Author: Smead Capital Management

Road Not Taken

We have written profusely about the investment myopia of today which has focused on “growth at any price companies” without regard to profits or free cash-flow. We do this because we know success in investing requires a healthy degree of discomfort for it to be profitable, and we know how much comfort today’s investor has found by owning what has worked.

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Bloomberg Markets: Tony Scherrer on Banks

‘Amazing Numbers’ at Canadian Banks Are No Match for U.S. Tax Cuts By Doug Alexander For more information go to www.bloomberg.com. The information contained in this article represents SCM’s opinions, and should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no

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Big Tech’s Three Identical Strangers

The U.S. government must determine how to deal with the negative consequences of some of the last decade’s most successful internet-based businesses. Google, Facebook and Amazon grew up as strangers and have developed monopolies in search, social media and in e-commerce. The stock market has been very excited about the control over people they have attained and the “big data” they use in advertising and e-commerce. In many ways, these tech behemoths are “three identical strangers.”

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Bloomberg Tech: Cole Smead, CFA on Market Manias

Tech `Euphoria’ Could Permanently Damage Returns, Smead Says By Emily Chang For more information go to www.bloomberg.com. The information contained in this article represents SCM’s opinions, and should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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WSJ: Tony Scherrer on Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Strong Consumption Is Breathing New Life Into Retail Stocks By Ben Eisen For more information go to www.wsj.com. Stocks mentioned: TGT The information contained in this article represents SCM’s opinions, and should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no

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Barron’s: Bill Smead on Target and Demographics

Target’s Strong Earnings Lift Stock to Record High By Teresa Rivas For more information go to www.barrons.com. Stocks mentioned: TGT The information contained in this article represents SCM’s opinions, and should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee

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Bloomberg: Bill Smead on the Health Care Sector

Investors Pile Into Health to Shield Holdings From Trade War By Tatiana Darie For more information go to www.bloomberg.com. The information contained in this article represents SCM’s opinions, and should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of

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Barron’s: Tony Scherrer, CFA on Home Depot

The Market Can’t Decide If Home Depot’s Earnings Are Worth Celebrating By Teresa Rivas For more information go to www.barrons.com. Stocks mentioned: HD The information contained in this article represents SCM’s opinions, and should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance

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Smoked in 1999 or Vaped in 2018: What You Pay Buying Shares Matters

It is no secret that the U.S. stock market has been completely addicted to discounting the future success of the most popular technology stocks. Momentum-based growth investing has had many bouts of success in the past, but this is the first episode in an era where indexed mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) were the largest aggregate owners of the largest capitalization companies. In comparison, as recently as 20 years ago, individual and institutional investors were the biggest aggregate owners of the nation’s largest companies through direct ownership. It is almost like the old-time owners of individual stocks were smoking cigarettes and today’s owners are vaping.

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