TIP517: Mohnish Pabrai's Dhandho Investment Framework

The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Business, Education, Investing

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Clay reviews Mohnish Pabrai’s book, The Dhandho Investor. Mohnish is one of our very favorite investors to study here at TIP as we’ve interviewed him for the podcast multiple times in the past. Since its inception in 2000, Mohnish’s flagship fund has achieved a return of 781% to his investors net of fees versus 378% for the S&P 500. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 05:19 -The story of the Patels, who went from owning nothing in the US, to owning over 50% of the motel industry. 11:33 - The 9 Dhandho investment principles. 14:24 - How Dhandho investors are able to earn outsized returns with minimal risk. 25:09 - How to identify bargains in the market. 32:17 - The relationship between investing and gambling. 39:17 - Clay’s analysis on Mohnish’s largest US equity holding today. 49:46 - Mohnish’s investing checklist he uses prior to purchasing a company. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Tune into the recent We Study Billionaires' episode covering The Little Book of Valuation by Aswath Damodaran or watch the video. Listen to the episode on Warren Buffett's Money Mind or watch the video. Related Episode: Listen to Investing in Stocks w/ Mohnish Pabrai - TIP442, or watch the video. Related Episode: Listen to Berkshire's Purchase of TSM & Meta "Doomsday" Analysis - TIP508, or watch the video. Mohnish Pabrai’s book: The Dhandho Investor. Follow Clay on Twitter. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Sun Life The Bitcoin Way Range Rover Sound Advisory BAM Capital Fidelity SimpleMining Briggs & Riley Public Shopify HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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0:00.0	You're listening to TI-P.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Investors Podcast.
0:06.0	I'm your host, Clay Fink.
0:07.0	I'm very excited for today's episode because I'm going to be covering the investing strategy
0:12.5	of Moniche Pabarai.
0:14.0	Moniche is one of our very favorite investors to learn from here at the Investors Podcast
0:18.6	Network, as he's been a guest on our show a number of times over the years for Preston,
0:23.0	Stig, and William.
0:24.0	Since inception in 2000, Moniche's flagship fund returned 781% to his investor's net
0:31.6	of fees relative to only 378% for the S&P 500.
0:37.0	For much of this episode, I'll be covering my biggest takeaways from reading his book,
0:41.6	The Dondo Investor, which was published back in 2007.
0:45.5	During this episode, you'll learn the nine Dondo investment principles.
0:50.0	The Dondo Investors are able to earn outsize returns with minimal risk.
0:55.2	How to find bargains in the market?
0:57.4	The story of the Patels who went from owning nothing in the US to managing 50% of the
1:02.8	motel industry in just 35 years.
1:06.2	Why Dondo's love arbitrage opportunities?
1:09.6	How investing relates to gambling?
1:12.1	Moniche's seven criteria he goes through before purchasing a company and so much more.
1:17.7	At the end of the episode, I'll be discussing Moniche's holdings in his portfolio today,
1:22.6	most notably, micron.
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