Getting started on value investing

The term ‘value investing’ can often be mistaken to be an extremely boring or non-profitable way of buying stocks. Type ‘Is value investing dead?’ in your Google search bar and you’ll see tons of articles – some for and some against the statement, though a worrying number of people agree. In this article, I’ll show you what value investing truly means, and why it’s an important approach that can be used to guide your investment decisions. Have you heard of Warren Buffett? If you haven’t, fret not. He’s a nobody – I mean, he’s only one of the richest beings in the entire world. Oh, he also happens to be Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway, a company worth about 600 billion USD at the time of writing this article. Okay, maybe he’s somebody after all; I mean, people don’t call him ‘The World’s Greatest...