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
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...
Winning By Not Losing
The Journal | October 2014
At the Women of Burgundy Feature Event in Toronto this month, Anne Maggisano, Senior Relationship Manager, interviewed Anne Mette de Place Filippini, Director, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Mana...
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...
Go Global
The Journal | January 2013
Burgundy has long been a proponent of global investing. We believe that limiting the geographic scope of your equity investments will both reduce return potential and add to portfolio risk....