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Prudent Value

Prudent Value

Prudent Value

Prudent Value concentrates assets in its best ideas (subject to reasonable diversification) and generally maintains its investment positions for extended periods of time.
In selecting among investment opportunities, careful assessment must be made of the risk profile of the various alternatives. In equity and debt (through ETFs) investing, risk comes in basically two forms: bankruptcy/default risk and market risk, with the greatest risk coming from the substantial costs that are incurred through bankruptcy/default. Prudent Value believes that both of these risks are best mitigated by investing in high quality assets at a discount price.
Our principle research methodology is as follows: First, seek high quality equity and/or debt investments within our circle of competence. Second, the underlying assets of these investments should possess strong balance sheets and generate free cash flows. Data sources include, but not limited to the following: 1) financial newspapers and magazines, 2) research materials prepared by others, 3) annual reports, and 4) company press releases.
Prudent Value's approach to diversification is by limiting initial asset purchases to a maximum of 5% of total portfolio and rebalancing when any one position makes up more than 10% of the portfolio for an extended period of time.
Assets are generally sold when their share price reaches our intrinsic value or to minimize losses. Intrinsic value is an economic concept, estimating future cash flows discounted to present value.
During times of extreme market euphoria, the portfolio may hold large cash balances.

Risk score

2
4.8%

Best 30 days

-1.5%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • 2.9%
    30 day
  • 4.8%
    90 day
  • 10.8%
    365 day
Monthly vs S&P500
prudent value - prudent value
-5.5% 12 months
  • $20,000 subscription min
  • 1% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

18.0%
11.1%
9.0%
9.0%
4.7%

Model commentary

  1. Chinese search engine Baidu is a winner

    5 May 2013

    Baidu.com is the Google of China.

  2. Prudent Value: We've added Apple and Markel 25 February 2013
  3. Why we added Yahoo to the Prudent Value model 3 October 2012
  4. Three sectors we like heading into the second half of 2012 10 July 2012
  5. In search of steady and proven performers 3 May 2012

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception August 17, 2011
as of May 23, 2013 Manager S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days 2.9% 4.5% 2.3%
Past 90 days 4.8% 8.9% 4.1%
Past 365 days 10.8% 25.1% 7.5%
Since Inception (Annualized) 6.4% 20.1% -
2013 (YTD) 6.5% 15.7% 5.2%
2012 4.4% 13.4% -

Risk Metrics

Last 365 days
as of May 23, 2013 Manager S&P 500
Best 30 days 4.8% 8.2%
Worst 30 days -1.5% -7.0%
Volatility 4.3% 12.7%
Sharpe Ratio 2.47 1.97
Sortino Ratio 3.31 2.85
Maximum Drawdown -2.0% -7.7%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -1.0% -2.9%
vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio -1.47
Alpha 4.2%
Beta 0.27
R-Squared 0.60
  • $20,000 subscription min
  • 1% fee

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 1.5
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/09/13 DELL Dell Inc Yes Buy $13.24
04/05/13 GDX MARKET VECTORS GOLD MINERS Yes Buy $35.65
02/15/13 VOD Vodafone Group PLC Yes Buy $26.13
02/11/13 BIDU BAIDU INC Yes Buy $96.38
02/11/13 AIG AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP Yes Buy $38.81
12/26/12 MKL MARKEL CORP Yes Buy $434.58
12/26/12 AAPL Apple Inc Yes Buy $518.70
12/26/12 CTRP CTRIP.COM INTERNATIONAL-ADR Yes Sell $22.68


Important Information

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9. Top Replicable Holdings: These securities are currently held in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable Holdings" currently pass Covestor's trading rules, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription holdings may vary.

10. Latest Transactions: These transactions were executed in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable" () passed Covestor's trading rules and were eligible for replication at the time of execution, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription trade activity may vary.

11. S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index compiled by Standard & Poor´s Corp. Index returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Individuals cannot invest directly in an Index. S&P 500 index data: S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies Copyright © 2013.