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Saturday, 30 November 2013

Definition of 'Margin Of Safety'

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Definition of 'Margin Of Safety' A principle of investing in which an investor only purchases securities when the market price is ...

Margin of safety

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Margin of safety (safety margin) is the difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price. Another definition: In Bre...
Monday, 25 November 2013

How Emotional Intelligence Can Improve Decision-Making

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The secret to making smarter decisions that aren't swayed by your current emotions -- particularly when your emotions are unrelated t...
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Thursday, 21 November 2013

Malaysian Airline System (MAS)

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No of ordinary shares  16,710.8 million Market price of MAS RM 0.315 (21.11.2013) Market capitalization 5,263.9 m 18.11....
Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Only rich at risk from London’s bubble

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Only rich at risk from London’s bubble Oct 7, 2013 : UK housing bubble fears have been exacerbated by Help to Buy. But Ed Hammond, propert...

The unfortunate truth about investing

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1. Saying "I'll be greedy when others are fearful" is much easier than actually doing it. 2. The gulf between a great compan...
Monday, 18 November 2013

Buffett's Investing Wisdom - The Best Holding Period

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When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever . -- Warren Buffett Wh...

Buffett's Investing Wisdom - Buy Wonderful Companies

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It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. – Warren Buffett Interestingly enoug...

Buffett's Investing Wisdom - Who's Swimming Naked?

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You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. – Warren Buffett Unwise business plans can often lead to huge profits… ov...

Warren Buffett's Greatest Wisdom

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According to Forbes' latest list of worldwide billionaires, Warren Buffett is worth more than $50 billion. The octogenarian’s massive ...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

'Being human" costs the average investor around 3 - 4% in return every year.

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The cost of being human When it comes to investing, human nature doesn’t help. Our innate need for emotional comfort is estimated to co...

Hesitation can cost you dearly. The average investor foregoes 4–5% in returns each year by leaving their wealth in cash.

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Hesitation can cost you dearly The average investor foregoes 4–5% in returns* each year by leaving their wealth in cash rather than inves...
Saturday, 16 November 2013

Will You, Won't You? Staying out of the markets is a costly way of reducing investor anxiety.

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For some investors the idea of getting involved in the markets at all is uncomfortable.  This investor anxiety is quite common in those peop...

Recency Bias or the Party Effect

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Overview The Party Effect or Recency Bias is where stock market participants evaluate their portfolio performance based on recent results ...

The investment mistakes caused by framing

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Behavioural finance: The investment mistakes caused by framing In this post on behavioural investing, we'll look at the dramatic ...
Friday, 15 November 2013

Availability Bias

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AVAILABILITY BIAS The next cognitive illusion is known as availability bias. When confronted with a decision, humans’ thinking is influ...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013

The seven simple habits of the best investors

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While bad habits get all the press, it's really their beneficial flip side we should focus on. Good habits are like super powers that p...
Monday, 11 November 2013

Investment is most intelligent when it is most business-like. One must have the means, the judgement and the courage to take advantage of it. Excitement is guaranteed.

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Sunday, 10 November 2013

Legg Mason’s Miller fades away. Onetime superstar manager leaves a tarnished legacy

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Nov. 17, 2011 By MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The forthcoming retirement of legendary mutual fund manager Bill Miller will stop t...
Saturday, 9 November 2013

Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)

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Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 book by Nobel Memorial Prize winner in Economics Daniel Kahneman which summarizes research that he conduct...