I have taken a keen interest in Web 2.0 and the powerful network effect that many of these new web sites are attempting to generating. Since I’m a stock investing blogger, I have been watching how this new online development is effecting the investment landscape. Web 2.0 is finally starting to have an impact on [...]
You can access the Wall Street Journal today for free via this link. It appear this promotion is sponsored by Discovery (DISCA) (DISCB). Maybe, this will be Dow Jones (DJ) future model for making revenue from the Wall Street Journal. Has it come down to this.
I just discovered some great valuation calculators at the Financial Times website. In the Lex section of the site, there are four tools that you might find useful. These calculators include the following: Discounted Cash Flow Model – This calculator lets you input 5 years of free cash flows based on EBIT, plus depreciation, less [...]
Steven from ValueBlogReview sent me the following question in an email today: “Do you know of a quick formula to figure out a per annum interest rate when multiple deposits are made at different times?”
I recently received an offer to share free trade publications with my readers. Trade magazines and journals can be really useful for investors. They provide a great way to learn about a particular industry. These publications often point out emerging trends and industry scuttlebutt. I personally just signed up to receive Global Finance and The [...]
This might be old news to readers of Value Investing News’ Blog, but I just created a custom search engine that focuses exclusively on returning results from the leading value investing websites. It uses the powerful Google (GOOG) search technology to create a customized search engine using Google’s new service, Google Co-op. Value Investing Search is available on [...]
Determining your return on investment is a very important part of any investment review. Whether you’re investing in savings accounts, stocks, real estate, capital upgrades, or new business ventures, estimating a return on investment will aid you in choosing among investment options. I don’t simply calculate a straight return on investment. I prefer determining an annualized rate of return that takes [...]
Yesterday, I listed small cap companies that might have wide moats according to the Big Five Numbers detailed in Phil Town’s Rule #1 book. Today, I’m going to look at the micro cap stocks with market capitalizations less than $500 million that could potentially have wide moats according to the Big Five Numbers.
Yesterday, I listed mid cap companies that might have wide moats according to the Big Five Numbers detailed in Phil Town’s Rule #1 book. Today, I’m going to look at the small cap stocks with market capitalizations between $2 billion and $500 million that could potentially have wide moats according to the Big Five Numbers. Some of the [...]
Yesterday, I listed large cap companies that might have wide moats according to the Big 5 Numbers detailed in Phil Town’s Rule #1. Today, I’m going to look at the mid cap stocks with market capitalizations between $10 billion and $2 billion that could have potential wide moats according to the Big Five Numbers. Wide [...]

