20 Things You Need to Know about Value Investing
or More random items about what this blog is about than you really wanted to know This is a reworked article that I posted back when Chroma first started, but no one read it, so it is new information...
View ArticleBeginning Value Investor Term – Beta
Beta is a funny looking Greek character that gets thrown around a lot in finance circles. It can be used to estimate correlation of an asset to the over-all market. What? If you compare an asset, say...
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Value Investing Criteria that Works- Low Price to Free Cash Flow (FCF)
In Value Investing we do not use only one set of criteria, clap our hands and say Eureka, I have it! We have several metrics that we can use in our Value Investing toolkit, sometimes in conjunction...
View ArticleBeginning Value Investor Terms – Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
Although this site is largely geared toward individual stocks, it seems to me, to better serve the beginning investors I need to address the more passive investment strategies that may be attractive to...
View ArticleMutual Funds – Beginning Value Investor Terms
Mutual Funds are investment vehicles that are designed for people who do not want to spend a lot of time researching individual stocks, bonds or other assets, but still want part of their portfolio...
View ArticleCrash Proof 2.0 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I recently finished the book Crash Proof 2.0 and I was surprised on two counts. Peter Schiff, one of the co-authors, is at least, by the evidence of this book and his podcasts, an attention seeking,...
View ArticleMargin of Safety – Beginning Investor Terms
Margin of Safety is a concept I write about a lot. It is the make or break for any investment. While I may fudge the amount from time to time, all investments have to have a margin of safety to be...
View ArticleDoes a Risk Free Rate Really Exist?
I was perusing Musings on the Markets, Damodaran’s blog and came across a post entitled Thoughts on the Risk Free Rate. Perhaps, because I am not an academic, I usually reject ideas that seem contrary...
View ArticleIntrinsic Value – Beginning Investing Terms
Intrinsic value may be the most important concept in value investing. It is the foundation of everything else. Value Investors all agree that you start with the intrinsic value of a company. Now, how...
View ArticlePrice to Sales Ratio (P/S) – Beginning Investor Terms
Price to sales is another metric that has been used to Determine if a stock’s prices is cheap relative to revenue. It is assumed to be better used comparitively within a specific industry. The equation...
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