While Benjamin Graham’s classic The Intelligent Investor was written over six decades ago, the Defensive Investor strategy he laid out in it remains a winner, Validea CEO John Reese writes…
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Double-Digit Returns from a 60-Year-Old Strategy
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Benjamin Graham-inspired strategy, which has averaged annual…
Fisher Likes Pharma, Tech, and Toys -- and Books
In his latest column for Forbes, Kenneth Fisher recommends a number of classic investing books, and advises readers to learn all they can from them. Among the books Fisher touts…
Advice from the Best -- In 10 Words or Less
Could you distill your investment philosophy into 10 words or less? In his latest post for The Wall Street Journal’s Total Return blog, Jason Zweig poses that question to some…
Cooperman, Gabelli, Whitman Talk Value
The latest issue of Columbia Business School’s Graham & Doddsville newsletter features interviews with three top investors, Leon Cooperman, Mario Gabelli, and Marty Whitman. (Tip of the cap to GuruFocus.com…
The Graham Approach: How A 60-Year Old Strategy Still Scores Big
Every other issue of The Validea Hot List newsletter examines in detail one of John Reese’s computerized Guru Strategies. This latest issue looks at the Benjamin Graham-inspired strategy, which has averaged annual…
Graham's Strategy Still Producing Excellent Returns
In his latest “Number Cruncher” column for Canada’s Globe and Mail, John Heinzl takes a look at Validea’s Benjamin Graham-inspired stock-picking model, which has continued to produce stellar results some…
Dividends and "Corporate Scrooges": WWBGD (What Would Ben Graham Do)?
While U.S. companies have been raking in big profits since the end of the Great Recession, much of those profits are staying locked up on corporate balance sheets. And, in…
The "Seven Immutable Laws of Investing"
In a recent white paper, GMO’s James Montier takes an interesting look at what he says are “The Seven Immutable Laws of Investing”. The first rule, on which Montier spends…
A Guru-Inspired Look at Top Canadian Stocks
In Canada’s Globe and Mail, David Parkinson takes a look this week at Validea Canada’s guru-inspired investment strategies. “One of the problems with pursuing a specific investing strategy — even…