Value Investing Secrets and Wall Street’s Blind Spot

On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Jose Mayora, author of Wall Street’s Blind Spot, about the principles of value investing and understanding risk.

💡 Key Takeaways:

🔹 Always do your homework,  don’t chase headlines, do thorough research

🔹 Have a long term horizon - patience is important
 🔹 Be an independent thinker
 🔹 Only invest in what you understand
 🔹 Don’t let emotions drive your decisions
 🔹 The importance of emotional intelligence 
 🔹 Be willing to let go of potential opportunities that you don’t understand

Connect with Jose Mayora:

Website (here)

LinkedIn (here)

Books:

Wall Street’s Blind Spots: A Unique Perspective on Value Investing, Valuation and Capital Allocation (Amazon) 

Bio: 

Jose Andres Mayora is the author of Wall Street’s Blind Spots and the Senior Portfolio Manager of Divita Value-Growth Fund, a long-only public equities fund he co-founded with a focus on long-term, fundamentals-driven investing. A CFA charterholder with degrees in Business and Economics from the University of Virginia and a Master’s in Economics from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Jose blends analytical depth with a grounded, real-world perspective on how value is created—and misunderstood—in public markets.

His book challenges conventional valuation frameworks and introduces a simpler, common-sense approach to understanding investment returns, reinvestment, and capital allocation. Jose’s mission is to help investors and business leaders alike cut through complexity and rethink the assumptions behind how money grows over time.