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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 [...]
I recently received an email from one of my readers asking for the list of stocks I produced when I tried to replicate Phil Town’s Rule #1 Big 5 Numbers back in May using a screen I built on Portfolio123. The Big Five Numbers are criteria Phil Town developed to help identify companies that have wide moats. Phil Town looks at five [...]
There is a new update out for the Excel Stock Market Functions Add-In over at the smf_addin Yahoo Group. This latest release is version 1.3d. According to the change log, the following updates were made: Added sector and industry names/numbers from Yahoo Fixed a number of elements from Zacks due to web page changes Added a [...]
I put together a spreadsheet to help me to track a list of wide moat companies that I’m interested in investing in for the long term. The spreadsheet automatically gathers financial info for the past 10 years from various websites. Feel free to download this beta version of my spreadsheet called Fat Pitch Finder 0.1. You need [...]
One of the readers here at Fat Pitch Financials revisited one of my original posts on Joel Greenblatt’s Magic Formula. The Magic Formula is detailed in Greenblatt’s latest book, The Little Book That Beats the Market and daily updates of the stocks selected by the Magic Formula can be obtained from MagicFormulainvesting.com. RG crunched some performance numbers on the stocks I [...]
Ever since Microsoft (MSFT) added the ability to import external data using a web query to Excel, I have been interested in importing financial data into my spreadsheets. I am always looking for ways to leverage my technical skills to improve my investment research. When I recently came across a discussion on some Yahoo! Groups [...]
I just discovered some changes on the search page for the SEC EDGAR database. First, I noticed that there is a new link for effectiveness notices. The second and more exciting change is a link to a beta version of a full text search of SEC filings! The new full text search page is suppose [...]
On the ADVFN message boards, I received a question regarding insider trading in a few stocks on the Magic Formula Investing list. After thinking about the question for a while, I realized I did not have a good answer. I usually take a quick look at insider trading activity when I’m interested in a stock, [...]
The Magic Formula Investing (MFI) website screen produces a list of stocks that have a combination of high earnings yield and high returns on capital. However, I’ve noticed that many of the stocks ranked by the MFI screen do not seem to have wide moats (i.e., sustainable competitive advantages). Ideally, I’d love to have a [...]
I have been enjoying a free trial of the The Financial Times. I decided to try a subscription to the The Financial Times after reading the following quote from Warren Buffett, in his 2004 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders: “If you wish to keep abreast of trade and currency matters, read the Financial Times. [...]
