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Interesting Links

March 11th, 2010 value investor For your reading pleasure a few interesting articles from around the globe about dividends, stocks, the market and other just plain interesting finance or economic oriented articles- enjoy! Similar Posts:

Microsoft Pirates Arrr

I had a fellow investor tell me one day that they would never buy shares in Microsoft (MSFT) as their software is so widely pirated. I’m not a big fan of Microsoft stock but I’ve heard that reason given before and it is just silly- let me tell you how it works. Microsoft widely subsidizes [...]

Interesting Links

March 11th, 2010 value investor For your reading pleasure a few interesting articles from around the globe about dividends, stocks, the market and other just plain interesting finance or economic oriented articles- enjoy! Similar Posts:

Buffett Gets a Bullseye

March 2nd, 2010 value investor I have written about the benefits of boring businesses in previous posts. I thought Buffett summarized some of the arguments quite well in his latest letter to shareholders: “Charlie and I avoid businesses whose futures we can’t evaluate, no matter how exciting their products may be. In the past, it [...]

Investing in Bp after the Oil Spill

June 11th, 2010 value investor I bought BP shares this past month. In some ways the decision was dead easy, in other ways I must admit that I am still questioning my choice- but not for the regular reasons. Let me explain to you first why it was an easy decision (my rational side) and [...]

Check your Sources

February 2nd, 2010 value investor It has become formulaic that when a movie comes out one of the advertisements will feature reviewers comments like “riveting”, or “one of the must see movies of the year” and of course my favorite “an instant classic”. The point, obviously, of these reviews is to convince you, based on [...]

Interesting Reading Links

March 6th, 2010 value investor For your weekend reading pleasure a few interesting articles from around the globe about dividends, stocks, the market and other just plain interesting finance or economic oriented articles. Similar Posts:

Dell- a Dud

Before any investment in a company I try to do business as a consumer with that company. Balance sheets can only tell you so much about the “true” story of a business. When the option came up to buy a new laptop for my wife I thought, Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) stock has been interesting to me [...]

Running a Household Like a Small Business

March 10th, 2011 value investor It sounds cold but really running a house is just like running a business. You probably know that, but do you generate an income statement, balance sheet, and a statement of cash flow? I don’t, but you know what, I should so I am going to start. Personal finance and [...]

Learning to Invest- Reading Buffett’s Letters

April 12th, 2010 value investor Taking the time to read the time to read Buffett’s letters to shareholders is, in my opinion, the best investment of a few hours a young investor could possibly make. It provides the unusual opportunity get behind the scenes and get a look at the some of the thinking that [...]