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Let Volatility Be Your Friend

Readers of this blog will notice that a couple of picks of mine have been in the dog house, while others have performed well in a choppy market. Unfortunately, for the casual web surfer who stumbles onto here, they will focus more on the stocks that have been down.
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Magic Formula Investing 101

Like many individuals, after reading Joel Greenblatt’s The Little Book That Beats The Market I was a bit confused on what to do next. The
Magic Formula site provides a screen but does not rank the stocks as stated in the book.They are simply put in alphabetical order. I am not going to invest [...]

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Does the magic formula work?

Ever since its release, much has been written whether or not Joel Greenblatt’s “Magic Formula” works. Joel Greenblatt has consistently said that results should be measured over time and every once in a while there would be stretches where the magic formula does not work.
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Adding Office Depot To Garcia Value Fund

I have been looking at Office Depot (ODP) for quite a while, but didn’t quite get to digging into the numbers, until now. The stock is down more than 50% from its 52 Week High of $37.I believe Office Depot is a case of investor overreaction.
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Where to find value investing ideas?

So you read a couple of value investing books and are ready to put that new knowledge to work, so where do you find that next home run stock? Below are some sources you should consider. The list below is in no particular order; feel free to add to the list.
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5 Magic Formula Stocks for 2008

The following five companies appeared using a minimum market capitalization of 256 million returning 100 stocks. All five companies have pretax earnings yield of at least 10% and high pretax return on capital.
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