At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Understand the basic principles and concepts of value investing;
2. Perform basic valuation and analysis of securities (with focus on equity securities);
3. Learn the philosophy of great value investors: Benjamin Graham, Phil Fisher, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Walter Schloss, Mohnish Pabrai;
4. Develop the psychological mindset needed to succeed in value investing;
5. Be familiar with market cycles and understand how to take advantage of market cycles to succeed in investing; and
6. Apply economics and business strategy framework to evaluate and identify sustainable competitive advantage

I. Introduction to Value Investing
    A. The different investment philosophies
        1. Technical analysis: market timing 
        2. Quantitative investing
        3. Value investing
    B. Why value investing is different?
    C. Is value investing for you?

II. History of Value Investing
    A. Pre-Benjamin Graham
    B. Benjamin Graham:  Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis
    C. Phil Fisher: common stock and uncommon profits
    D. Warren Buffett: the joys of compounding
    E. Charlie Munger:  the multidisciplinary investor, concentrated investing
    F. New generation of value investors: Seth Klarman, Tom Russo, etc.
    G. Value investing through history: past studies and performance
    H. Criticism against value investing

III. Introductory Concepts
    A. Accounting review
    B. Economics of business and strategy
    C. Finance theories:  Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), Markowitz Theory of Portfolio Selection

IV. The Value Investing Framework and Paradigm
    A. The premises of value investing
    B. Core principles of value investing:  Mr. Market, Margin of Safety, Business-like investing, Concentrated investing, the concept of franchise value (modern value investing)        
    C. The value investing process
    D. The five forces of value investing

V. Business Valuation – The Core Skill of a Value Investor
    A. Principles of valuation
    B. Types of valuation
    C. Asset Valuation:  Book Value and Replacement Cost
    D. Earnings Power Valuation:  Sustainable Earnings and Franchise Value
    E. The Dark Side of Valuation
    F. Case Study

VI. Economics of Strategy:  Guide to Assessing Sustainable Competitive Advantage
    A. What is Strategy?
    B. Introduction to Michael Porter’s Framework of Competitive Advantage and Strategy
    C. How Competitive Strategy and Advantage Affects Valuation
    D. Network Effects
    E. Case Study

VII. Market History
    A. Understanding Market Cycles 
    B. Nature of market cycles and relevance for investors
    C. Types of cycles: economic, profit, credit, distressed debt, real estate
    D. Positioning 

VIII. Psychology 
    A. The psychology of misjudgment (Charlie Munger)
    B. Behavioral biases in investing: why your own psychology will be your greatest enemy
    C. Market dislocations 
    D. Common mistakes and biases in investing
    E. How to overcome the biases

IX. Risk Management 
    A. Mathematics of Probability in Investing
    B. Kelly Criterion
    C. Buffett- Munger Philosophy in portfolio management

X. Formula Investing

XI. Special Situations
 

Mr. Philip Te is the author of a two-volume book on Bank Risk Management published by Oxford University Press and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers.

He is currently a Director for Financial Markets for a global wholesale bank based in Singapore.  Prior to this, he was a Vice President of financial markets in Singapore.  He was previously head of a local commercial bank's Structured Products and Financial Engineering Department and a Senior Associate at the Ernst and Young Financial Services Risk Management and Quantitative Advisory Services group.

He is the Program Director for the Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Series at the Ateneo Center for Continuing Education.  He has lectured extensively on financial risk management, Basel III, derivatives, IAS 39/IFRS 9, option pricing, corporate treasury management, and strategic issues in hedging.  He is the author of Bank Risk Management Primer, published by the Bankers’ Association of the Philippines.

He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Energy Risk Professional (ERP), and Certified Public Accountant (CPA).