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105th Edition of the Festival of Stocks

(via www.fatpitchfinancials.com)

A roundup of last week's stock related blog posts.

Special Situations Real Money Portfolio August 2008 Update

(via www.fatpitchfinancials.com)

The Fat Pitch Financials Special Situations Real Money Portfolio has a homerun month in August. The portfolio jumped from the negative territory for the year to being up 8.8%. The article includes details on returns from two separate split-offs and the completion of a tender offer. The compound annual growth rate since inception four years ago is now back up to 23.7%!

Defensive Stock List

(via moderngraham.com)

A list of 45 stocks that pass the requirements of the Defensive Investor as detailed in Benjamin Graham's book, The Intelligent Investor.