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Lockheed Martin Corp. is the world's largest military weapons manufacturer, and is also a significant supplier to NASA and other non-defense government agencies. LMT receives about 93% of its revenues from global defense sales. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

Most of us who managed to stay awake in our high school history class are familiar with the “guns and butter” debate that dominated American politics back in the 1960’s. It was a time when our country was mired in the upheavals of an unpopular foreign Most of us who managed to stay awake in our high school history class are familiar with the

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Boeing was included in our November Margin of Safety Equity Research portfolio due to its strong competitive advantage and large backlog.

Recently, Valueline's Greg Brewer writes about this backlog and Valueline offers a free research report for the Company. While we think the stock has approached fair value and is not longer part of the portfolio, it deserves a place on your watch list.

At some point in the future will we look back at our actions today and refer to them as our greatest missed opportunity? A successful dividend growth strategy takes time. Unfortunately, many income investors don't have the luxury of time on their side and must focus on high-yield investments to meet current expenses.

This short article is a bimonthly news update of stocks for value investors that we follow in our “Margin of Safety Portfolio.” These are stocks identified to have a durable competitive advantage and, based upon our intrinsic valuation models and fundamental analysis, are trading at a discount to intrinsic value

General Dynamics is the world's fifth largest military contractor and also one of the world's biggest makers of corporate jets. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

United Technologies Corp. portfolio includes Pratt & Whitney jet engines, Sikorsky helicopters, Otis elevators, and Carrier air conditioners, among other products. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

Lockheed Martin Corp. is the world's largest military weapons manufacturer and is also a significant supplier to NASA and other non-defense government agencies. LMT receives about 93% of its revenues from global defense sales. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.

Magic Formula Investing is a process that can be applied to any list of stocks, not just the market at large. This article shows how you can use the MFI process to find the best opportunities in a variety of scenarios.

We believe as many seasoned money managers do, that price determines return, and failing to give reasonable consideration to the price paid for any equity may leave investors paying for a Rolls Royce, but driving a Yugo.

The Forbes Top 150 Companies list ranked by Magic Formula Statistics. Which large global companies are both cheap and highly efficient with capital?

Wall Street is infatuated with EPS. If a company beats their estimates, the stock price is pushed up higher despite the fact that earnings is so easily manipulated by different accounting methods and hiding and/or delaying expenses.

Taxes also play a big role in the final EPS.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is scheduled to release its financial results for fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 before the market open on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Analysts, on average, expect the company to report earnings of $1.36 a share on revenue of $17.57 billion.