Guy Spier, Portfolio Manager of the Aquamarine Fund and Author of the Education of a Value Investor and His Thoughts on the Current Geopolitical Landscape.

The World According to Boyar

The Interview Discusses:

• Growing up in Iran and how having a global upbringing has impacted him as an investor.
• Why he is more comfortable investing in the United States.
• How his grandparents fleeing Nazi Germany has impacted his investment decision making.
• His experience as an investor during the financial crisis and how he invests during uncertain times.
• What about the current geopolitical landscape scares him as an investor.
• His thoughts on holding cash as an investment.
• His opinion on investing in small capitalization companies
• Why as a value investor he is comfortable investing in high multiple stocks.
• Why he owns Mastercard & Bank of America.

Biography:

Guy Spier is a Zurich based author and investor.
Guy completed his MBA at the Harvard Business School, class of 1993, and holds a First Class degree in PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) from Oxford University where he studied at Brasenose College with the British Prime minister David Cameron.
After completing his MBA, Guy started the Aquamarine Fund which is an investment vehicle inspired by the original 1950's Buffett partnerships, and run with a close replication of the original Buffett partnership rules. The focus is on investing for long term capital appreciation and capital preservation by running a portfolio of equity investments with the goal of acquiring companies with outstanding long-term economics at a reasonable price and where there is a sufficient margin of safety between the company’s market price and its intrinsic value. Typical investors include high net worth individuals, family offices and private banks.
In 2008 Guy made news by bidding $650,000 with his friend, Mohnish Pabrai, to have a charity lunch with Warren Buffett.
His book, “The Education of a Value Investor” has sold more than 40,000 copies and has also been translated into Hebrew, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Mandarin and Spanish.

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