Student Loans – Borrow Responsibly

September 29, 2012

Student Loans – Borrow Responsibly While college can be a very expensive venture, it’s hard to get anywhere without a degree. If you want to make more than a mediocre income for the rest of your life, going to college is probably your best bet. However, affording a college education can be nearly impossible. While there are [...]

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Technology will shine again, and I will be increasing my positions on this sector

September 29, 2012

Historically, technology has outperformed other sectors on the stock market, but that has not been the case lately, all time winners have been lagging behind the rest of the market, and flagship stocks such as Microsoft or Dell have going sideways or declining over the past ten years. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, technology stocks [...]

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Olympic performance of my portfolio in 2012

August 10, 2012

My Covestor portfolio was launched on January 19, 2012. Since then the portfolio is up 13.4%, while the S&P 500 is only up 7.2%. Thanks to this strong performance my portfolio is currently ranked #2 in the value category / performance vs. S&P 500. A few of of my recent acquisitions have performed exceptionally well: [...]

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How to get out of debt before becoming an investor?

July 28, 2012

As per the recent statistics regarding the consumer debt, it has been found that common Americans have as much as $15,950 as credit card debt. The rate of interest applied to these debts can range between 15-19%. Amongst these people, there are some who choose to be a full-time investor or would like to invest [...]

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Green Mountain Coffee GMCR, further proof of how irrational the markets can be

July 13, 2012

In October 19, 2011 David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital made a presentation at the Value Investing Congress about Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). At the presentation he explained why Green Mountain Coffee was worth far less than what it was trading for ($68.09 at the time) David Einhorn was made famous by his very public battles with [...]

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World’s Simplest Stock Valuation Measures

June 30, 2012

If you are tempted to make a quick investment on a company you haven’t researched deeply, please at least run these two quick valuations. They will help you to see very quickly if you are sitting in front of a good opportunity or a potential loss. I never recommend investing just by running these two [...]

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Fairholme Capital Management

June 30, 2012

Fairholme Capital Management | www.fairholmefunds.com Founded and managed by Bruce Berkowitz, Fairholme Capital Management is manger of the Fairholm Fund, a mutual fund that seeks long-term growth of its shareholders’ capital by investing in equity securities of public companies and by constructing a portfolio with relatively few holdings (usually around 25). Berkowitz was awarded “Domestic-Stock Fund Manager [...]

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Weitz Funds

June 30, 2012

Weitz Funds | www.weitzfunds.com In 1983, Wally Weitz invested $11 million for his first clients with a common-sense formula: own a group of strong businesses with deeply discounted stock prices. Weitz Funds has grown since then, but that philosophy – built on Wally’s market instinct and belief in value investing – has stayed the same. Weitz’s approach combines [...]

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Berkshire Hathaway

June 30, 2012

Berkshire Hathaway | www.berkshirehathaway.com Berkshire Hathaway is a publicly traded holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities. The company Chairman and CEO is Warren Buffett, one of the most highly regarded managers and investors in the world. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, the company’s invested assets derive from shareholder capital as well as [...]

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Shrinking PC market is not the only reason DELL is crushed

June 30, 2012

While it is true that DELL revenues have gone nowhere since 2009 (mainly due to consumer and public sector slowdown), there are several other reasons that have kept the stock down. Dell stock is currently down 75% from its peak of $56,43 in 2000. The shrinking PC market is of course part of the problem, [...]

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