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Mohnish Pabrai is the founder and Managing Partner of the Pabrai Investments Funds, the Portfolio Manager of the Pabrai Wagons Fund, the founder of the Dakshana Foundation, and the author of The Dhandho Investor and Mosaic: Perspectives on Investing​.

The contents of this website are for educational and entertainment purposes only, and do not purport to be, and are not intended to be, financial, legal, accounting, tax or investment advice. Investments or strategies that are discussed may not be suitable for you, do not take into account your particular investment objectives, financial situation or needs and are not intended to provide investment advice or recommendations appropriate for you. Before making any investment or trade, consider whether it is suitable for you and consider seeking advice from your own financial or investment adviser. Views expressed on Chai with Pabrai are exclusively those of Mohnish Pabrai and not of any affiliated firm or organization.

Beware of Scams Using My Name - Mohnish Pabrai

7/9/2025

I have been made aware that scammers and fraudsters are using my name, picture and doctored videos to target people online with fraudulent attempts to send money to be invested in non-existent investment schemes or for compensation for investment tips. The examples I’ve seen so far have been in perpetrated in India, but they may be elsewhere too. These are totally fake. Please read below to protect yourself:

  • I presently manage only three investment vehicles: (1) Pabrai Investment Funds, which are private funds for high net worth accredited and qualified investors, (2) the Pabrai Wagons Fund, a mutual fund for retail investors, and (3) Dhandho Holdings, which is private and open only to high net worth accredited and qualified investors. If you are being solicited to send money to any other fund that claims to be managed by ​me or for any investment tips, do not do it. Please report it to mpabrai@pabraifunds.com.
  • I will never, ever ask you to send money through WhatsApp, X (Twitter), Facebook, Telegram, Skype or any other text-based messaging app. If you are being asked to send money through any of these platforms to any individual or entity that claims to have any connection to me, do not do it. Please report it to mpabrai@pabraifunds.com.
  • Business e-mail communication from me or my team will always come from one of our registered domains, which are: @pabraifunds.com, @dhandhofunds.com or @wagonsfund.com. Please double check the email domain names of emails that you receive. Do not respond to any emails coming from any other domain extension except for those coming from our email address.

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Q&A session with the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok - August 30, 2022

9/19/2022

I very much enjoyed this recent Q&A session with the students at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. We talked about Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's investing career, Uber Cannibals and investing in China.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8N5CkTA2w

Here is the link to the podcast:

Talk with CFA Society of Mexico - August 17, 2022

9/12/2022

I enjoyed my talk with CFA Society of Mexico on Multibaggers. We discussed different styles of investing, active fund management industry and the future of value investing.

Enjoy!​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYR0tWgstMI

If you prefer reading over listening, here is the transcript.

Conversation with Lauren Templeton on Zenvesting podcast - July 25, 2022

9/7/2022

I enjoyed my conversation with Lauren Templeton on Zenvesting podcast on Women Investors and Global Investing. We also discussed my relationship with Charlie Munger and investing in international markets.

Enjoy!​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0_K-eFC8bQ

Here is the link to the podcast:

Lecture at the TiE Austin Speaker Series - Investment & Entrepreneur -August 12, 2022

8/29/2022

I enjoyed this talk and Q&A with TiE Austin Speaker Series - Investment & Entrepreneurs in downtown Austin on getting traction for your startup without outside funding. We also discussed my investing journey and Dakshana.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE48QKFGEhI​

Here is the link to the podcast:

Session with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies on June 16, 2022

7/14/2022

I very much enjoyed my Q&A session on Value Investing with Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. I discussed value investing, McDonald’s 60+ years of compounding and Global Multibaggers.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBdieWfouZM&t=7s

Here is the link to the podcast:

If you prefer reading over listening, here is the transcript.

Mohnish Pabrai's Interview with The Wall Street Lab Podcast on January 5, 2022

6/30/2022

I enjoyed my interview on value investing for The Wall Street Lab Podcast. I talked about Dhandho investing, compounders and learning from mistakes.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ioA0J-p2M&t=34s

Here is the link to the podcast:

If you prefer reading over listening, here is the transcript.

FINSEC Dialog Conversation - June 1, 2022

6/14/2022

I enjoyed my Q&A with Sandeep Parekh about Dakshana, Dot Com Bubble, shameless cloning and the power of compounding.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2zu_8w_2H0

Q&A at Harvard Business School Investment Conference - April 2022

5/6/2022

I had a fun fireside chat at the HBS Investment Conference. The Investment Conference is one of the biggest conferences arranged by HBS students each year. It is attended by 400+ students across MBA programs who have a background or interest in the investment management industry. We talked about Ben Graham, micro vs marco investing and investment checklist.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQsP8ogUp8k

Here is the link to the podcast:

If you prefer reading over listening, here is the transcript.

Q&A session with Doctors Investing Group - February 2022

5/6/2022

I very much enjoyed my Q&A session with  Tom Dittrich for the Doctors Investing Group. I discussed value investing, diversified vs. concentrated  portfolio and shameless cloning.

Enjoy!​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SbspUlZW8A&t=389s

The 2022 Uber Cannibals

3/31/2022

In late December 2016, I co-wrote an article on Forbes.com that introduced the "Uber Cannibals," a 5-stock investing strategy that invests in businesses aggressively buying back their own stock. This is a "set it and forget it for one year" strategy that rebalances every April when 5 companies are selected for the portfolio for the upcoming year. The Uber Cannibals is also part of the broader 15-stock Free Lunch Portfolio, which also invests in Shamelessly Cloned ideas and Spawners that are updated annually in December.

We are now ready for the April 2022 Uber Cannibals picks.

Recap of 2021 Uber Cannibals:

As a recap, in my 3/31/17 blog post exactly 5 years ago, we met Ms. Sonia Patel, who had embarked on her Uber Cannibals compounding journey with $100,000 from her IRA account at Interactive Brokers. Sonia invested in the first 5 Uber Cannibals on 1/3/17, and then rebalanced her portfolio every year in April. The 2021 Uber Cannibals were:

  1. Assured Guaranty (AGO)
  2. Primerica (PRI)
  3. Jack in the Box (JACK)
  4. Navient (NAVI)
  5. Discover Financial Services (DFS)

​As of 3/31/22, Sonia's $100k was worth $177,379, up 11.5% annualized since inception. If Sonia had instead invested in the S&P 500 over that period, she would be up 16.5% annualized and her portfolio would be worth $222,674. Uber Cannibals was up 15.7% in the last 12 months, vs. 15.6% for the S&P 500. Uber Cannibals has managed to keep up with the S&P 500 for the last 12 months, despite no exposure to high-flying tech names. ​

​All five Uber Cannibals paid dividends. As per our rules, Sonia reinvested those dividends back into the same businesses.​

Please note, the Uber Cannibals performance assumes that stocks are bought at the high price of the day and sold at low price of the day, whereas S&P 500 and Small Dogs of the Dow performance assumes that stocks are bought at last close.

Below is the 12-month return of the 2021 Uber Cannibals:

The New 2022 Uber Cannibals:In the 2021 Uber Cannibals post, I talked about importance of holding on to great compounders and cannibals unless they get egregiously overvalued. In 2022, the algorithms did not serve up any cannibals that would improve the overall quality of the portfolio, and it does not seem that any of our five holdings are egregiously overvalued. So, we do nothing; there are no changes to the 2022 Uber Cannibals. Here are the 2022 Uber Cannibals:

  1. Assured Guaranty (AGO)
  2. Primerica (PRI)
  3. Jack in the Box (JACK)
  4. Navient (NAVI)
  5. Discover Financial Services (DFS)

If you are a new investor to the Uber Cannibals, you can just equal weight the five stocks (i.e., invest the same amount of money in each of these five) and keep that portfolio until April 2023, when I'll provide the 2023 portfolio on www.ChaiWithPabrai.com. Happy Cannibal Investing!

Note, anyone who invests in any strategy needs to do their own research/due diligence and are themselves fully responsible for the outcome.

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