Net current asset value and net net working capital back-test refined
Jae Jun at Old School Value has updated his great post back-testing the performance of net current asset value (NCAV) against “net net working capital” (NNWC) by refining the back-test (see NCAV NNWC...
View ArticleCheap Stocks 21 Net Net Index results
Jon Heller of the superb Cheap Stocks, one of the inspirations for this site, has published the results of his two year net net index experiment in Winding Down The Cheap Stocks 21 Net Net Index;...
View ArticleMarty Whitman on value and corporate governance
The superb Manual of Ideas blog has an article by Ravi Nagarajan, Marty Whitman Reflects on Value Investing and Net-Nets, on legendary value investor Marty Whitman’s conversation with Columbia...
View ArticleMike Burry’s Silicon Investor “Value Investing” thread
Yesterday I ran a post on Dr. Michael Burry, the value investor who was one of the first, if not the first, to figure out how to short sub-prime mortgage bonds in his fund, Scion Capital. In The Big...
View ArticleGreenbackd Endangered Species, Activism and Liquidation Report
I’m considering launching a subscription-only service aimed at identifying stocks similar to those in the old Wall Street’s Endangered Species reports. Like the old Wall Street’s Endangered Species...
View ArticleForward Industries Inc (NASDAQ:FORD) position exited
I’ve exited the position in Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ:FORD) at yesterday’s $3.23 close. I opened the position at $1.44 on July 20 last year. The stock is up 124.3% on an absolute basis and up 98%...
View ArticleOozing Alpha
Farukh Farooqi, long-time supporter of Greenbackd, founder of Marquis Research, a special situations research and advisory firm (for more on Farukh and his methodology see The Deal in the article...
View ArticleDover Motorsports Inc (NYSE:DVD) and Mario Cibelli’s 13D amendment
Mario Cibelli’s recent 13D amendment for Dover Motorsports Inc (NYSE:DVD) is interesting reading. Cibelli controls around 17.5% of DVD through Marathon Partners and Cibelli Capital Management. His most...
View ArticleHAWK liquidation values
Seahawk Drilling, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAWK), which I’ve posted about before, has taken a pounding over the last few days, down over 11% just yesterday to close at $9.61. It seems crazy to me. HAWK is cheap as...
View ArticleMedia, vulture targets
The NYTimes.com Business Day Media & Advertising section had a story last week about Randall D. Smith, a “pioneer in the hard knocks business of vulture investing” and his current focus on the...
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