Thanks to a heavy round of snow on Thursday, I got to take some pictures early in the morning, didn’t go to work and spent quality time with my wife. Hope you are all enjoying the Christmas season and for the freaked out drivers in Seattle, take it easy and you’ll be fine.
Here is a round up of this weeks best articles I came across in no particular order.
Recommended Articles
Stock Analysis Related
- Stock analysis: Clorox (CLX) presented by Dividends 4 Life
- Quick Take: Manpower Inc (MAN) presented by Magic Diligence
- More on cheap oil stock HKN presented by Stock Pursuit
- Liberty Media Spinoff looks like a pass presented by Stocks Spin Off Blog
Dividend Related
- Best dividend stocks for the long run presented by Dividend Growth Investor
- Dividend Re-Investing Plan (DRIP) example presented by The Money Gardener
Economic Info
- Mortgage Meltdown, the worst is yet to come! presented by Living Off Dividends
General Investing
- Where to Invest 2009: Safe harbors presented by The Div Guy
- Top 6 things learnt from the market crash of 2008 presented by The Dividend Guy
- Good note on Contrarian Investing presented by Can Turtles Fly?
- Commodities bubble and Chesapeake presented by The Enlightened American
- The secret to successful investing – Episode #28 presented by The Way To Build Wealth
- You can tell a 200lb or 450lb man is fat presented by Contrarian Value Investing
Carnivals and Other Readings
- 119th Festival of Stocks presented by Fat Pitch Financials
- Investing Carnival #24 presented by Dividends 4 Life
- Entrepreneur Journeys presented by TMWTFS
- How Power Affects Complex Decisions presented by Simoleon Sense
Don’t forget to visit The DIV-Net for great daily Dividend and Value Investing articles from a host of great authors.
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December 20th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hey Jae,
Thanks for the including ‘The secret to successful investing – Episode #28′ in this Recommended Reading list [although it really is Recommended Watching
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Have a great weekend.
Happy Holidays.
Ethan
December 20th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Jae,
I don’t think you are macro-oriented, and you seem to be have more interest in smaller companies (at least that’s my limited impression) but, have you considered large cap stocks? Small caps obviously have far higher potential and are more likely to be mispriced but we may be witnessing one of the few time periods where large caps are actually “better.” I’m just bringing up this thought because, if the world economy slumps for a few years (just a guess and may not happen,) small caps may have a hard time.
Having said all that, you should pursue what interests you. If small caps interest you, focus on them because you will have a competitve advantage (and the upside is much larger too.)
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December 20th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Spot on about me not being a macro investor.
Regarding large caps, you are right about that also. The current market has made large caps extremely cheap and just as mispriced.
I do invest in large caps and I already have positions I intend to hold for a long long time, but I just don’t go over them on this blog. It’s widely followed and everyone else has a blog or opinion on it so I don’t bother adding to the masses.
I also don’t disclose all my holdings for I don’t find it to be necessary.
Thanks for the thought. I do enjoy learning about macro and other issues at your blog though.