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Tuesday, 30 October 2018

The 5 steps of the Fat-Pitch Strategy

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The fat-pitch strategy is based on a baseball analogy. Instead of watching borderline pitches go by, batters often swing away because the...

Why Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway May Be a Bargain

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Why Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway May Be a Bargain By Mark Kolakowski October 1, 2018 Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) h...

Warren Buffett: Volatility in the Market

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Market Volatility What should you do? If you own a farm or an apartment, you do not get a quote on them every day or every week. T...
Thursday, 25 October 2018

Billionaire Ray Dalio: Don't take on debt until you've asked yourself this question

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Thu, 25 Oct 2018 Many young people are deep in debt: Millennials between the ages of 25 and 34 have an average of $42,000 of debt per pe...
Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Gabelli's Approach (GAPIC Approach)

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What makes a great value investor? 1.  Patience Buying a piece of business. What is a business worth? Mario Gabelli's approach...
Friday, 19 October 2018

Definition of a Stock Bubble

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Definition of a stock bubble A bubble occurs in a stock when: 1.  Implausible assumptions are applied to justify its present price usi...
Friday, 12 October 2018

Gerald Loeb: Timeless Trend Following Wisdom

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Gerald Loeb: Timeless Trend Following Advice Gerald Loeb (July 1899 – April 13, 1974) was a founding partner of E.F. Hutton & Co., ...
Friday, 5 October 2018

Which is Better: Dollars in the Hand or "in the Bush"?

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Professional investment managers strongly favour corporations which can plow back a high percentage of earnings into growing their business...

If pricing is right, one leading stock is all that is necessary to buy.

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If pricing# is right, one stock - the leader if it can be recognized - is all that is necessary to buy. Or perhaps, two or three stocks o...

If one is trading for rapid profits .....

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If one is trading for rapid profits, one must concentrate in those stocks that will give one the action one seeks. Safety in the trading ...

"High Priced" versus "Low Priced" stocks

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High Priced stocks may be undervalued Frequently the highest per share prices represent the lowest total valuation for a company when pri...
Thursday, 4 October 2018

Always write down the reasons, pro and con, before making a purchase or a sale

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Tip to the Investors:  Always Write it Down Writing down your reasons for making an investment should save you in your investing. What ...

Careful Investors look for Signs of Quality Management

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One of the main factors determining the success of a corporation is the competence of management. Buy into companies with "good mana...
Wednesday, 3 October 2018

"Come Back" Fallacy

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One quote often mentioned on many occasions is that "Stocks recover if held long enough." The stock market is full of examples ...

"To buy low and sell high." Keep 2 important things in mind.

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One common stock market "fallacy" is the way to make the most profit is "to buy low and sell high." It is a beautiful...

How "safe is your money? Think about money from the standpoint of what you think it will buy now and later.

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"Money is (always) safe" Money is only good for what it will buy. Its purchasing power has been decreasing steadily over the...

Switching Capital: Replace 10% of your diversified investments annually

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These are three grim factors that can damage your investment performance: the  wrong industry,  a  weak management  and  over-market p...
Tuesday, 2 October 2018

The intelligent and safe way to handle capital is to concentrate.

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Diversification The beginner in investing needs diversification until he learns the ropes. Diversification is an admission of not knowi...

Greatest Care must be taken in Buying Convertible Bonds

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Some common popular bonds in the market in recent years are the convertible issues and  bonds with warrants to buy stock attached. ...

An Ever-Liquid Account (Concept)

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An Ever-Liquid Account In its operation, an ever-liquid account is normally kept fully un-invested; i.e., in cash or equivalent only. ...