"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." says Buffett. Valuing a business is, therefore, a fundamental skill that every value investor must master to be able to discern the intrinsic value of a business from publicly available information.

A brief summary of an investors continued purchases of Canadian rail companies with strong long-term fundamentals

Liquor Stores Income Fund (TSE:LIQ.UN) is a business trust which as of June 30th, 2008, operates 204 liquor stores in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.

Traditionally thought of as a safe-haven during periods of high inflation or market uncertainly, this shiny yellow metal has been moving by over $100 per ounce on some recent days. But there's more to the story than just the recent market panics.

Last week there was a huge cooperative among the world’s central banks to cut interest rates. Central Banks in the US, UK, Sweden, Eurozone, Switzerland, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong all got involved.

Global health care company and perennial dividend grower, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced yesterday that they grew their third quarter earnings by 10.4% over 2007. Sales were up across the board and were largely driven by international efforts. Generic drugs are having a negative impact on J&J's pharmaceutical business. Johnson managed to grow consumer sales by 13% driven primarily be U.S.

As the stock market goes, so goes the euro against the US dollar. Can it be that simple? Short answer is yes. Risk aversion right now is dollar positive. And falling stocks are the best general definer of a risk adverse environment.

Right now, the markets (specifically equity markets) are a point of capitulation where many traders, investors and general public are trying hard to make sense of the events at hand...

This isn't some self-help rubbish list that's meant to inspire. This is a down and dirty, harsh and truthful list of tips that will make you a better forex trader.

Last week Washington Mutual (WM) basically declared bankruptcy, resulting in shareholders losing their entire investments. A day before the bank went down, here's what analyst recommendations looked like:

What this historic time for U.S. markets means for the rest of the world…

When chaos rules, invest in chaos” says The Sovereign Society’s investment director Eric Roseman. Eric’s chaos portfolio is thriving in the current market volatility. And he says anyone can make huge gains in the coming stock-market rally by applying a simple-to-follow strategy.

Last week, we published an article by Mark Nestmann about the extraordinary powers the US president has at his disposal if he declares a national economic emergency. Mark has now put together a six-point strategy to help you legally protect your assets in this crisis scenario.

This is the 4th put sale by Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) Warren Buffett in Burlington Northern (BNI) in a week.

BBT is a dividend aristocrat as well as a component of the S&P 500 index. It has been increasing its dividends for the past 37 consecutive years. From the end of 1999 up until September 2008 this dividend stock has delivered an annual average total return of 3.60 % to its shareholders. The stock has gained about 12% so far in 2008.