Value Investing News

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.

Thoughts on Boeing's future earnings.

When the economy and the market starts heading south, many investors start buying Dividend Stocks. They have long been considered a defensive position in turbulent times. Given many investors recent defensive stance, one might ask how about some real defense stocks, as in the Aerospace and Defense?

Quick, who is the world’s largest exporter? China? Japan? Would you be shocked to learn it is the U.S.? Contrary to the “Made in China” stamps on clothing labels in Wal-Mart (WMT) and on the bottom of McDonald’s (MCD) Happy Meal toys, the U.S. still leads the world in exports.

 OID interviews value investors Bruce Berkowitz and Charlie Fernandez of Fairholme Funds.

Fairholme Fund's Bruce Berkowitz latest holdings.

Even the best fund managers lost money last year, but they stay focused on strategies that put them on top. The article discusses the struggles of Mason Hawkins and Staley Cates at Longleaf Partners and Bruce Berkowitz at Fairholme in this tough market.

My name is Dobromir Stoyanov. I have two years of professional accounting experience at Sprint-Nextel, Cedar Fair and Kraft Foods. I have also gained management experience at Sungard, while pursuing my Bachelor's Degree at Truman State University.

Compound interest is what occurs when interest previously earned is added to the principle and is considered when calculating future interest - i.e. earning interest on interest. So, what's more powerful than compound interest? Compound dividends! Compound dividends are like compound interest on steroids - you are not only earning on reinvested dividends, but the dividend rate is increasing.

Digging into the portfolios of Berkowitz's Fairholme, Rodriguez's FPA and Mohnish Pabrai.

It's that time of year, and some of our favorite managers have just released their 13fs:

In a down market, dividend paying stocks can provide hefty yields in addition to stock price appreciation. Here are the most attractive dividend payers in the Magic Formula Investing screen today.

Lynn Carpenter says pension fund deficits could be a major threat to dividend payments. Legislation forces companies to keep private pension plans well funded, meaning some will have to raise large sums of cash at short notice. Lynn picks 9 firms that could soon be forced into making big dividend cuts.

This article look back at how Tom Au, author of A Modern Approach to Graham & Dodd Investing, made some great predictions in 2007 on the Dow stocks.