Circle of Competence

I was a big fan of a post by Enoch Ko at The Wealth Accumulator this week regarding Phil Fisher. Enoch argues that Phil discovered Range Bound Investing long before Vitaliy Katsenelson brought it up in his book. Congrats to Phil and Vitaliy for their insights: Phil Fisher on range-bound investing

Steve Alexander over at MagicDiligence - Optimizing Joel Greenblatts Value Stock Strategy reviewed Jeremy Siegel’s book. This is the synopsis of his review: “The Future for Investors is a 2 part book investigating what the future will hold for stock investors, and what investing strategies are likely to be successful. The lessons of the past outlined in this book help explain why the Magic Formula strategy works:” Book Review: The Future for Investors by Jeremy Siegel

Larry Russell presents The Top 25 Low Cost Best US Money Market Funds posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog.

Bullish Dividends presents Dividend Stock Analysis: Russel Metals Inc. (TSE: RUS) posted at Traders Corner: “Weekly Dividend Stock Analysis. This weeks stock is Russel Metals Inc. (TSE: RUS)”

Dan at Everydayfinance presents How a Bank in Colombia could be the Sleeper Stock of 2008 posted at Everyday Finance: Everyday Finance highlights a surprisingly attractive play on the improved picture for Colombia.

Dividend Growth Investor presents Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) Dividend Analysis posted at Create Rising Passive Income From Dividend Paying Stocks.

Turley Muller presents Authentidate (ADAT) Remains Undervalued posted at Financial Alchemist.

kozen presents Why you should go short in Oil - I do! posted at Market Thoughts for Profitable Investment.

GBlogger presents Get More Exposure to China, According to “Random Walk” Author and Professor Malkiel posted at CAN I GET RICH ON A SALARY.

Here are some posts on general investing and investing strategy:

Emore Ogho presents Stock Market Update posted at Emog: “Overview of the Nigerian Stock Market”

Aussie Investor presents Stock Analysis - Debt To Equity Ratio posted at Stock Market Investing For Beginners: “When investing in the stock market, do you look at debt. Do you know how much risk you’re taking on through the borrowings of the stocks you own? This article discusses the debt to equity ratio. What it is, how to calculate it and how to apply it to your stock market investments.”

Dividends4Life presents The Power of 5/15 in Dividend Investing posted at Dividends 4 Life: “Dividend investing takes advantage of certain undeniable math principles.”

Steve Faber presents - Investing in Oil vs. Investing in Energy for the Future – Do Alternative Energy Funds Track Crude Prices? posted at DebtBlog.

Babak presents Conditions Of New Bull Market: 20% Or More Drop posted at Trader’s Narrative: “Third in the series exploring the conditions that precede a new bull market: a drop of 20% or more in the Dow Jones.”

Brice Hogan presents Use Investors Business Daily posted at Financialzip.com.

Leon Gettler presents Banks want to change accounting rules posted at Sox First: “Here is a warning for bank investors. Banks and securities firms are hiding $35 billion of writedowns. Instead of putting this stuff on their income statements, where it will hit the bottom line, they are leaving it on their balance sheets”

And Lastly, a few posts on personal finance:

Matthew Paulson presents Save For Later or Pay it Off Now? posted at American Consumer News.

Debt Freedom Fighter presents Getting a Credit Card in College: Does it Make Sense? posted at Discover Debt Freedom!.

Dorian Wales presents The Relation between Age and Portfolio Risk – Counter Intuitive Results posted at The Personal Financier: “Should young investors really hold riskier portfolios?”

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