Archive for November, 2009

  • Value Investing Still Wins
    , November 19th, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Here’s an update to some research I’ve shown before. The data comes off Professor Ken French’s data library. This shows stock market performance ranked by [...]

  • Study: The More Successful a Company Becomes, the More Likely It Is That It Will Break the Law
    , November 18th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    Can’t say that I’m surprised: The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to [...]

  • Stock of the Year: Ford Motor
    , November 18th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    I’m being a bit premature, but I’m going to called Ford Motor (F) my 2009 Stock of the Year. Think of what this stock has [...]

  • The Florida Land Boom of the 1920s
    , November 18th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Joe Weisenthal lists a number of the most amazing bubbles in history. I’ll add one more to the list — the great Florida real estate [...]

  • Top Stocks of the Decade
    , November 18th, 2009 at 8:57 am

    GMCR…………..Green Mountain Coffee Roasters………….7,895.4% HANS……………Hansen Natural………………………………….6,504.1% BYI……………….Bally Technologies……………………………..6,394.2% SWN…………….Southwestern Energy………………………….5,108.4% CLH………………Clean Harbors……………………………………4,456.0% DECK……………Deckers Outdoor………………………………..3,669.5% AMED……………Amedisys………………………………………….3,669.2% TNH……………..Terra Nitrogen…………………………………….3,611.5% BOOM…………..Dynamic Materials………………………………3,519.4% QSII……………..Quality Systems………………………………….3,497.2% JOSB…………….Jos. A. Bank Clothiers………………………….3,419.5% [...]

  • Goldman Sachs Apologizes
    , November 18th, 2009 at 8:32 am

    How exactly do you apologize for being smarter than everyone else? A little more than a week after Goldman’s chairman and chief executive drew fire [...]

  • Seaboard Corp. (SEB)
    , November 17th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    I like finding oddball stocks that few people know about or bother following. One of the great things about investing is that little-known stocks can [...]

  • Oh Charlie!
    , November 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    (Via TBI)

  • The Barofsky Report
    , November 17th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Neil Barofsky’s report is out today and it says that the government gave away too much when AIG went under. I can’t say I’m surprised [...]

  • Was Belichick Right to Go for it?
    , November 17th, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Brian Burke says yes: A punt from the 28 typically nets 38 yards, starting the Colts at their own 34. Teams historically get the TD [...]

  • What Do You Think?
    , November 16th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    Check out this chart. Do you think it’s forming a bottom? Could be. I honestly can’t say. So what’s the stock?

  • Buy List +42% YTD
    , November 16th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    Thanks to big gains from stocks like Joe Banks (JOSB) and Nicholas Financial (NICK), our Buy List made a new high for the year (up [...]

  • Guess How Much Money GM Lost…
    , November 16th, 2009 at 11:20 am

    Between January 2005 and its Chapter 11 filing on June 1? Answer = $88 billion.

  • S&P 500 = 1,100
    , November 16th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    The Suckers Rally continues to be very kind to our Buy List. We’re now up over 40% for the year. FactSet (FDS), Donaldson (DCI), Danaher [...]

  • S&P 500 = 1,100
    , November 16th, 2009 at 10:59 am

    The Suckers Rally continues to be very kind to our Buy List. We’re now up over 40% for the year. FactSet (FDS), Donaldson (DCI), Danaher [...]

  • Your Handy Guide to Wall Street Conspiracies
    , November 16th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Gary Weiss provides a nice overview of the various conspiracy theories floating around Wall Street. The Giant Vampire Squid won’t be pleased.

  • Atlas Yawned
    , November 16th, 2009 at 9:50 am

    Barry Ritholtz notes the reemergence of Ayn Rand. This is one of those phenomena, like orange soda, that I will never understand. Barry rightly calls [...]

  • The Gladwell Bubble Bursts
    , November 16th, 2009 at 9:27 am

    Over the weekend, Harvard psychology professor, Steven Pinker, reviewed Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, What the Dog Saw, for the New York Times. Pinker writes: An eclectic [...]

  • Don't Tell Dennis Kneale
    , November 15th, 2009 at 12:58 am

    The Onion: CNBC Cameraman Can’t Believe He’s Filming Another Blog Off A Computer Monitor

  • Don’t Tell Dennis Kneale
    , November 15th, 2009 at 12:58 am

    The Onion: CNBC Cameraman Can’t Believe He’s Filming Another Blog Off A Computer Monitor