Value Investing News

Longleaf's Q2 portfolio has been filed. New or increased positions include FAF, DEO, DTV, AOC, DIS, CX, CHK, PHG, FDX, DISCK, BRKa, TWTC, WSH, MKL, FFH, ECA, WEN, and WPO

The Ultimate DRIP-folio; an interactive exercise for investors to help develop a diversified portfolio of stocks that have eligible DRIPs. This portfolio should be the standard among all investors interested in constructing a portfolio that takes advantage of DRIPs and compounding returns over the long-term.

Marty Whitman, the octogenarian dean of deep-value investing, sees great bargains to be snapped up from the current stock market meltdown. "It's a great time," enthused the 83-year-old founder of New York-based Third Avenue Management LLC before speaking yesterday at a conference organized by AIC Ltd.

Charles Maxwell, Senior Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co. correctly predicted the recent oil price spike and he sees an eventual move to around $300 a barrel. He shares his comments on what this might mean.

Ever since the broad market indexes entered into bear market territory and the dollar stopped falling against most of the major currencies, I have been checking the international dividend achievers list for bargains. I came up with the following dividend stocks list, using the followoing screen criteria:

China needs to diversify out the diving dollar and gain greater control of energy reserves - and Latin America serves both purposes best…

Encana has a large domestic base of resources, 19 million acres of undeveloped land in NA, an important strategic resource in the Alberta Oil Sands, a partnership with ConocoPhillips, a P/E of 15, a 1.2% dividend yield and some great growth prospects... What do you think of Encana?