Value Investing News

I just don't like brokers but it wasn't until I had a long chat with one that I was reminded why.

While I have often been impressed with both President Obama’s speeches and candor I honestly was not a big fan of the President’s speech to Wall Street this last week. His comments, in my interpretation, amount to nothing short of bad news for all long term investors.

see so much time spent in the general media trying to predict the future, trying the estimate the velocity a company will achieve over the next ten years. This will likely come as little surprise but analysts have absolutely no idea what will happen next year with the company let alone the next ten. This is what I mean by velocity.

I usually get very excited when I see a stock that is incorrectly priced, this usually indicates a good buying opportunity. Every once in a while a stock comes along that is incorrectly priced the wrong way- namely massively overpriced. So overpriced are these stocks that I am at a complete loss to explain why any investor would buy them. Yahoo in its current state falls firmly in this bucket.

Ben Graham is the father of value investing but little is known about his life here are a few quick facts about Graham.

U.S. presidents make it a regular activity to comment on the future of the economy. The accuracy of this forecast is often poor at best, so how has Obama fared at this task thus far?

If CEOs should make a few million dollars a year or a few thousand dollars a year is not something I’ll debate here. I will however suggest that if a company you own has a highly paid CEO, and the company has shown weak performance over the last year you may want to consider selling it.

Everything in context. By looking at the history of recessions we as investors are better able understand the one we are currently in.

Warren Buffett has been very much in the public eye over the last few years. Is this a good thing for investors though?

Following insiders at companies is a great way to make great trades but which insiders are the best to follow, tune in to find out!

As a new service for readers we are now offering free stock analysis. None of that automated technical analysis you see on other sites, and no one is going to contact you about purchasing services after you submit, I am talking about straight forward free fundamental analysis.

Fannie Mae has taken a beating over the last 8 months. Is there some value left in the business for investors?

We continue or discussion of how to recognize a boring company and profit from it.

Accountants are clever individuals even though they work in a land of rules and regulations there is always flex. The more you understand about the flex the more you will be able to recognize it and learn to deal with it in your portfolio,

Many great investors like Buffett often speak of their love for boring companies. I try to answer the question what are they and how do we find them.