#54 Tobias Carlisle: The Acquirer's Multiple

Investing by the Books

Tobias Carlisle is a former lawyer and the author of several books, including The Acquirer’s Multiple. Tobias is the manager of two funds based on the book’s ideas, which are trading as ETFs under the tickers ZIG and DEEP. In the episode, we discuss how strictly he follows the deep value methodology, reflect on patience among investors, and investigate if there is a difference between managing your own or other people’s money.

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This episode was recorded on Dec 6, 2023.

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Episode Chapters

(00:00) Introduction by Eddie & Niklas

(01:12) Welcoming Tobias

(07:41) The Acquirer’s Multiple

(15:07) The Acquirer’s multiple strategy

(27:07) How Greenblatt influenced Carlisle

(36:14) Similarities with activist investors

(44:25) Is it possible for regular investors to know if a moat is sustainable?

(50:10) Musings on patience

(58:22) Investing your own vs other people’s money

(59:26) How strict is the formula?

(01:07:20) Tobias’ current writing and reading habits

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Books Mentioned

• The Acquirer’s Multiple - Tobias Carlisle
• Security Analysis - Benjamin Graham
• The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham
• Deep Value - Tobias Carlisle
• Concentrated Investing - Allen Benello
• Quantitative Value - Wesley Gray and Tobias Carlisle
• The Rebel Allocator - Jacob Taylor
• The Art of War - Sun Tzu
• The Aubrey-Mautin series - Patrick O’Brian
• The Richard Sharpe series - Bernard Cornwell
• The Saxon Series - Bernard Cornwell

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Companies Mentioned

• Coca Cola
• LVMH
• Berkshire
• Meta
• Kodak
• Apple
• Nvidia

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More on Tobias

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Acquirer’s fund

Amazon book page

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About the Podcast

Intro episode: https://www.redeye.se/podcast/investing-by-the-books/817383/0-intro-to-investing-by-the-books

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