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Category Archives: Investing Rules
115 Profitable Investing Ideas eBook by Greg Speicher
Greg Speicher has an excellent blog. He just put a new eBook called “115 Profitable Investing Ideas” that contains a collection of ideas from the last two years of his investing blog. This one is a must print and keep … Continue reading
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Excellent articles on two super investors
Gurufocus is my favorite website for learning about all things related to investing. Many contributors (including yours truly) contribute articles on stock research, portfolio management, case studies or about the lessons from great investors. Here are two excellent articles that … Continue reading
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Learn from various Investment approaches
Here is a collection of some fund managers/funds whose investing philosophies serve as good source of learning/education/reference. If you have some others in mind, please add a comment to this post with the link and i will include it here. … Continue reading
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Investment approach of Royce Funds
One of my favorite investors is Chuck Royce. He is one of the pioneers of small cap investing in the US over 35 years back. The Royce fund families have an excellent track record. Here are some excerpts of the … Continue reading
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Phil Carret’s “12 Commandments of Investing”
I just came across an investor with the longest track record via this excellent blog. His name is Phil Carret. He died at the age of 101 in May 1998. His investment career spanned 8 decades. Mr. Carret was known … Continue reading
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Investing rules of William Ruane
William John Ruane was born on Oct. 24, 1925, in a middle class neighborhood in Chicago, and grew up in the suburb of Oak Park, Ill. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1945 with a cum laude degree … Continue reading
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McElvaine Investment Management’s phiolosophy
I came across McElvaine Investment Management via another blog. Tim McElvaine is the founder and President of McElvaine Investment Management Ltd. Tim developed his value-oriented philosophy during his 12-year career with Peter Cundill & Associates Ltd. Peter Cundill, I have … Continue reading
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The Wisdom of great investors – Davis Advisors
David advisors have some excellent eduction material for investors on their website. Here is the summary of one such paper they put out which comes from the master investors. Avoid Self-Destructive Investor Behavior Chasing the hot-performing investment category or making … Continue reading
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Ten Rules of Value Investing by Zeke Ashton
Every now and then I lose patience with some of my stocks. I see other folks trading in and out of the same stocks that I have held on to steadfastly because I believe they are under-valued. I start to … Continue reading
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ABC Funds’ Ten Commandments of Value Investing
Irwin Michael, CFA manages ABC funds in Canada. They have an excellent website with good material. Read their value investing style and more on their website (http://valueinvestigator.com/en/). Their ten commandments are as below. I heard him talk to the students … Continue reading
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