Thornton O'Glove: "Quality of Earnings" | Talks at Google

In this talk, Thornton covers a wide range of investing topics, including the art of financial deviation analysis, the least complex and best way to invest in the stock market on a long-term basis, and an independent prediction about Berkshire Hathaway's future and the bonanza that awaits its shareholders. Thornton O’Glove is the author of “Quality of Earnings: The Investor's Guide to How Much Money a Company Is Really Making.” His work is amongst the “must reads” by industry icons including Tom Gardener of the Motley Fool, and on Kuppy’s Book List as one of the top financial accounting books of all time. Thornton holds an MBA from Haas Business School at UC Berkeley. An investor from the age of 18, he went on to work as an analyst for some of the top investment firms in New York and became the President of the Reporting Research Corporation, who publish the Quality of Earnings Report. His work continues to influence students of finance and professionals around the world. Thornton is also an occasional commentator for the Motley Fool Blog Network and Barron's Weekly.

Comments

1. For all the greatness of WB, Tesco seems like a classic case of cooking books!
2. O'Glove, nope.
3. I thought it was Gene Hackman, shame it isn't :)
4. a lot of what he is talking about is ignoring survivorship bias..and also ignoring completely the psychology of bear markets
5. The analyst described at 17:24 is Marvin Roffman. Barron's ran an article about this on October 10, 2015.
6. cool
7. Who is the Google man who did this intro and how do I reach him?