Given that the company is trading below what we believe to be a conservative estimate of liquidation value and not burning any cash, we believe there is very
little risk of a permanent loss of capital at current prices.
Rather simple, when you ponder it a while» Frank Martin «I think volatility is so widely used as a risk - metric simply because it is easy to measure, not because it is a good gauge
of risk of permanent loss of capital.
«My job, as manager and fellow owner, is to allocate the vehicle's capital to produce the highest absolute return on invested capital while minimizing
the risk of permanent loss of capital» Michael Burry
Too bad, because I agree that risk is not volatility, it is
the risk of permanent loss of capital.
To help us determine
the risk of a permanent loss of capital, we ask ourselves a few straightforward questions when considering any investment opportunity:
But they can be volatile in bear markets (like equities) and carry
the risk of permanent loss of capital (like equities).
They then structure their actions and investments in order to reduce
the risk of permanent loss of capital in the event that undesirable eventsand developments actually occur.
River Road's mantra, «keep mistakes small,» informs a balanced approach to diversification and a structured sell discipline that seeks to reduce portfolio volatility and the risk of permanent loss of capital
I view risk as
the risk of permanent loss of capital, not the volatility of a stock.
The way I think about risk, though isn't whether a company is volatile, but whether there is
a risk of permanent loss of capital.