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Public Q&A · 2019-01-01

Li Lu 2019 Peking University Speech and Q&A

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Peking University China Opportunities Circle of competence Long-termism BABA TCEHY BRK.B

AI summary and analysis

Li Lu's public lectures and Q&A at Peking University, focusing on China opportunities, value investment practices, circles of competence, long-termism and corporate research, are important public materials for understanding Himalaya's Chinese perspective.

Key points

  • This Q&A discusses value investing in the context of the Chinese market. The focus is not simply to be bullish on China, but how to find long-term business amid differences in systems, industries, and companies.
  • Li Lu emphasized that value investing in practice must deal with uncertainty and cannot just stay at the textbook safety margin and low valuation.
  • Long-term research and independent judgment appear repeatedly in the Q&A, which is suitable to be viewed together with a small number of long-term positions in Himalaya 13F.
  • The significance of the material to ordinary investors is that cross-market investment requires an understanding of culture, systems and business structures, and is not a mechanical transfer of the American value investment formula.
  • The source is a transcription archive, not the official page of Peking University; therefore, only traceable public information is included, not the latest views.

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