This discussion demonstrates some of the issues involved with "value investing". As prior posters have mentioned, proper sizing is important, along with properly discounting management that may have a history of not always acting in the best interests of minority shareholders and/or failing to unlock value. Personally, I own shares of Fairfax India but few enough shares that capital allocation by management or the timing of an IPO is not terribly important. For me, there are times when parking money in these types of investments is superior to riskier investments where there is a significant opportunity for loss and capital impairment.