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Inspired by the Walter Schloss: 16 Golden Rules For Investing, I thought i would share my little collection that I have found over the past 2 years or so. A hat tip goes out to Mr. Market Blog for compiling all this great information.  Every once in a while I like to  read these documents [...]

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 [...]

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 10-24-09 on the top 30 list.
Top 30/50 Million:
In:

China Education Alliance, Inc. (CEU)
I2 Technologies, Inc. (ITWO)
Lorillard, [...]

On the same day that Joel Greenblatt appeared on CNBC, he also appeared on Bloomberg. I took some quick notes on the video. I found the Bloomberg video a bit more informative as he actually talked about stocks and sectors, whereas his appearance on CNBC he was questioned more on the magic formula investing strategy.
Notes [...]

On the day that Joel Greenblatt officially launched Formula Investing, he appeared on CNBC to talk about magic formula investing strategy.

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, [...]

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:

Amedisys, Inc. (AMED)
Argan, Inc. (AGX)
DivX, Inc. (DIVX)

Out:

China Education [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]