Search for: DSCO

Stock Market Superstars: Secrets of Canada's Top Stock Pickers

book by Bob Thompson The stars Normand Lamarche (Front Street Capital), Tim McElvaine (McElvaine Investment Management), Randall Abramson (Trapeze Asset Management), Allan Jacobs (Sprott Asset Management), John Thiessen ...

personal blog entry - pelcmarek - 2008-11-04 03:16 - 0 comments

Distressed investing

I wanted to write an article about this style long time ago. I think everything began with this book. http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0471361895/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-2800275-2013557#reader-link   The king of distressed investing is Martin Whitman ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-01-10 21:22 - 0 comments

Nice links

www.shortsqueeze.com - squeeze the short sellers ! www.tilsonfunds.com - nice articles about behavioral finance,free cash flow, value investing etc. http://www.valueinvestorinsight.com/  - register for free & get last issue for ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-02-25 15:33 - 0 comments

Quest for Deep Value

The foundation for every aspiring value investor should be rooted in the works of Ben Graham and security analysis.  For without the ability to analyze financial statements, putting any sort of a value on a company's shares would be a near-impossible ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-08-30 22:36 - 0 comments

Arbitrage and Special Situations by Benjamin Graham

http://www.futuresasia.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=printpage&artid=8 There is also fairly wide group of ,,special situations,, which over many years could be counted on to bring a nice annual return ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-04-15 07:42 - 6 comments

Marc Faber Predicts a Severe Correction

Marc Faber, Mr. Gloom, Boom & Doom, is predicting : "In the next few months, we could get a severe correction in all asset markets," Faber said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in New York. "In a selling panic you shou ...

personal blog entry - Theo - 2007-11-16 12:31 - 4 comments

RRSP and Open Accounts in Canada

I wanted to comment on Theo and Adam's brief interchange on RRSPs and open accounts. Everything that follows is specific to Canada. I don't think RRSP's are very well understood and there are specific strategies that all Canadians can benefit from.  V ...

personal blog entry - Suntzu - 2007-06-23 01:08 - 11 comments

Cramer's Famous Rant

Here's the famous Jim Cramer market rant about the current credit crisis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC3YOFKTsTg Then, he responds to why he said what he said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzoYQ41Yd0Q&NR=1 This is the first vide ...

personal blog entry - Vooch - 2007-08-09 21:59 - 6 comments

New Century Financial Corp. (NEW) - nothing left for the vultures ?

Morningstar posted few weeks ago that liquidation value of NEW stocks is 12. The price of NEW is 2.96 per share right now.So is there nothing left even for the vulture investors ? I posted some examples of distressed investing be ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-03-12 09:07 - 6 comments

Shorting NASDAQ ?????

S and P 500 http://www.bullandbearwise.com/SPEarningsChart.asp Sectors http://usmarket.seekingalpha.com/article/31715 Can anyone post a chart of historical P/E ratio for NASDAQ composite index ? I cant find it. Thank you.  ...

personal blog entry - GordonGekko - 2007-05-07 11:58 - 1 comment

Do NOT Be Fooled by This Fake Bullish Move (Today, or possibly Wednesday[Future])

We all thought Fed Funds Rate would drop 25 basis points. Instead, The Fed dropped it 50 basis points. What does this mean? (1) It means... The Fed does not care about Inflation. I've seen a fair share of Inflation-Conspriracy videos/books to ...

personal blog entry - Vooch - 2007-09-19 02:42 - 4 comments