New Category Suggestions

Submitted by George on Sat, 2007-04-14 22:42.

It might be time to reexamine the categories available for story links. Value Investing News currently uses the following categories:

  • Behavioral Finance
  • Bonds
  • Commentary
  • Digest
  • Filings
  • Funds
  • Reviews
  • Stock Analysis
  • Superinvestors
  • Tools

A member recently suggested we consider adding "activism / activist investors". I think "shareholder activism" might be a better title. Do you think we should add this category? If so, what should it be called?

I also have noticed a lot of stories getting placed in "Commentary". That's a sign that we may need to add additional categories. Some categories we may want to consider adding include:

  • Basics or Education - To cover quality links to fundamental analysis and other stock analysis training and education.
  • Derivatives - We already have stocks, bonds, and funds
  • Management - finding high quality management is also important for value investing
  • Mental Models - Charlie Munger style stories
  • Mergers & Acquisitions - Cover major corporation restructuring. Could also be called just "corporate actions"
  • Mr. Market - highlighting the manic behavior of the market to point out market inefficiencies that value investors could exploit.
  • Scuttlebutt - Discussion of what others are saying about a company. Philip Fisher style stock investigation.
  • Shenanigans - Accounting tricks, excessive compensation, and other bad behavior by companies and/or their management
  • Shorts - Ideas for shorting overvalued high risk stocks
  • Special Situations

Would you like any of these categories added? Are their any categories that you think are missing? Let's get this discussion going. I welcome the feedback.

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I like really like

Submitted by Nick on Sun, 2007-04-15 22:42.

I like really like Shareholder activism, Education, M&A, and Special Situations. I do think that the other ideas would be interesting, but I think that we should probably add categories slowly.

these look good to me Mr.

Submitted by Mark Perkins on Mon, 2007-04-16 22:13.

these look good to me
Mr. Market - highlighting the manic behavior of the market to point out market inefficiencies that value investors could exploit.

Management

Thanks for the Category feedback

Submitted by George on Mon, 2007-04-16 22:31.

Thanks Nick and Mr. Wallstreet for the feedback on story link categories.

It figures that Mr. Wallstreet would like the Mr. Market category. Hehe.

I look forward to hearing from other members. Also, feel free to suggest other categories that I failed to include in my first attempt at gathering all the potentially viable story link categories.

Id add Special Situations

Submitted by random_walker on Mon, 2007-04-16 23:34.

Id add Special Situations and Shareholder Activism

Shareholder Activism category

Submitted by George on Thu, 2007-04-19 10:39.

There seems to be a strong interest in Shareholder Activism, so I think I will add that category shortly. Then as we get more interest, I start to add some of the other topics suggested.

Are there any categories that need to be removed?

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