How I assess the future

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I am a long-term value investor holding onto stocks for 5 to 8 years. The key is trying to see how the business will perform in the coming decade.

We don’t have a crystal ball so I try not be too clever in projecting the future. I do what I call a relative approach.

I look at the historical performance – normally over the past decade to smooth out the annual “noise”. Then based on my analysis, I judge whether the future is going to be the same, better or worst.

If it is worst eg due to digital disruption or secular decline, I stop there. If it is the same or better, I continue with linking it to valuation.

My base case is the value based on the historical performance. Then if the future is the same, I use the base case as my value. If the future is better, I will increase the base case.

I find that it is easier to do this than project individual valuation parameters. If you want to know more go to my article

Do you have a better approach?
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