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Philosophy

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Investment philosophy consists of a mixture of financial gurus who have one goal in mind when purchasing securities:finding undervalued securities.
David Dreman-

Invest in undervalued companies that exhibit strong fundamentals, above-market dividend yields and historic earnings growth, which analysis indicates will persist.
Own strong,fundamentally sound companies and to avoid speculative stocks or potential bankruptcies.
Markets are not perfectly efficient [...]

Crisis Investing for 2008

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If there’s one quote that would describe contrarian investing it would have to be the following:
Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful-Warren Buffett
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Interview With William Spetrino Jr.

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Never in my life have I been around someone as controversial as my next interviewee. I met William (Billy) at an old site we both used to be active in. His investment style is similar to Warren Buffett’s in that they both make huge bets when the odds are in their favor. Although controversial, his [...]

Buffett,Dreman and Financials

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Wow, What a way for Mr. Buffett to end the year with a couple of hits. First, Buffett purchases conglomerate
Marmon Holdings for $4.5 Billion. The size of the acquisition makes it a Buffett play all along. An easy way to find out who is doing the investments for Berkshire is looking at the size [...]