Value Investing News

There are income investors and Dividend Growth investors. While the distinction is rather simple, it slips past many casual observers. Income investors are investing for maximum current income, while dividend growth investors are looking to maximize income over an extended period of time — usually sacrificing current income for potential greater future earnings.

CSG Systems is a provider of outsourced billing and customer management services for North American cable and satellite companies. The recent acquisition of Intec billing gives the firm a wider industry and geographic customer base.

Continuation of notes from famed value investor Glenn Greenberg at Columbia. Greenberg talks about how to find winning companies that can deliver returns of 15%.

Geoff Gannon goes through Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 13F and separates Lou Simpson's GEICO portfolio from Warren Buffett's own buys and sells. This article lists the 22 stocks in GEICO's portfolio and the amount allocated to each.

Bud Labitan is a fellow value investor and the author of Valuations – 30 Intrinsic Value Estimations in the Style of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. I recently met with him on the campus of Purdue University Calumet at the School of Management.

Ben: Interesting. What moved you to finally put one together?
Bud Labitan: As a book, "Valuations" came about in my mind after I had posted a few example valuations at seekingalpha.com. I wanted a book that showed cases on how to sensibly value a business.

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

Fairholme's Q4 portfolio has been filed. New or increased positions include C, BNI, CIT, CMCSK, RF, CMCSA, MI, BRKa, ACF, HUM, WLP, HTZ, SPR, FUR, RRR, JOE, and LUK.