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Barel Karsan
http://barelkarsan.com
All about finding current value investments, and always applying a margin of safety!
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Chapter 7
Though not exactly a book related to value investing, this oft-cited work of Princeton economist Burton Malkiel discusses many important features of stock market investing. An understanding of its prime contentions is useful for beginners and expert...
Taking It Personally
As this site has grown in reach over the last several months, the amount of reader feedback I have received has accelerated. Unquestionably, the articles that generate the most feedback are those related to particular securities (as opposed to a gen...
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Chapter 6
Though not exactly a book related to value investing, this oft-cited work of Princeton economist Burton Malkiel discusses many important features of stock market investing. An understanding of its prime contentions is useful for beginners and expert...
EnviroStar
DryClean USA (DCU), soon to be known as EnviroStar (EVI), is a distributor of laundry equipment. This is a tiny company, with a market cap of just $7 million. But for value investors who simply focus on buying businesses that trade at discounts to t...
Adjusting Financial Statements
Investors should be aware that certain stakeholders of financial statements can exert pressure or political influence that results in accounting rules that distort the true economic picture of a business. Investors need to be aware that such situati...
Healthy Margins Of Safety Only
As value investors, we often foray into areas of investment that nobody else will. Current earnings may be poor, the outlook uncertain, and the returns not expected for several years. In return for these sacrifices, we require one attribute on which...

