Update from the PM – April 2026
Short-term volatility in stock prices is never pleasant. But the good news is that we believe this volatility is creating significant investment opportunities. This becomes clear when we perform detailed bottom-up analysis of several competitively advantaged businesses and we find their earnings power remains strong.
Investors can find great bargains in this myopic market if they focus on Ben Graham’s dictum that the market is a long-term “weighing machine”
Benjamin Graham, the father of ‘value investing’, once famously said that in the short run the market is a “voting machine”, but in the long run it is a “weighing machine”. Sentiment determines short-term prices, however fundamentals and performance dictate price in the long run.
The 3 reasons why mega-tech ‘growth’ stocks are the best ‘value’ stocks today
Investors shouldn’t rotate out of mega-tech to value because mega-tech are value… Our analysis shows that mega-tech stocks not only offer some of the best growth opportunities, but also offer some of the best ‘value’ opportunities in the market today
Expensive? Amazon is good value despite its $1.7 trillion market cap
While some investors may worry that Amazon’s massive market capitalization of $1.7 trillion means there can’t be much further upside, we believe this trading range provides long-term investors with an attractive risk-reward opportunity.
What’s next vs what it’s worth
During periods of uncertainty, investors often default to first-order thinking and overweight what’s next. In these environments, attractive opportunities can be found by remaining focused on what a business is worth.
Applying the Connor Leonard Framework
Value investor Connor Leonard successfully filters business opportunities into four subsets. We explore Reinvestment Moats – entrenched flywheels where management can redeploy capital at high incremental rates of return.