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stock analysis and valuation of INSM based on benjamin graham net net formula and epv. Detailed financial statement analysis provided as well.

IBM is a major component of the S&P 500, Dow Industrials and the Dividend Achievers Indexes. IBM has been consistently increasing its dividends for 13 consecutive years. From the end of 1998 up until December 2008 this dividend growth stock has delivered a zero annual average total return to its shareholders.

intrinsic value price targets of forbes 2009 best small companies. Part 2.

first 10 of the 2009 Forbes Best Small Companies. I go through all 200 to find the best potential investment. Commentary and valuations included.

Three stock ideas that are also good businesses. Find out the intrinsic value by DCF valuation and other valuation methods.

Warren Buffett is the richest investor in the world. The student of the father of value investing Ben Graham, learned how to invest money in the Graham-Newman Corp. partnership in the early 1950s. After it was closed, Buffett formed his own investment management partnership.

Several companies raised their distributions over the past week:
Despite the slow week for dividend increases, I am looking forward to a relatively busy July, since historically some well-known dividend aristocrats like Walgreen (WAG) and Stanley Works (SWK) tend to raise their dividends during the current month.

The companies I selected were representative of four high yielding sectors- real estate,energy transportation,utilities and tobacco.Despite the high yields, the dividend payments seemed sustainable enough even during the financial meltdown.The average yield on the four stocks mentioned below is 6.88%.The riskiest stock of the four seems to be Realty Income,since real estate is one of the hardest h

PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells various snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, and foods worldwide.

PepsiCo is a major component of the S&P 500, Dow Industrials and the Dividend Aristocrats Indexes. PepsiCo has been consistently increasing its dividends for 36 consecutive years.

Learn how to determine maintenance capital expenditure to get a more accurate FCF value.
JNJ, WMT and ATW used as examples.

While studies have shown that low P/E, low P/B and small-cap companies do tend to outperform the market, these anomalies are often explained away by backers of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) as being the result of high risk companies comprising a larger part of these outperforming groups.

Some people think KSWS is a value trap. I believe otherwise. As it nears its cash value, it becomes more enticing.

Responding to the negative reactions to Berkshire Hathaway's 2008 annual performance and Warren Buffett's letter to shareholders.

A call to change our behavior and mentality from reward-risk to risk-reward. Focus on risk first and minimize it as much as possible and the upside will take care of itself.

Driven by sophisticated computers, the investment markets move at light speed. what chance does a small individual investor have when trying to compete?