About Value Investors Journal

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Investing is difficult, but not nearly as difficult as many believe.  What we need is a thoughtful, disciplined approach and then the conviction to act on our analysis. That’s what I want to accomplish with Value Investors Journal.

Through this site I hope to provide readers with an objective, intellectual approach to investing.  Investing is an activity full of pitfalls and the problem is only made worse by many investing professionals with a vested interest in making investing complex while promoting their own expertise.

My desire is for Value Investors Journal to provide moments of clarity in a subject filled with so much noise. If we focus on sound business analysis, durable competitive advantage, valuation, emotional discipline, and maintaining a long term perspective we will be able to outperform the market as well as most professionals.

About Dan Erdle

I am a graduate of Hamline University as well as the University of Minnesota Law School. I am currently an Attorney, but my real passion is for investment analysis and capital allocation. I studied business at Hamline and while at law school focused extensively on corporate law courses.  I have also sat for all 3 exams as part of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program. I was able to pass all 3 levels of the CFA exam on the first attempt.

Aside from formal curriculum, my real investment learning has come from intensive study of the greatest value investors of all time: Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Ben Graham, Howard Marks, Joel Greenblatt, Bill Ackman, Mohnish Pabrai, Don Yacktman, etc .  Almost all of my thinking is a direct result of these great investors.  My only hope is that through Value Investors Journal I can help synthesize their thinking or perhaps expand on it slightly.

I am currently searching for opportunities to expand my interest in investing to a full time basis.  If you are currently in the investment business and have an interest in forming a new investment entity as business partners, or if your current organization is looking to implement a value strategy, please don’t hesitate to contact me at dan.erdle@valueinvestorsjournal.com.

If you are an investor, I cannot currently accept investor funds, but I hope to find a platform to begin investing from in the near future. If you have a passion for investing and would like to discuss investing further feel free to get a hold of me at dan.erdle@valueinvestorsjournal.com.  We can also meet in person if you are in the Minneapolis/St Paul area.  I cannot currently solicit client funds without a formal business entity, but I would enjoy meeting to establish relationships for the future.