GE: A Classic Value Opportunity

Co-CIO and Portfolio Manager John Goetz and Senior Research Analyst Daniel Babkes take a deep dive into our research process and recount how Pzena chose to make GE one of the largest positions in our US and Global value portfolios.

John Goetz and Daniel Babkes discuss the following:

• The fundamental strength of GE's businesses and the problems that led it to become a value stock.
• How we analyzed these problems to determine that GE was still a strong, worthwhile investment.
• The decision process to add a new company to the portfolio.
• How position monitoring allows us to increase our position size to overreactions by the market.

Recording Date: December 27, 2019

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