When a company trades at a discount to its cash/receivables/inventory/real-estate etc., it piques the interest of the value investor. But what about when a company trades at a discount to the artifacts it owns? Premier...
Read MoreWhen the cost of a commodity is well below its asking price, something is amiss. Such is the case with gold, as major producers are able to dig it out of the ground for around $500, and sell it for $1300 (and rising). This has...
Read MoreTwo parties can want to make a deal, but a third party (namely, the government) can prevent that deal from taking place. Such is the case for Advance America (AEA) provider of very short-term loans in Canada and the United...
Read MoreRecent developments in the previously discussed offer by XING to acquire Stock Idea QXM illustrates a major flaw in current corporate governance standards. XING is offering $200 million to pick up more than $265 million in...
Read MoreKen Fisher manages $35 billion in individual and institutional funds and is value-focused. His father wrote a terrific investment book discussed here, but this book is about Ken’s investment philosophy, which evolved over...
Read MoreKen Fisher manages $35 billion in individual and institutional funds and is value-focused. His father wrote a terrific investment book discussed here, but this book is about Ken’s investment philosophy, which evolved over...
Read MoreLast year, we discussed a small-cap company called Daxor (DRX) that claimed to be a medical device manufacturer. Unfortunately, it made no profits from this operation, but it did generate profits from trading securities,...
Read MoreThis article originally appeared at Cantech Letter, the online authority on Canadian Tech stocks.The global smartphone market is growing at 30%+ per year. RIM is a huge player in this industry, and the company is benefiting from...
Read MoreA net operating loss (NOL) can be carried forward to offset future income for the purposes of calculating a company’s taxes. The market doesn’t always properly recognize these assets (which are often not on company...
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