long-standing...