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The Great Beta Hoax: Not an Accurate Measure of Risk After All

Introduction Every investor is concerned with risk at some level.  Arguably investors in retirement are and should be concerned with risk the most.  However, not every investor looks at or defines risk in the same way.  In truth and fact, there is a wide gap between how various segments in the financial community define and …

Apple Inc: Stock Research Analysis

Apple Inc (AAPL) is one of the most high profile stocks in the world.  Regarding its valuation, people are often confused by its high price.  However, even though the price is high, Apple’s valuation is significantly lower than its historical earnings growth rate, and more importantly, its forecast growth.  Consequently, we believe that this high …

The Legacy of Steve Jobs and the Record of Apple will Live On

The world at large, as well as the worlds of business and technology lost a great iconic leader yesterday.  In addition to his obvious and widely renowned accomplishments, I believe that Steve Jobs was also a great teacher.  Steve Jobs didn’t teach by lecture, instead he taught by his actions.  Yesterday marked the second time …

Warren Buffett Said Ignore Political and Economic Forecasts

There’s certainly no shortage of pundits, prognosticators and even self-proclaimed prophets ready and willing to bombard us with dire forecasts about our future.  We get a day in the market like Monday, August 8, 2011, and “Chicken Little” shows up everywhere to include radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the Internet.  Yet somehow, we survive it …

A Primer on Valuation: 9 Very Fast-Growing Super Stocks

Introduction This article is going to deal with growth stocks and how to value them. First of all, it’s important to point out that growth stocks are very different than ordinary stocks. Growth stocks need to be thought about differently, because they possess powerful attributes that their more ordinary cousins do not. Even though this …

10 Super-Fast Growth Stocks With Explosive Returns

Introduction One of the things that continuously frustrates us about the investment industry is how imprecise it can be with its definitions of important terms. A second frustration that follows muddy labels is the application of statistical analysis based on faulty or inaccurate descriptions of these important terms and concepts. In our opinion, ”value investing …

Why Buy and Hold Will Always Be a Sound Investing Strategy

It seems like the debate regarding the merits of the “buy-and-hold” investing strategy is alive and well. We always find these discussions amusing, because we believe that it is such a pointless discussion. There is no general argument or case that can be made to support the buy-and-hold strategy or to negate it. The only …