http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com Contrarian Value Investing At Its Finest Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:28:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Each year analysts and market commentators try to predict  how the stock market will end at the end of the year with opinions ranging from "expect a major rally" to  "semi bullish" (whatever that means). If an analyst on television gets it wrong, expect that person to not even mention ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2009/01/07/poll-how-will-the-stock-market-end-in-09/ Each week I track which stocks are moving in and out of the top 25 Magic Formula Stocks for companies with a minimum market cap of 50 and 2000 million. Here are the moves for the week ended 1-4-09: Top 25/2000 Million: In: Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) DISH Network Corp (DISH) Joy Global ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2009/01/04/magic-formula-stocks-on-the-move-1-04-09/ In January 2008 I wrote about 5 Magic Formula stocks for 2008. Spreading an equal amount in Accenture ( ACN) , American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) , Jackson-Hewitt Tax Service  (JTX) ,McGraw Hill Co.  (MHP),Pacer International  (PACR) would have resulted in a return of roughly 30% or 7 percentage points better ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2009/01/02/5-magic-formula-stocks-for-2009/ During the week of inactivity (a.k.a. vacation) I had time to reflect on the year that was 2008. If I had to describe 2008 in one word it would definitely be historic and shocking. OK that's more than one word. Historic 2008 will long be remembered as the year in which large ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/12/29/the-year-that-was-2008/ Happy Holidays to everyone. Thank you for taking the time to take a look at the site. May you and your family have a Merry Christmas. The site will not be updated this coming week as the holidays are a great time to spend with the family. http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/12/19/happy-holidays/ In a recent article I wrote about how I am looking for REAL cheap stocks. By doing some minor searching I am finding a ton of bargains, but not real bargains that I would be conferable holding for a period of time. The reason I bring up the above Warren ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/12/14/you-dont-need-to-know-if-a-person-weights-250-or-400-pounds-to-see-that-they-are-fat-warren-buffett/ Each week I track which stocks are moving in and out of the top 25 Magic Formula Stocks for companies with a minimum market cap of 50 and 2000 billion. Here are the moves for the week ended 12-8-08: Top 25/50 Million: In: DivX, Inc (DIVX) EarthLink, Inc (ELNK) Graham Corporation (GHM) Herbalife, Ltd. (HLF) MEMC Electronic ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/12/08/magic-formula-stocks-on-the-move-12-8-08/ Minutes after posting the previous article on Buffett, I found this great link at Gurufocus. Thought it would be a great compilation click here for the other link http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/12/03/more-warren-buffett-market-calls/ After Warren Buffett's NY Times article declaring its time to  get greedy, the market has dropped some leaving some financial journalist to question the Oracle's call. I have seen several such articles in which they claim Warren Buffett has lost his touch. I would disagree with them. Late last month, ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/12/03/warren-buffett-and-where-from-here/ Every once in a while a value investor will go out of his way to let the public know what goes on behind their mind. Bruce Berkowitz recently did that by holding a public conference call. Thanks to Gurufocus for posting the video up and bringing it to everyone's attention. ... http://www.contrarianvalueinvesting.com/2008/11/29/must-see-bruce-berkowitz/