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]

    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]

First : What is short selling ? Short selling is a way profit from falling prices. You can sells shares you don't actually own on the assumption that the price will fall, with the aim of buying them back later for less. But how can you sell something you don't own ? Simple: You can borrow them f... [More]

Benjamin Franklin first stated that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Investors have become so gloomy that their expectation are low. "We are going to hell ! ", "Stockmarket crashes", "Experts are expecting a double dip recession": this is the kind of stuff that we ha... [More]

Many studies prove that value investing actually works and performs better than other strategies.The premise is basically simple :there is a difference between price and value. As Warren Buffett said 'Price is what you paid, value is what you get'. But the goal is not to buy at fair value, beca... [More]

the value investor seeks to purchase a security at a bargain price , the proverbial dollar for 50 cents. So Graham initiated an approach that remains vital today. Value investing rests on three key characteristics of financial markets : [More]

As promised in our last post, here below some comments  from our visit to this seminar. Our general impression we got from the speakers, is that finding "deep value" stocks has become more difficult than a few years ago. The suggested investments show a smaller margin of safety compared... [More]

Next week, our team will attend the 8th Annual Value Investing Seminar in Molfetta. http://www.valueinvestingseminar.it/content_/index.asp?lan=eng Top value investors from the United States and Europe will present their very best investment idea, a great opportunity to meet, share ideas and lea... [More]