fair value

Why I Continue To Like IBM Even After Yesterday’s Drop

International Business Machine After reporting earnings yesterday IBM’s stock price fell 10% and is down another 1% today as I write this. Mr. Market is reacting to IBM’s slight revenue miss despite earnings coming in a penny higher than analyst forecasts. Quarterly revenue was expected to come in at $17.81 billion but instead came in …

Investing Is Hard Enough: Here Is How to Avoid Making Obvious Mistakes

The Key to Avoiding Obvious Mistakes Understanding how to value a business is the key to avoiding making obvious mistakes when purchasing or selling common stocks.  When you know what your investment is worth, the market cannot take advantage of your gullibility.  When you don’t know what your investment is worth, markets can easily influence …

Nvidia: The Correction Was Justified and Valuation May Still Be High

Introduction Nvidia (NVDA) operates as a visual computing company that engages in the design and manufacture of computer graphic processors, chipsets and related multimedia software.  As a result, the company is involved in many exciting technologies that are either already mainstream popular and technologies that offer enticing future growth prospects such as self-driving automotive technology.  …

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT)

FAST Graphs Fundamental Valuation by the Numbers Analysis When are good times to buy, sell or hold a stock? Disclosure: Long GD Disclaimer: The opinions in this document are for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell the stocks mentioned or to solicit transactions or …

Has Amazon (Jeff Bezos) Taught This Old Value Dog a New Trick?

Introduction There is the old adage: “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”  Well, I have been a “card-carrying” and fully committed value investor for more than 45 years now.  I think that qualifies me as an “old” value investing dog.  But more to the point, I have been consistently following and practicing the …

Analyzing MLPs with F.A.S.T. Graphs™

Introduction What is the best metric to use to analyze the value of MLPs with F.A.S.T. Graphs™? This is one of the more common questions we receive from subscribers.  With this “Helpful Hints” video we will offer our specific views on attempting to discern the fair value of an MLP utilizing the fundamentals analyzer software …