Whitney Tilson

The exact details of how you practice value investing will vary investor to investor, but the fundamental principle of scouring the world,…

— Whitney Tilson

If you look at the history of technology gadget makers, hardware makers, it's littered with the corpses of Palm and RIM and…

— Whitney Tilson

Mueller is the leading North American provider of water infrastructure and flow control products - things such as fire hydrants, valves, pipes,…

— Whitney Tilson

When it comes to owning stocks of the best-known businesses in the world, value investors usually feel like children looking through the…

— Whitney Tilson

My experience is that very few people have what it takes to be a successful investor, as I discussed in The Arrogance…

— Whitney Tilson

The mark of a wise person isn't never making mistakes - everyone makes plenty of them. Rather, it's the ability to quickly…

— Whitney Tilson

There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin.

— Whitney Tilson

When reviewing one's portfolio, it is important to be aware of common mental mistakes that may lead to bad decisions. The most…

— Whitney Tilson

While I take no pleasure in others' misfortunes, we've historically made most of our profits from other investors behaving in a panicked…

— Whitney Tilson

I'd say the general outline of a sound investment approach is, first of all, you have to decide are you going to…

— Whitney Tilson

I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences - and their similarities.

— Whitney Tilson

In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise…

— Whitney Tilson

Many significant stock-price inefficiencies can occur when a company is spun off.

— Whitney Tilson

Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.

— Whitney Tilson

Assessing management quality is clearly one of the most important aspects of an investment decision.

— Whitney Tilson

Parents are, of course, most important in shaping their children's lives, but teachers are critically important as well. Who among us doesn't…

— Whitney Tilson

Shorting saved my butt in 2008... Shorting kept me in the game. It generates cash when the market's crashing. And that's what…

— Whitney Tilson

While everyone would love to have that perfect portfolio of stocks that can be bought and held forever, it usually does not…

— Whitney Tilson

Pence is far too conservative for me, but by all accounts, he's an intelligent, experienced, decent man with no skeletons in his…

— Whitney Tilson

We call ourselves 'opportunistic value investors.'

— Whitney Tilson

Without doubt, timely and democratic access to financial and market information contributes to smoothly functioning financial markets.

— Whitney Tilson

If you are able to look beyond near term trouble, you have an advantage over many professional investors

— Whitney Tilson

Small-company stocks, like any asset class, can get picked over from time to time, but there are fundamental reasons why diligently mining…

— Whitney Tilson

No one would suggest completely ignoring news about your investments. Enron investors, for example, would have been well served to sell once…

— Whitney Tilson

Early in my career, we were just pure bottoms-up stock pickers.

— Whitney Tilson