Introduction
Despite being declared "dead" by the media every once in a while, value investing can still deliver market-beating performance. Investing is a never-ending learning process, but a portfolio of the 15 stocks I've so far recommended on SA proves that you don't have to know everything to earn alpha. Fifteen stocks are enough to mitigate the effects of the inevitable mistakes all investors make. A close examination of the losers is my way to learn from experience.
First Steps as a Value Investor
My first encounter with value investing was in the autumn of