Author: Saj Karsan

One year ago, OfficeMax (OMX) reported quarterly operating income of $41 million, resulting in a market cap of around $1.5 billion. This year’s third quarter was remarkably similar, with the office supplies distributor...

On this site, countless examples have been discussed where company obligations that aren’t on the balance sheet must be uncovered and included in order to achieve an accurate valuation. But on rare occasions, the exact...

Wage disparity between executives and workers has been on the increase for several decades. In 1982, the average CEO of large US firms made 42 times the wage of the average worker. By 2001, that number increased to a staggering...

Shares of small-cap Champion Industries (CHMP) are dropping fast. The stock is down more than 60% from its April high and as a result it trades for a P/E of just over 3. Champion operates in three distinct industries: printing...

Shares of Best Buy (BBY) fell more than 15% yesterday after the company reported its 3rd quarter results. It’s pretty strange that a company can lose so much of its value on the basis of one quarter, as the company came up...

The market has recently had a number of both euphoric “up” days and pessimistic “down” days, as strong volatility has persisted over the last few months. Whether the market has risen or fallen, however,...

There is evidence to believe that insiders do beat the market. But how does one find out what insiders are up to? That’s what this post is about. The quick and easy way is to use an aggregator like Yahoo! Finance or...