Category Archives: Investing

Graham number

One of the hot stock analysis tricks around now is the Graham number, named after that wild and crazy investor, Benjamin Graham. It even comes with a sexy formula: $latex G = \sqrt {22.5 \times earnings \times book \; value}$ … Continue reading

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CBOE – Micro Site

CBOE – Micro Site. Home of the CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index with a manually downloadable file of historical data to 2007. More information at investingwithoptions.com.

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Slowpoke Traders Look to Gain Ground on Speedsters – WSJ.com

Slowpoke Traders Look to Gain Ground on Speedsters – WSJ.com.

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Yield curve

An interesting article talks about the yield curve as a predictor of recessions. For various reasons (Wikipedia seems thorough on the subject) long term interest rates are usually higher than short term ones, except near the onset of recessions. The NY … Continue reading

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Late night market musings

The fact that safety-first advice is flooding the nets seems made to order for a contrarian point of view, that the volatility phase is coming to an end and growth will start again — and I am starting to see … Continue reading

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Preferred Stocks

When times are good, investing is all about capital gains. Then there are the times like the present day. Investing advice is all about safety and income. Too often it boils down to — buy this dog that has been … Continue reading

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Pity the poor banksters

http://seekingalpha.com/article/299343-jpmorgan-s-earnings-were-so-so-but-the-commentary-is-fascinating In which Jamie Dimon, who cluelessly ran his bank into the ground, abandons the guy who saved his bacon.

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Stock market order types

Flash crashes: what are they and how do I protect myself from them? Continue reading

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DELL

Turning around, but scrambling to diversify before Apple eats its lunch. Continue reading

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