FeedTheBull - Unpublished Stock Market News

Valuing a Business - Seth Klarman’s 3 Methods

ye — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:01:15 -0400

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." says Buffett. Valuing a business is, therefore, a fundamental skill that every value investor must master to be able to discern the intrinsic value of a business from publicly available information.

Weekend Reading Links - October 11, 2008

bbkjbbkj — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:22:33 -0400

For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing insights found on the web. They were written by various members of the Dividend Investing and Value Network (DIV-Net) over the past week:

How Much Emergency Cash Should I Have Available?

thegearedinvestor — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:49:55 -0400

This is definitely a topic that is weighing on my mind constantly as a newly married man with a young wife who puts all of her faith into me handling the finances. There are several factors in our life right now that make it difficult to build up an emergency fund that I can rest easy with. I will list a few of the things we are currently paying off, then I will get into where I would like to be in 6-12 months with our finances. Here are the following things that are keeping me from tacking more into our emergency fund:

Disgraceful Insider Sales

ceoblogger — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:50:08 -0400

recent insider sales, including disgraceful sales by CB Richard Ellis and XTO Energy CEOs at a time when the economy stinks, their stocks are sinking and the average american is suffering..

Magic Formula Weekly Roundup 10/11

MagicDiligence — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:38:21 -0400

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

I Have Excellent Credit: Will I Be Able to Buy a Home After the Financial Bailout?

thegearedinvestor — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:30:48 -0400

As the market has detiorated over the past two weeks to where it stands at 8451 as I write this, many questions dance in my head. These questions in no way represent sugar plums; more like sour grapes. I know that in 3 years when it is time for my wife and I to move again, we will want to buy our first home. Now I know I have excellent credit. I have the kind of credit that banks drool over. Two months ago I wouldln't have worried at all about being able to buy our first home. But I am a realist who has a financial website, so I like to look at every angle of things so I can present them to my readers. And what I have come up with is the fact that I might not be able to buy a home. I'll explain why:

Are You Rattled By The Stock Market Crash?

jeflin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:41:48 -0400

The credit crunch is now the most critical challenge facing the US administrators and central banks around the world. Without loans to lubricate the system, perfectly sound businesses may not be able to meet short-term obligations, and consumers’ reluctance to purchase goods/services will force the economy into seizure with more shutdowns and rising unemployment.

Stock market decline in perspective

prieur — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:42:10 -0400

This week's stock market meltdown ranks second as the worst Monday-to-Friday movement for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1900, and this is truly turning out to be Black October. This post provides some perspective of the magnitude of the current decline.

Enjoy the read.

Trying to Find a Bounce? Here's What you need to know!

WeeklyTA — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:30:57 -0400

The next three 6-month charts show several important technical aspects of today’s action. With the exception of the NASDAQ (the best performer), both the DJIA and SPX formed doji on massive volume. The doji are long-legged, signifying extreme indecision (confirmed by the 1,000 point range in the DJIA). Notice how volume it “back to normal” levels. We actually hit record volume today on the NASDAQ and SPX.

Next, notice the Bollinger bands. With the exception of the NASDAQ, today was the only day where a day gapped down so far that it opened below the lower band. Not only that, the day closed completely below the lower band as well.

Dow Performance In First Year Of Major Corrections

DisciplinedInvesting — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:24:27 -0400

The Chart of the Day published an interesting chart on the Dow's performance in the first year of corrections going back to 1900. They note, "the first year of the current correction has been more severe than the first year of any correction since 1900 -- and that includes the correction that began in 1929.

How To Trade Power Spikes

WeeklyTA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:10:52 -0400

Today is one of my favorite days, not because it’s the end of the worst week in market history, but because the end-of-day rally created so many trading opportunities for next week (yes, can you believe it?). I’m talking about trading power spikes, one of my favorite patterns. A stock exhibiting a power spike is one that displays an immediate and forceful change in sentiment from the previous day. Whatever the reason, traders instantly changed their minds on the direction of the stock…a very powerful signal indeed.

Dividend Stocks in the news

sagitarius84 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:13:04 -0400

Last week there were several companies which declared increases in their dividend payments to shareholders.

Repsol YPF (REP) Dividend Stock Analysis

sagitarius84 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:10:51 -0400

REP is an international dividend achiever. It has been increasing its dividends for the past five consecutive years. From the end of 1999 up until September 2008 this dividend stock has delivered an annual average total return of 7.70 % to its shareholders. The stock has lost about 16% of its value so far in 2008.

Top 20 one day percent decreases in Dow Jones

sagitarius84 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:08:49 -0400

Last Monday the Dow Industrials fell by 777 points after the US Senate didn’t pass the 700 billion bailout package. Most news reporters informed the public that Mondays drop in the oldest US stock index was the largest one day point drop ever. They were correct in this one. The issue is that this was not the largest drop in percentage terms.

Get Ready for a Big Bear Market Bounce

MurrayRothbard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:32:42 -0400

Eric Roseman says the doom and gloom is overdone. He says “heavily oversold and stocks are going to post at least a big bear market bounce at any time.”