Author: Saj Karsan

Value investors tend to favour quantitative over qualitative factors when evaluating stocks. Nevertheless, it is absolutely imperative that investors go beyond the quarterly reports in evaluating a company’s prospects. In...

Sometimes a company is so cheap, that a value investor can make a significant amount on it even when its management pursues strategies which are “anti-value”. Consider shares of Imation, a company that has been...

While most stocks are rising in this heated market, there are still a few names that investors are kicking to the curb in favour of the hot numbers. Following the company’s earnings release last week, shares of ADDvantage...

In the year 2000, while many market pundits expected the market to rise continuously upward, Robert Shiller warned about the stock market bubble, though not that many paid attention. While most were blinded by optimism, Shiller...

In the year 2000, while many market pundits expected the market to rise continuously upward, Robert Shiller warned about the stock market bubble, though not that many paid attention. While most were blinded by optimism, Shiller...

Companies with lower risk can afford to take on more debt than the average company, as their low-risk nature allows them to service debt even when the going gets tough. In the finance industry, the term “low-risk” in...

Yesterday, I was all set to buy shares of Urbana Corporation. Unfortunately for me, the stock rose some 40%, and I was too late getting in there. It would have been an incredible rate of return had I just been ready to buy it...

We’ve focused a lot on hidden liabilities on this blog, because they are important. Company liabilities that don’t show up on the balance sheet (such as operating leases and outstanding stock options) must be...

Why do companies extend buyback authorizations when they haven’t yet completed buybacks under previous authorizations? For example, last week GameStop announced that it was increasing its buyback authorization to $500...

M&F Worldwide (MFW) trades for just $466 million despite earnings over the last twelve months of $96 million, for a P/E of just 5. Furthermore, M&F’s earnings understate its cash flow, as the company amortizes a...