What is Value Investing? (Value Investing Explained)

What is Value Investing? (Value Investing Explained)

There are many strategies when it comes to stock market investing that have the potential to make nearly anyone wealthy but which one you choose comes down to personal preference. Value investing is a proven strategy that Warren Buffett has used to amass his fortune making him the fourth richest person in the world. It's a good idea to assess your options instead of blindly putting money away and ignoring your investments only to find out at retirement age that they've been under performing. What is value investing would this strategy benefit your portfolio? Nearly the opposite of growth investing, purchasing investments that are a perceived value is that of a practical mentality. Which stock market investing strategy aligns with your mindset and goals?

[HiddenFreedom]

Love value investing, by far my favorite over growth. INTC right now is what I would call a no brainer value stock..

[JoshuaMackos]

Value investing is a great strategy. You know where the stock should be trading at, but it is trading lower. So it makes easy data based decisions on whether you should buy or not

[bluecollarmoneyinvestingch]

Great explanation of value investing. I do both value and growth investing.

[citizenoftheyearCC]

The best investing returns are over a long period of time rather than hoping the stock price soars tomorrow

[Squintillions]

Checking through my current holdings right now to see which one is the most “on sale” to add more shares to.

[mrpmj]

REALESTATE vs. STOCK MARKET:
I bought Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Adobe, Wells Fargo, Twitter
Stocks are better investments than realestate.
1. REALESTATE: Let's say you bought an average home $250k with 20% down which is $50k+ $7k closing costs (usuallly 2%-5% of loan so
let's use 3.5%) . house + 3% appreciation = $257, 500. Less 6% sales commission, 3.5% closing costs, offering a home warranty =
$231, 750. Now subtract the $199k loan ($200k - $1k towards the principal) and your profit is $32, 750.
So, you actually lost money because you brought $57k to the table but now you only got $32, 750 net sale, so you lost -$24, 250. And I
didn't even include these profit killers: property taxes, insurance, fixup costs (termite spray, new paint, new carpet, fix roof, fix
heatpump/air conditioner, pool equipment, pool remodel).
2. STOCKS: $57k invested and the previous 12 months returned 9% which is a profit of $5, 130.