One of the keys to beating the market over the long haul is having a strategy that looks at a stock from multiple perspectives. Whether it’s the relatively simple four-variable O’Shaughnessy growth model or the more in-depth, 13-variable David Dreman approach, these strategies examine a stock from more than one… Read More

Benjamin Graham is generally regarded by stock market historians as the most accomplished investor of all time, often referred to as “the father of value investing.” In short, he was Warren Buffett before Warren Buffett. His opinions were often quoted, his decisions made millions for those whose money he handled,… Read More

If you’re at all familiar with the stock market you almost surely have some knowledge of the price-earnings ratio. For decades, the P/E ratio has been the most frequently used and discussed stock analysis ratio. The P/E ratio is determined by dividing a stock’s per-share price by the amount of… Read More

The son of the chief trader at a large commodity firm in Winnipeg, Canada, Dreman started on the road to investment management at an early age. Born in 1936, he has long been fascinated with the stock market, and would often accompany his father to the floor of the exchange… Read More

In his book, John Neff on Investing, Neff himself indicates that who he is and his choice of overlooked investments are, at least to some degree, intertwined. Born in 1931, Neff said his early years taught him that success is never automatic. His parents divorced when he was just four… Read More

The “Oracle of Omaha.” The Richest Man in the World. The Greatest Investor of All Time. There are a lot of superlatives that can be used to describe Warren Buffett.But when you sort through all the hype—something Buffett himself excels at when investing—Warren Buffett is, simply put, a sensible, rational… Read More

Some investors believe it is impossible to beat the stock market consistently, so they choose to own index funds designed to mimic the market’s performance. That approach is okay if you are satisfied with merely duplicating the market’s average annual return, which is expected to be in the 4 –… Read More