Mohnish Pabrai's Session with MIT's Brass Rat Investments on March 12, 2024

Mohnish Pabrai's Session at The Investor’s Podcast on April 1, 2024 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:44) - TransTech  (00:03:39) - Managing other people’s money  (00:08:54) - My journey in investing  (00:11:51) - The happiness equation  (00:17:12) - Learnings from Buffett; Be a harsh grader  (00:22:06) - The importance of truth and candor  (00:24:06) - Bridge vs. Poker  (00:28:59) - Infinite games  (00:30:56) - McDonalds  (00:34:02) - Boeing  (00:36:12) - Processing information from books  (00:40:24) - Pabrai Fund's track record  (00:45:25) - The game of investing  (00:49:20) - The Dakshana Foundation; Philanthropy The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Brass Rat Investments on March 12, 2024 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:03) - Berkshire's 12 great decisions in 58 years  (00:05:06) - See's Candies vs. Coke  (00:11:55) - Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad  (00:16:54) - The Intrinsic value of a stock  (00:20:52) - Learnings from Charlie Munger  (00:27:24) - The Dakshana Foundation  (00:33:17) - Sergio Marchionne: Fiat Chrysler  (00:38:59) - Identifying investment opportunities  (00:47:35) - Finding Anomalies; Seinfeld: Is this anything?  (00:52:56) - Investing in Turkey; Coca-Cola Icecek  (00:56:28) - A day in my life The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at the JNV Kottayam on December 21, 2023. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:53) - Dakshana scholar: T Ashok Kumar  (00:10:49) - The Dakshana model  (00:21:17) - Rule of 72  (00:26:05) - Cloning Super 30; Anand Kumar  (00:35:05) - Giving back to society  (00:37:34) - Be a harsh grader  (00:45:15) - Inner scorecard vs. Outer scorecard  (00:48:18) - My educational journey  (00:51:25) - My entrepreneurial journey  (00:53:35) - Dakshana's objectives  The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at the JNV Bangalore (Rural) on December 24, 2023. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:09) - Introduction to Buffett and Power of compounding  (00:03:55) - Rule of 72  (00:13:38) - Overcoming challenges at Dakshana  (00:21:20) - Caste reservation vs. Income based system  (00:30:24) - Handling the global financial crisis  (00:34:08) - Cloning is a powerful mental model  (00:37:27) - My educational journey  (00:40:31) - My introduction to investing; Peter Lynch  (00:42:17) - Reysas  (00:46:47) - Work preferences  (00:50:03) - Find your calling in life   The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai’s session with YPO’s Mosaic Chapter on March 20, 2024. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:05) - Friendship with Charlie Munger (00:04:22) - Tom Peters; Humans aren’t good cloners (00:07:39) - Microsoft (00:09:24) - Berkshire's investment in See's Candies (00:11:18) - Charlie was Ben Franklin reincarnated! (00:16:56) - Charlie's influence over Warren Buffett (00:21:14) - Charlie's mental models; Human reciprocation theory (00:27:40) - Investment discussions with Charlie (00:31:37) - Adam Grant: Give and Take (00:39:50) - Lifetime ban at an LA casino (00:44:07) - Poor Charlie's Almanack (00:46:35) - Charlie's inheritance The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Session with Columbia Business School (CSIMA) on February 14, 2024. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:28) - Berkshire's 12 great decisions (00:04:52) - Burlington Northern Railways (00:07:49) - See’s Candies: Berkshire’s big home run! (00:12:48) - Evolution of my investment philosophy (00:16:04) - Berkshire without Charlie (00:20:06) - Be a harsh grader (00:21:49) - Auto dealership business; OEMs vs. EVs (00:25:38) - Evaluating a business (00:28:50) - Met-coal (00:31:18) - IPSCO vs. CONSOL (00:39:06) - Circle of competence (00:41:08) - Diversification of portfolio (00:44:12) - Start your journey early The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Session at the SumZero Virtual Investor Summit 2024 on February 8, 2024. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:05) - Meta (00:03:59) - Google vs. Microsoft (00:08:17) - Dinner with Bill Gates  (00:12:30) - TAV Airport (00:20:23) - Investing in coal; David Einhorn (00:25:23) - Auto OEMs  (00:27:15) - Reysas (00:30:14) - 20% Office Vacancy Rate! A 45-year high! (00:33:32) - Macroeconomic factors (00:36:58) - Charlie Munger; LA Country Club The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A with Value Education Society at London School of Economics on January 30, 2024. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:59) - Seinfeld: Is this anything?  (00:04:26) - The Dhandho Investor  (00:05:34) - Ferrari: Sold too soon  (00:06:46) - Evaluating management; Fiat Chrysler  (00:11:48) - Stellantis: Carlos Tavares  (00:12:50) - Elon Musk vs. Chuanfu Wang  (00:16:27) - Learnings from Charlie Munger  (00:20:11) - Be a shameless cloner  (00:24:46) - My process of evaluating a business  (00:26:41) - Advice to students  (00:30:09) - Auction-driven markets: Microsoft  (00:34:59) - Pabrai Investment Funds  (00:38:34) - When to sell a stock  (00:41:37) - Ferrari: A rich man's expression of wealth  (00:43:37) - AI in investing The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Presentation and Q&A at FLAME University on December 25, 2023.   (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:04:52) - Coca-Cola Icecek vs. Varun Beverages (00:05:45) - Varun Beverages (00:12:47) - Anadolu Efes & Coca-Cola Icecek (00:28:07) - Investing in Turkiye (00:33:02) - Reysas (00:44:01) - Valuations matter - Microsoft (1999-2015) & Coca-Cola (1998-2011) (00:49:30) - Thou shall not have an investing team (00:54:08) - Portfolio sizing (00:55:31) - TAV Airports (01:03:28) - Investing in China (01:05:49) - Selling a stock; Varun Beverages (01:07:56) - Dividends: EFES (01:09:03) - Currency risk with Coca-Cola Icecek (01:11:47) - Evaluation of a business (01:16:23) - Dakshana (01:24:15) - Macro-economic factors in Turkey (01:29:05) - Fiat Chrysler (01:30:56) - Ferrari: The most Incredible Moat (01:42:49) - Investing in global markets (01:45:22) - Friendship with Charlie and Warren (02:02:24) - Rick Guerin (02:16:52) - Nick Sleep   The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview at Morningstar, The Investor's Mind on December 1, 2023. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:02:52) - Lunch with Buffett; Be a harsh grader (00:07:42) - Impact of personal experiences in investing (00:11:44) - Handling the global financial crisis (00:15:45) - Breaking Bread with Charlie Munger (00:19:25) - 2009 Financial Crisis (00:22:51) - The inner vs the outer scorecard (00:24:44) - Leading an aligned life (00:28:04) - Playing Bridge   The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser.