Author: Saj Karsan

A few weeks ago, potential sources of stock ideas were discussed on this site. The post made reference to contrarian indicators that signal that a stock is hated; this hatred can result in a low price, which value investors...

As recently as three or four decades ago, companies in the US were wary of buying back their own shares because this could be considered illegal price manipulation. In 1982, the SEC enacted a rule that gives companies...

One of the problems with small-cap investing is that the financial reports come out much later than they do for large-caps. Auditors will first spend time on the large companies which pay the large fees, and small-caps...

Warren Buffett chose Alice Schroeder to be his biographer, granting her access to his personal life like no outsider has ever been granted. In The Snowball, she is rather frank and is not always complimentary of the investing...

Warren Buffett chose Alice Schroeder to be his biographer, granting her access to his personal life like no outsider has ever been granted. In The Snowball, she is rather frank and is not always complimentary of the investing...

Frank and I discuss a few stories from around the web that caught our interest. Let us know what you think!Frank: Saw this neat video on gold the other day.Saj: I love how it’s both a deflation and inflation hedge....

When estimating a company’s earning power, it’s important to look at its annual earnings over the past business cycle, rather than assume that its current earnings are representative of future earnings. In Security...

This isn’t a contest, this is what the market is offering you! Phoenix Footwear Group (PXG) wants to go private. In so doing, it needs to shed some shareholders. As such, it plans to conduct a 1-for-200 reverse-split,...

As a retailer of consumer electronics, Best Buy receives a disproportionate amount of income in the quarter which covers the December period. Consider the following graph, which depicts Best Buy’s earnings by quarter and...