Welcome to our articles on value investing, our quarterly newsletters to investors, media appearances, and past and upcoming events.
Dear partner, During our physical annual meeting on Thursday, June 4 in Mechelen, it was particularly nice to meet many partners in person. It was an inspiring evening in which we talked extensively about the investment world we live in, the robustness of our portfolio,
We’d like to kick things off by talking about someone who is very close to our hearts. There’s been quite a bit of a stir on social media lately regarding the closure of the Aquamarine Fund, the life’s work of Guy Spier. A few misinformed
2025—what a year that was. It was the year Chess Capital transformed into a better version of itself. The year we took the relationships we’ve built over a decade and leveraged them into a renewed investment format. It all started with partners expressing doubts about
We received the photos from the recent member day organized by Rowan Nijboer. Rowan is successfully building a likable investor community here in the Netherlands. His member days are consistently guaranteed to fill the room. It was truly an honor for us to be invited
On Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 19:30 CET Joël Schols will give a lecture on Intelligent investing through valuation What to expect It was the late Charlie Munger who coined the famous phrase, “All intelligent investing is value investing.” And he was absolutely right. He
Dear partner, In our last quarterly letter, we suggested that the summer might be quite volatile, mainly because trading volumes tend to be lower due to professional parties being on holiday. Well, the opposite turned out to be true. After a weak July, August and
The term “value investing” is used all the time, and more often than not, it’s used incorrectly. When we tell you that we at Chess Capital are “value investors,” you have a right to know how we define the term. In the beginning The term
Woensdag 8 oktober 2025 Deze presentatie is uitsluitend gericht aan goed geïnformeerde investeerders die overminimaal 250.000 euro vrij belegbaar kapitaal beschikken Op woensdag 8 oktober nodigen Sam Hollanders en Joël Schols u persoonlijk uit op een investeerdersavond van Chess Capital. Na vijf jaar ervaring met
Spreekbeurt op de ledendag van Rowan Nijboer over het nieuwste boek van Luc Kroeze De jaarlijkse ledendag van Rowan Nijboer omschrijft hij zelf als ‘het leukste en meest waardevolle evenement voor beleggers’. Het is een begrip in beleggend Nederland waar al vele topsprekers de revue
Joel’s presentation for the new VFB meeting point in Bruges will focus on the Reverse DCF model. Peter De Neve, as the local contact for the “Vlaamse Federatie van Beleggers,” is working to stimulate local member activities. The Bruges meeting point has new people in
Sam Hollanders is one of the two speakers at the network even for small cap investors in The Hague. This network event will be held in English. Small Cap Meet-Up! 📅 Date: Saturday September 27th🕒 Time: 12:00 onwards📍 Venue: Luden The Hague, Plein 6-7, 2511CR The Hague💰 Cost: EUR
Sam Hollanders was the guest of Sven Vonk in the podcast De Spiegel from Investment Officer. Find out more about Sam Hollanders in this conversation (Dutch) Listen to the podcast on your favorite podcast app or on the website of Investment Officer