If you have been a value investor for some time I am sure you once had to explain value investing to a novice. Among one of the classic first question is the following:“What happens if the stock never closes its gap to fair valuation and stays cheap forever?”Chances are you would answer ... [More]

We published a brand new paper. Quantitative Value Investing in Europe: what works for achieving alpha. In comparison with the USA there have been relatively few studies conducted on what works in investing in the European stock markets.  With this paper we would like to make a contribution an... [More]

If you happen to be interested in asset management, chances are that you have heard about the concept of factor returns. It’s actually all about certain variables that have some statistical utility to explain stock returns. Scientists found out about these factors by doing a so-called regressi... [More]

Why isn’t everybody doing it? This post is all about how to survive a bar conversation as a banker these days.I happen to be a banker and my friends happen to know that I am a banker. As the global media has lately been “occupied” by demonstrations of how bankers know sure ways to... [More]

    52 weeks Price Range. This new factor -together with the other momentum factors (price index 12 months and price index 6 months) -in our Value Screener grid indicates a truth about investing that is difficult to understand: the investor should buy into strength and sell in... [More]

We just launched our affiliate program, more details on http://www.value-investing.eu/en/Affiliates. With this new innitiative we want to give you the opportunity to share in the success of our site.In the affiliates area you can log in with your value-investing.eu account or register... [More]

You have spoken and we listened... At the request of subscribers that mainly invest in the US we decided to add two additional ideas to your existing newsletter rather than start a separate newsletter focused on North American companies only. This means with every issue of the Systematic Value... [More]

On the 3rd of December, MFIE Capital will join the VFB for the 'NAIC en fundamentele analyse dag'. This congres will be held in the Aldhem hotel in Grobbendonck. The following speakers will be presenting: [More]

Short selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling shares that have been borrowed from a broker with the intention of buying these shares back at a later date to return to the broker. In less technical terms: a short-seller is betting on a stock price to go down. [More]

Tim du Toit just wrote an excellent article about how he found our screeners and why they really help him find the cheapest stocks around the world. I recommend everybody to read his article on the following link: [More]