If Warren Buffett were a quant, what would his perfect formula be and which stocks would he buy?
Quantamize, a quantitative investment research firm, created a Warren Buffett portfolio by screening stocks with traditional value factors as well as the element Buffett has been vocal about: economic value added.
The 20-stock portfolio turned out to be a mixture of traditional conglomerates Johnson & Johnson and Lockheed Martin, tech leaders Alphabet and eBay as well as Planet Fitness. "It's almost like Warren Buffett meets Joel Greenblatt," says Quantamize CIO Stephen Mathai-Davis. "If Warren Buffett were starting his career today, this is the portfolio he'd own which is a lot of these asset-lite businesses that are really focused on the cash flow generation.
For the 88-year-old "Oracle of Omaha," stock picking has always been about finding the intrinsic value. He's long been a champion of long-term concentrated bets on big, value companies like
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