Benjamin Graham

Our Problem With Benjamin Graham

Ben was by all accounts a genius from the day he was born. Born into a Jewish family, he exhibited intelligence beyond his peers and his years. Not surprisingly, he was to become a pioneer of value investing, the  art of buying assets at a price less than its intrinsic value. The volumes of codified knowledge on investing as written painstakingly down in the consecutive versions of the security analysis, if you will read them, if you will digest them,  if you will reflect on them, just would make one a better investor without a doubt. But Ben Graham had a problem. He was not a good story teller. (more…)

Deep Value Investing

Leader Electronics Corporation Stock Code : 6867

  It has been a long time since I actually had the time to sit down and write. I would like to keep this article short and sweet. Perhaps, maybe this article will allow me to portray the "contrarian" in me.  And by the way, I am invested in Leader Electronics Corporation. So first and foremost, a little profile of Leader Electronics Corporation. About Leader Electronics Corporation Leader Electronics Corporation is in the business of developing measuring instruments and it is a small company  with only 79 employees. Its headquarters is in Japan. Some of the instruments which it develops are: (more…)

Benjamin Graham

The Case For Cosmosteel Holdings Ltd

  Feeling a sense of peace and calm in my life currently, I felt it was time for another article. The hustle of life does get to one sometimes . The chaos, the noise, the incessant flow of the river of life and meaningless, unnecessary unproductive going on's drain my limited life force. Until I find my centre again. And this is my centre. This is it right here. I am living the life I want. Oh! The annual reports. The daily chatter in my mind of earnings, assets, balance sheets and dividends. I start to love my life again immediately. I was born to do this! I love counting and the deepest echoes of my soul tell me this : That I Am Aware Once Again. (more…)

Behavioural Finance

Beat The Herd mentality – Your Investing Results Will Improve

Beat The Herd Mentality To Improve Investment Results Beating the markets is beating the herd mentality.T he intelligent investor is a great book to start reading for amateur investors. The book is rich in quantitative data but readers may find it hard to swallow as the language is written with a terse archaic style. But what the book does not touch on is how to be an emotionally intelligent investor and beat the herd mentality. While numbers are easy to handle, one's emotions can prove to be an inconquerable mountain like Everest. And for most of us, this may very well be the final obstacle to being an investor great. Descendants Of The Herd (more…)