What’s going on at OSV

Apologies for the slowdown in posts lately. I always have many topics, companies, screen results, analysis methods, how to’s and more to write about but many things are going at the moment.

Since the start of the month, I’ve been working on upgrading the stock value calculator spreadsheet which has been modified to include a fully working earnings power value calculator as illustrated by the Microsoft EPV example.

I’ve also finished getting the value investing forum working but just need to write down all the information into the respective forum areas before I can open it. It should be ready sometime next week though.

The forum has 3 sections. I’m trying to keep it as focused as possible.

1. General Forum where I put up notices and news of what’s happening at OSV and where we can network with each other. i.e. share contact info, meet up if we can etc
2. Value Investing Forum to discuss value stocks I hold. You can ask why I hold what I do. This section will also be a place where we can discuss your value stock ideas, special situations, tools and resources, and financial statement analysis discussion.
3. Stock Value Spreadsheet Forum. With so many emails received regarding how to install, I’ll be moving all support and questions regarding the spreadsheet to the forums. I’ve been having to rewrite the same things too often and I’m hoping it will save time.

But all of the above is only secondary to what I’ve been working on over the past 6 months. On the second week of October, my wife and I will finally be launching our online business. We are very excited and hope to see our hard work pay off.

On a personal note, September and October are very significant months. I just turned 27 yesterday, the 27th is the 2 year anniversary of my portfolio and my 1st year wedding anniversary is coming up on the first week of October. More events also occur in between which I won’t bore you with

All in all, it’s been a great 2 years on OSV and with you, and as the number of visitors increase each week and month, I see greater things happening here and we can do it together. Cheers to intelligent investing and building wealth.