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The company aims to compound client capital over time by investing in a few globally selected, publicly traded businesses.
The company’s portfolio consists of publicly traded businesses meeting its core criteria, selected through rigorous research.
The company visited Indonesia to evaluate businesses and identified additional opportunities in its large population.
The company offers multiple investment options, all based on its fundamental-driven philosophy since 2001.
The company opposes earnings guidance, arguing it harms long-term shareholder value and inflates stock prices.
The company’s investment philosophy is shaped by books, essays, and articles covering business, markets, history, economics, psychology, biology, physics, and chemistry.
The company finds good businesses trading at low prices through rigorous, on-the-ground research.
The company seeks investment opportunities by identifying management teams focused on customer needs.
COBYX pursues the long-term growth of capital. They do that by assembling an exceedingly concentrated global stock portfolio. The stocks in the portfolio must meet four criteria.
Cook & Bynum Capital Management hires high-performing, intellectually curious individuals.
Client letters since 2001 outline the company’s investment philosophy and key tenets that remain unchanged since its founding.
Cook & Bynum Capital Management, founded in 2001 in Birmingham, Alabama, is a partner-owned firm dedicated to consistent investment principles.
The company avoids common investment mistakes by focusing on what *not* to do, helping it invest differently in a crowded market.
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