Each week I track which stocks are moving in and out of the top 30 from the Magic Formula Screen. This screen in ran for companies with a minimum market cap of 50.Here are the moves for the week ended 12-13-09 on the top 30 list. Top 30/50 Million: In: Dyadic International, Inc. (DYAI.PK) Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. [...]
Continue reading...8. November 2009
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”- George Santayana With the market’s run up from its March lows, I have become a bit nervous about where the market is headed. You have to be. While the upside is nice, the downside is equally as brutal. The really bad part about today’s market [...]
Continue reading...3. November 2009
Warren Buffett Burlington-Northern I can’t say I saw this coming, but it doesn’t surprise me. I looked into Burlington-Northern a couple of times but I never able to convince myself to buy a great company at a fair price. I figured the stock was worth $100, but with the market decline, I also figured better bargains [...]
Continue reading...28. October 2009
While I don’t consider myself the biggest Charlie Munger in the world, you HAVE to respect what this man says and thinks. Munger is full of wisdom and is very much as quotable as his long time business partner Warren Buffett. 5 Charlie Munger Quotes Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible [...]
Continue reading...26. October 2009
BBC’s Evan Davis conducted a great interview with Warren Buffett. I thought it was an entertaining interview in which multiple subjects were covered such as investing, taxes, crisis , derivatives, etc.. For most Warren Buffett there will not be something completely new here. Although, I found his comments about how people are losing their jobs [...]
Continue reading...19. October 2009
On the day that Joel Greenblatt officially launched Formula Investing, he appeared on CNBC to talk about magic formula investing strategy.
Continue reading...19. October 2009
Welcome to the October 19, 2009 edition of festival of stocks. It is my pleasure to hold this festival and judging from the e-mails I received throughout the week, it looks like a good one. Tom Drake presents Two Lessons Learnt From Warren Buffet’s Interview | The Canadian Finance Blog posted at The Canadian Finance Blog, [...]
Continue reading...17. October 2009
While Columbia Business School might be several thousand miles away from Los Angeles, it might not be too hard getting a Joel Greenblatt education from the comfort of one’s home. I found Joel Greenblatt’s Fall 2009 course syllabus online. I have a couple of these books already, it might be a good time to wipe [...]
Continue reading...14. October 2009
I have been spending a bit more time on the self improvement front and one of the individuals I like to read about is none other than the Wizard of Westwood John Wooden. Coach John Wooden led UCLA to an outstanding 10 titles in 12 years. Along the way he had some superstars, but he [...]
Continue reading...11. October 2009
Each week I track which stocks are moving in and out of the top 30 from the Magic Formula Screen. This screen in ran for companies with a minimum market cap of 50.Here are the moves for the week ended 10-11-09 on the top 30 list. Top 30/50 Million: In: Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) Deluxe Corporation (DLX) Oncothyreon Inc. [...]
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13. December 2009
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