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The final page in our series on Graham’s investment theory is dedicated to dividends. I saved the best, and most contentious for last. Investors love to split themselves into groups- technical analysts, fundamental...

I enjoyed this so much I thought I would share it. Clipped from a Fortune Magazine Blog earlier:Warren Buffett emailed this note to the directors of his company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Tuesday after he heard that the U.S....

Every day I pull a list of the insider traders then I shorten the list to be only buys done by roles that have a proven track record (see my previous post for a little on this). Finally I run an evaluation of the companies based...

Insider trading is the practice of purchasing shares in your own company. In accordance with the Security and Exchange Commission the purchaser must file within a few days of the transaction. Filings can be found on the...

There is on old phrase, people sell stock for all sorts of reasons, but only buy them for one reason.I am a follower of insider trading, there is just too many companies to look at out there, insider trading can help raise a...

The ratios we have looked at so far tend to be a snapshot of the current condition of the company and don’t really explore a company’s history. Graham didn’t believe in investing in the next hot company, he was...

Current ratio is an important one; it shows us how the company will survive in the short term. As I mentioned earlier there are reasons why the company is currently cheap our job is to figure out why and also to build in a...

If you made it through price to earnings ratio, price to book ratio will be a piece of cake.What is it?Market Price per ShareBPS otherwise known as (Book Value / Total number of Shares outstanding)What does it tell us?We looked...

Book Value is a pretty easy one as compared to Price to Earnings. So let’s get into it we will need it for other calculations.What is it? (Total Assets – Intangible Assets (Goodwill) – Total Liabilities)What...

To follow up our Graham intro we will investigate Graham’s first insurance technique of buying on the cheap. Graham used a number of ratios to determine if a company is cheap. The first ratio we need to look at is the...