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It’s been a while since I last had a weekly recommended reading. Whenever things get busy, the recommended lists are usually the first to get chopped off the list. Anyhow, enjoy the 4th of July and please don’t go around blowing yourself up.

Here are this weeks best articles I came across in no particular order.

Recommended Investing Articles

Must Read of the Week

INTC – Stock Analysis for Dividend Growth Portfolio

Dividend Tree is a dividend investing blog and is a great place for top quality content. The Intel analysis is just an example of the standard and if you after meat and potatoes, this Dividend Tree is for you. If you are a safety seeker and not comfortable with the companies I enjoy covering and discovering, the dividend style of protecting the downside is a great place to look.

Stock Analysis Related

• Ball Corporation : Defensive stock in the beverage industry
• Anatomy of a New Net/Net Position: Chromcraft Revington
• Nordic American Tanker – Income and More

Dividend Related

• Dividend Income Lessons I Have Learned

Investment Ideas

• Best Yielding Stocks for 2009 2Q Update
• Diversification In the Context of Number of Stocks
• Four Stocks With Strong Dividend Growth Metrics
• Screw it!
• CEO/President/Chairman Pay at Steak ‘n Shake & the Opinion of the Masses…
• New Ideas - May have to go through this list to see what I find
  

General Investing

• Value Investing Pro is Now Live - Check out the service. It’s only like $5 a month if you wish to get some good stock information.
• Capital Losses in the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Net Current Asset Value Stocks Performance Net-Net’s

Other Reading

• Madoff Tips for Prison
• What is the best organizational structure?
• Warren Buffett and the Nervous Nellie - Warren Buffett in his acting gig
• Update: June Performance

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I’ve been really busy this week and it’ll be the same for a couple of weeks so posts may come in at 1 a week but I’ve finally come across two ideas that I feel are incredibly cheap that I want to get deeper into. Hopefully, I’ll be able to share my research with you soon.

Here are this weeks best articles I came across in no particular order.

Recommended Investing Articles

MUST Read of the Week

A little late to be posting this but I enjoyed this article by Magic Diligence that goes over the Piotroski Method.

Can the Piotroski Method Improve Magic Formula Results?

“it is intriguing that the American Association of Individual Investors found only one stock strategy that actually showed positive returns for 2008 - the Piotroski method. ”

Stock Analysis Related

• Microsoft - Brankrupt of New Ideas?
• An XTENT-ed Lesson in Shorting?
• Biglari & Co. Find Value In Those Famous Steakburgers
• ICCC: ImmuCell Corp (Nano Cap Value)
• PEP: Look Ahead to June 2009 Quarterly Results

Dividend Related

• Warren Buffett’s Dividend Stocks

Investment Ideas

• Magic Formula Results
• Dividends and Stock Buybacks in the news
  
• Commercial Real Estate: Some Observations
• 3 Microcap Value Stocks Worth Considering
• Earnings Reports: 3 Stand-Out Stocks & The Post Earnings Announcement Drift
• Industry performance

General Investing

• Stockpicker Investing is Gambling Says Vanguard Icon
• Greenlight: History Behind the Name
• Jim Cramer = Mr. Market
• Fat Pitch Financials Portfolio May 2009 Update
• MSFT Special Meeting Amendment?
• Retirement Income Question
• Knight Kiplinger’s Investor’s Manifesto

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I’ve been really busy this week and it’ll be the same for a couple of weeks so posts may come in at 1 a week but I’ve finally come across two ideas that I feel are incredibly cheap that I want to get deeper into. Hopefully, I’ll be able to share my research with you soon.

Here are this weeks best articles I came across in no particular order.

Recommended Investing Articles

MUST Read of the Week

A perfect example of how board directors should alway have the company and shareholder values in mind. I wish all board members were like this but there are too many that pamper and spoil the CEO more than anything.

Richard E. Middlekauff Letter of resignation from Heely’s board

“I am forced to make this difficult decision as a result of what I believe is the Board’s apparent failure to fulfill its fiduciary obligations to the Company and its stockholders, as expressed previously to my fellow Board member, Gary Martin.”

Stock Analysis Related

• TROW – Stock Analysis for Dividend Growth Portfolio by Dividend Tree (has written several great articles that I can’t include. Go check it out.)
• Summary of First-Quarter 2009 Scores by Financial Gauges
• Core-Mark Holdings Company (Nasdaq: CORE): Stock of the Day by Investment U

Dividend Related

• Is Now The Right Time To Start Investing? by Dividends Value
• Dividend Investing’s Big Problem by The Dividend Guy

Investment Ideas

• Fixed Income Alternatives, Update I: by TMWTFS
• Part Science, Art and Personal Goals by Shadow Stock

Economic Info

• PE Valuation Cycles by my Value Idea

General Investing

• Dividend Investing vs Trading by Dividend Growth Investor
• Buffett’s Eye on Google’s Moat by Wide Moat Investing
• Leucadia Investment in Trouble? by The Guru Five

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Here are this weeks best articles I came across in no particular order.

Recommended Investing Articles

Stock Analysis Related

• CSWC: Another Possible Entry for a Long-Term Holding by Yes and Not Yes
• Update on Trident Microsystems (TRID): Q4 FY 2009 Outlook by ValueHuntr
• Axcelis Technology, Inc. Continuation… by Value Investor Today
• OpenTable IPO Shocks, but Doesn’t Surprise by Investment U
• HD: Financial Analysis through April 2009 by Financial Gauges
• Distressed Debt Research - Blockbuster TLB by Distressed Debt Investing

Dividend Related

• Ten Dividend Stocks Beating The S&P 500 by Dividends Value
• More Dividend Stocks to Avoid by Dividend Growth Investor

Investment Ideas

• What Stock Would Buffett Put All His Wealth In? by The Guru Five
• Bruce Berkowitz, Mohnish Pabrai and Bob Rodriguez 2009 Q1 13F Filings by The Enlightened American
• Cheap Oil Stock HKN Buying Back Shares by Stock Pursuit
• Insider micro cap value buying on Friday by Shadow Stock
• Short comments on a bunch of stocks by Glen Doth Know
• More Notes From Value Investing Congress West: Day 1 by Cheap Stocks
• 4 Triple Digit Return Small Caps to Watch by Everyday Finance
• Insider Trades: 05/15/2009 by Buying Value

Economic Info

• Will China Stay the Capitalist Course by Vitaliy
• BYD: Will America Buy it? by Contrarian Value Investing

General Investing

• Seeking the Best Returns on Capital by Wide Moat Investing
• Stuck in the Past and Too Focused on the Future by TMWTFS
• Top 4 Investing Actions to Take Now by The Dividend Guy
• When to Initiate a New Position ? by Dividend Tree
• How to start an investment club by Darwins Finance

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Here are this weeks best articles I came across in no particular order.

Recommended Investing Articles

MUST Read of the Week

Simple and sweet. A direct article that looks at what an understandable business is. Good reminder.

Buffett and Understandable Businesses by Buying Value

“To understand how the company makes money you have to have a clear understanding of the products that the company creates, how much profit it makes by selling the products, what the company’s greatest competitors are etc.”

Stock Analysis Related

• INTC: Financial Analysis through March 2009 (Update) by Financial Gauges
• Jonesing For a Crazy Few Years… by Ragnar is a Pirate
• Taking a Look at Shimano by Yes and Not Yes
• Quality of First Solar’s Q1 Earnings in Question by Battle Road
  

Dividend Related

• Busiest week for dividends increases in 2009 by Dividend Growth Investor
• Lowering Qualification Standards for Dividend Aristocrat Status by Dividend Tree

Investment Ideas

• Magic Formula Stocks by Contrarian Value Investing
• Industry: Industrial Metals & Mineral by Shadow Stock
• Some Perspective On Oil by The Enlightened American
  

Economic Info

• 2 Articles On Geithner & The Stress Tests by Simoleon Sense

General Investing

• Introducing the Capital Asset Valuation Model (CAVM) by ValueHuntr
• Takeover Targets: 3 Steps To Finding Them & 3 Stocks For Any Portfolio by Investment U
• Crisis Investing: Company blunders by Monevator
• Stock Investing Boards and Forums to Learn From by The Dividend Guy
• Start Investing Today by Darwin’s Finance
• Underfunded Pension Plans: The Next Shoe To Drop? by Dividends Value
• Strategic buyout Mistakes by my Value Idea
• Buffett Author Explains Derivatives by The Guru 5
• Candid Management and Widening Moats by Wide Moat Investing

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Welcome to the May 4, 2009 edition of festival of stocks. For new readers, Old School Value is a value stock investing blog focused on stock analysis and finding the fair value of companies through fundamental analysis and investing spreadsheets and tools.

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Stock Investment Related

Dividends4Life presents McDonald?s Corp. (MCD) Dividend Stock Analysis posted at Dividends Value, saying, “McDonald’s Corporation is the largest fast-food restaurant company in the world. Its restaurants serve a varied, yet limited, value-priced menu in more than 110 countries around the world. Linked here is a detailed analysis and commentary.”

Wealth-Ed presents General Growth Files for Bankruptcy; Fine by Me posted at Wealth Education - Investment Ideas Personal Financial Advice, saying, “Dialogue on Global Markets, Investment Ideas and the Personal Financial World”

Dividend Growth Investor presents Johnson & Johnson - a solid dividend aristocrat to own posted at Dividend Growth Investor.

sajal presents Apple: Stuck in a trading range? posted at Fundamental insights and ideas.

Steve Alexander presents Top 10 Magic Formula Stocks by Dividend Yield, P/S, and P/B Ratios posted at MagicDiligence, saying, “Magic Formula stocks sorted by highest dividend yield, lowest price-to-sales ratio, and lowest price-to-book ratio.”

GeekMBA360 presents The master strikes again ? Quick thoughts on Oracle?s Acquisition of Sun Microsystems posted at GeekMBA360.

General Investing Related

George presents Ultimate 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Guide posted at Fat Pitch Financials, saying, “Get all the news from this year’s 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting. Read the words of wisdom Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger share with their shareholders.”

ChristianPF presents Diversification strategy from the Bible posted at Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “The Bible actually has a general strategy for diversifying investments”

Dividend Tree presents Good Performers in My Dividend Portfolio posted at Dividend Tree, saying, “Beneath every rose lies a thorn. My portfolio resembles this proverb. Above holdings were the roses, while the thorns have been BAC, GE, WFC, WL, and C. While I sold C and WL, I continue to hold BAC, GE, and WFC. These stocks have not only suspended their dividends, but their stock prices also have gone for a toss.”

Darwin presents Swine Flu Investment Ideas posted at Darwin’s Finance, saying, “This article highlights a whole array of investment strategies and companies for the bizarre new “swine flu trade” while cautioning investors to separate the fundamentals from the hype.”

Investing School presents Investor Mistakes - Constant Refresh posted at Investing School, saying, “Most of us love the real time information provided by our stock brokers but it really doesn’t help us much to look at it every day (or worst yet, several times a day). This article explains why.”

jim presents Buying Municipal or State Bonds posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity

Praveen presents Combining Fundamental and Technical Analysis in Stock Trading posted at My Simple Trading System.

Manshu presents Gold ETF: iShares Comex Gold Trust (IAU) posted at OneMint.

Steve Patterson presents Chinese Internet Companies Climbing posted at FastSwings.com, saying, “These four internet stocks are booming and their not from the US, they are all from China.”

Trading

The Smarter Wallet presents Technical Trading Indicators Predict That The Stock Market Rally Won’t Last posted at The Smarter Wallet

 

 

Economy

Super Saver presents The Stock Market is due for a Correction posted at My Wealth Builder.

 

 

 

Others

Four Pillars presents Transfer In Kind posted at ABCs of Investing, saying, “Learn about the “transfer in kind” option if you are transferring an investment account to save taxes and money.”

Jack Schmidt presents Sign of the Times: “Going Out Of Business - Eat Fast!” posted at SectorMatic Money Journal, saying, “Personal Finance - Everything for the Big Spender on a Budget. Now you can live like a fat cat, even if you’re on a money diet. Laugh all the way to the bank with Jack Schmidt and SectorMatic. It’s for you!”

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