Martin Whitman: Checking Into The “Roach Motel” Part III

Part three of a short series on Martin (Marty) Whitman. To catch up on the rest of the story, you can find part two here. Continued from part two… Distressed debt investing was just part of Whitman’s strategy. He was a value investor through and through, and he excelled at finding undervalued securities. Following in the footsteps of Warren Buffett with Hidden Value Stocks Much like the Godfather of value investing, Benjamin Graham, Whitman’s search for value started with the balance sheet, before moving on to more qualitative factors such as the quality of management and whether or not the…