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Insights on Mr. Market #1

By Benjamin Clark

Mr. Market always is moving his pricing back and forth.  For a value investor following Benjamin Graham's intelligent investing guidelines, that often provides opportunities to buy low and sell high; however, it can be difficult to understand Mr. Market's motives.  In this series, we will provide links to various resources and articles related to Mr. Market's current behavior. Adam Hewison of INO.com's Market Club presents a video S&P 500 Update July 1st. The Reformed Broker examines some statements made by Bill Gross of PIMCO. Random Roger looks at weighting ETF portfolios. TheStreet.com provides some Dividend Stocks for the Week and Jim Cramer gives his... »

Enterprising Investor Screens – 7/2/09

By Benjamin Clark

These screens are for companies that may be suitable for the enterprising investor. The requirements of such an investor are that the company in question pass at least 4 of the following 5 tests: Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition, Part 1 – current ratio greater than 1.5 Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition, Part 2 – Debt to Net Current Assets ratio less than 1.1 Earnings... »

(Finished Version)Guru Portfolio: Warren Buffett

By Benjamin Clark

In this new series, we will look at the porfolios of "guru" investors and other notable portfolios to determine if they follow the teachings of Benjamin Graham in regards to the Defensive and Enterprising Investors.  This week, we review the portfolio of Graham's greatest student, Warren Buffett.  If you have a request of a guru or other portfolio you would... »


Added and Updated Valuations – 6/29/09

By Benjamin Clark

Here is this week''s list of valuations that have been added to our site.  To view more, click on browse valuations in our navbar.  We now have 44 in the database! AXP - American Express Company - Overvalued & Speculative BAC -... »

(Preview)Guru Portfolio: Warren Buffett

By Benjamin Clark

I accidentally posted this article while it was still a draft and unfortunately many of you have seen it in your RSS feeds already.  I'm not ready to post the final version of it yet (only halfway through valuing his... »

Enterprising Investor Screens – 6/25/09

By Benjamin Clark

These screens are for companies that may be suitable for the enterprising investor. The requirements of such an investor are that the company in question pass at least 4 of the following 5 tests: Sufficiently Strong Financial Condition, Part 1... »

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5 Things to Remember as the Market Turns the Corner

By Benjamin Clark

In March, Mr. Market seems to have started to change his mood.  Stock prices are up across the board and prospects for a recovery are... »

New Layout and Features

By Benjamin Clark

ModernGraham has a new look!  Along with changing our Wordpress theme - the old one wasn't supported anymore so I couldn't make too many changes... »

ModernGraham Value Investing Search Engine

By Benjamin Clark

We have just created the ModernGraham Value Investing Search Engine, powered by Google Search.  Using this search engine, you can search through a number of... »