In the past 30 years ending in 2008, Berkshire Hathaway has given an annualized return of over 23 percent per year. This is twice the rate of return you would have earned with the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 index. Obviously, Warren Buffett’s performance is incredible. In terms of dollar amounts, if [...]
Greece is in a bad state, there is no doubt about it. When a country builds up a billion dollars in debt (some estimates are 30% of GDP) and shows no mechanism to repay there is little good that can be said about the circumstance. Without the continued assistance of an EU German backed bailout [...]
February 6th, 2010 value investor A recent mass layoff at my company has given me a fresh perspective on layoffs. Normally, as an investor, we see layoffs as a courageous way to drive profits forward by shaking off some areas of weakness. I have personally invested in companies shortly after a mass layoff if I [...]
June 10th, 2010 value investor I always have a running list of great companies I would buy if they were priced a whole lot differently- my wish list you might say. Being value investors we all spend a lot of time trying to differentiate between garbage and gold. Usually when I am looking at a [...]
The gold market is undergoing radical change, with investment trends in Europe and the U.S. taking the lead from the traditional market—jewelry in India. While Indian jewelry is still the world’s biggest consumer of gold, the market seems more diverse now. The exchange-traded fund SPDR® Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) has become the biggest market mover, [...]
Best practices for managing projects in agile environments—now updated with new techniques for larger projects Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. [...]
February 27th, 2010 value investor if you could only have four ratios to evaluate a company what would they be? This is a fun question that is popular in investing circles. For a laugh I’ll take my shot at it, what would you pick? Current Assets / Current Liabilities This ratio keeps track of the [...]
March 8th, 2011 value investor After a hiatus it is time to start posting again. We are going to be retooling, and setting a new direction for the site. This site is going to get away from posting stock analysis, there are loads of other sites that do this quite well. Instead we are going [...]
June 11th, 2010 value investor It is very difficult to get a true gauge of the economy, the media is full of pundits and economists who create a dizzying amount of idle speculation. Getting down to brass tax is critical. When evaluating a business as a potential investment I often find myself in similar circumstances- [...]
March 8th, 2010 value investor I am a big fan of companies that make it a regular habit of dialing up a dividend. This is why I have been such a proponent of the dividend aristocrat group. Nothing perturbs me more though than to buy into a 2% dividend stock that I believe will crank [...]