Archive for August, 2008

Company Review: EnPro Industries, Inc. (NPO) Company Profile: EnPro Industries, Inc. (obtained via Yahoo Finance) EnPro Industries, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of engineered industrial products. It operates through three segments: Sealing Products, Engineered Products, and Engine Products and Services. The Sealing Products segment provides metallic, non-metallic, and composite material gaskets; rotary seals; compression packing; resilient... »

Company Profile:  Sykes Enterprises (SYKE) (obtained via Yahoo Finance) Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated provides outsourced customer contact management solutions and services in the business process outsourcing arena. Its solutions include customer assistance, healthcare and roadside assistance, technical support, and product sales. The company also provides various enterprise support services comprising technical staffing and outsourced corporate help desk services, as well as offers... »

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 websites that are focused on value investing.  We believe this will be a very useful tool for investors seeking to research companies for potential investment based on a Benjamin Graham or Warren Buffett investing strategy. ... »

Company Profile: Graham Corporation (GHM) (obtained via Yahoo Finance) Graham Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells vacuum and heat transfer equipment worldwide. Its products include steam jet ejector vacuum systems; surface condensers for steam turbines; vacuum pumps and compressors; various types of heat exchangers, including helical coil heat exchangers marketed under the Heliflow name; and plate and frame exchangers. Graham Corporation's products... »

Each Tuesday, we will be posting an analysis of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). In this analysis, we will show all components which pass our tests for the defensive and/or enterprising investor, our current valuation, and the previous day's closing price on the company. We will also determine our current estimate of the total value of the DJIA as... »