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Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio Mid-Year Update 2008

Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 8:12 AM

The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio has maintained its downward trajectory this past month. The portfolio ended June with a balance of $1,225,136.89 versus the May balance of $1,291,425.91. On a positive note, while the Fat Pitch Financials Port was down only 4.09%, the S&P 500 was down 8.43% this past month according to the Fat Pitch Financials […]

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10Q Detective vs Yahoo

Jun 16th, 2008 @ 7:56 PM

I don’t like to see fellow financial bloggers stiffled by mainstream media. So when I heard that Yahoo (YHOO) sent the 10Q Detective an email indicating that he “may” have violated their terms of service, I felt that I should share this disturbing news with my readers. 
Apparently, the 10Q Detective has been shedding some light on Raser […]

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Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio April 2008

May 1st, 2008 @ 11:37 PM

The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio was down 1.21% in April. Considering that the S&P 500 was up 4.87% last month, this performance was rather disappointing. Looking back over the past 12 months, performance was was a bit better. The Fat Pitch Financials Port was up 0.36% versus a negative -4.93% for the S&P 500. Most importantly, […]

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Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio Update for February 2008

Mar 3rd, 2008 @ 9:23 AM

The Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio basically broke even in February. I started the month out with a balance of $1,375,445.21 and ended the month with a balance of $1,350,582.57 for a change of 0.04% this month. Nevertheless, this still beat out the negative 1.61% return for the S&P 500 over the same period.
This month was not your […]

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Festival of Stocks at Stock Market Prognosticator

Feb 12th, 2008 @ 12:06 AM

This week’s Festival of Stocks is at Stock Market Prognosticator. There are lots of articles to review this week. One of them includes my list of Consistent Cash Creators. I enjoyed reading the articles on the proposed Microsoft (MSFT) buyout of Yahoo (YHOO) at My Wealth Builder and MarketVise. I hold Microsoft in the Fat […]

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Weekend Reading From Value Investing News

Oct 27th, 2006 @ 9:02 PM

The weekend is finally here.  Time to kick back and relax. I love catching up on my reading over the weekend.  If you do too, you’ll enjoy this list of this week’s top stories on Value Investing News:

Has Yahoo! Bottomed Out?
A Cool Bookstore: Fraser Publishing
Legg Mason Value Trust (LMVTX) Letter to Shareholders
Tilson Fund Quarterly Holdings
Weitz Shareholder Letter
Controlled […]

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Potential Large Cap Wide Moat Companies - Rule #1 Big Five

Sep 12th, 2006 @ 12:34 AM

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 […]

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