September 23, 2024· 42 min

Ariel Investments' John Rogers on How You Can Still Win With Value Investing

Orality
Model
74%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,485 words)
M:94%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,114 words)
M:29%
GuestJohn Rogers(5,235 words)
M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic26%
very, totally, incredible
Engagement77%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, right, so
Repetition100%
know (94x), they (58x), like (55x)
Parallelism72%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And one of the most interestin..., So, you know, these days, I fe...
Sound Patterns39%
35 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases4%
i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%
may, might, could
Passive Voice5%
was recorded, were called, is when
Abstract Nouns15%
investment, business, chase.com/business
Subordination4%
because, since, though
Sentence Length40%
Avg: 15.1 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style23%
693 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style74%
apply, internationally, actually

Description

These days if you talk to people about the stock market, they might talk to you about the effect of the Fed. Or they'll talk about the Mag 7 and AI capex spend. Or they'll extoll the virtues of passive, low-cost investing. It seems like you hear less and less about the art of security selection: Finding cheap diamonds in the rough that have been overlooked by other investors. But some people are still keeping that world alive. John Rogers is the founder and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and in his primary mutual fund he invests only in mid- and small-cap companies. Recorded live on stage at the Future Proof Festival in Huntington Beach, CA, we talk about his approach. He explains why he believes value investing still works, and the process he uses to select individual names. We also discuss what he looks for and how he researches stock picks. Among other things, he tells us why he's invested in The Sphere (yes, that Sphere in Vegas) as well as the company that makes the McFlurry machines for McDonald's. Read More: Stocks, Bonds Trim Declines After Waller Comments: Markets Wrap Only http://Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at  bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.