What has not already been written about Warren Buffett? No investor has been more prolific and enjoyed more success in the realm of investing than the “Sage of Omaha”. Indeed, many investors have deified Buffett, hanging on every word that the “Oracle” can deliver. Warren himself is only too happy to freely dispense of his earnest advice with a flair for an amusing gab. I suspect that Warren would be very content had he been a comedian in a past life.
Since so many out there enjoy Warren’s wisdom, let’s take …

I miss Herb Greenberg’s articles. If you didn’t know, he’s on summer vacation at the moment. I wanted to dissect the good, the bad and the ugly about the investment media out there in part because of heroes like him doing his part fighting for, and educating the un-informed masses.
I bookmarked 2 recent Greenberg articles and just re-read them tonight. Thought I’d share with you some of my thoughts about the good media out there! (Unless you think I’m always being critical, and cynical) The first must-read is an educational …

Earnings is the number that keeps CFOs awake at night. Nightmares of backlashing shareholders dance in their heads, in fear of a time when that number should ever prove dissappointing.
I’ll preface by saying that I’m not an accountant, and would welcome any comments by people commanding such expertise. Numbers can’t lie, but the game’s stakeholders may use them as tools to mislead and distract from the real issues. Here’s an example of a company creatively presenting earnings figures.

Sometimes it’s hard to get a true value investor to not talk about the facts and come with some emotion, just ask Jim Chuong! Does this mean that value investing fund managers don’t ever hard sell? There are always exceptions and Joel Greenblatt of Magic Formula Investing is one of them.
Though the site sounds more like it belongs to Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Joel considers himself a value investor and is the author of the book, The Little Book That Beats The Market (you can read excerpts on Amazon.com). …

“I just hired a young, award winning journalist to partner with me on a blog that will do nothing but try to uncover corporate fraud. Young, energetic, fired up and damn the stuff i have seen so far is good.”
– Mark Cuban

Billionaire Mark Cuban is no stranger to sharing his personal views about the stock market and its players. While he is busily waiting in anticipation for a Dallas Maverick NBA World Championship, he is still working on other ventures in the background.
One such venture is ShareSleuth.com, a …

This post will definitely be one of those memorable moments in Investorial’s history. Aside from being my first podcast, it is also my first interview with a fund manager, Jim Chuong! Jim will be the first to humbly tell you that being compared to the Oracle of Omaha is a bit much. But there certainly exist similarities. Jim founded the Chuong Investment Management (formerly The Toronto Investment Club). Chuong Investment Management (CIM) is an investment partnership that followed closely Warren Buffett’s own partnership structure when he first started. As well, …

The 26th edition of the Carnival of Investing is now up. Investorial’s review of Web 2.0 application StockPicker is one of the featured articles. Head on over and read up on some of the best investment articles deserving of the mention from the past week!
I also submitted a contrarian rant about what the term “ten best days of the year” may mean to different people, and also my first podcast interview with a proven fund manager, Jim Chuong. I’ve made the podcast entry sticky to stay as the first entry …

Quick post this morning as I’m working on a project that will be a treat for Investorial readers in the upcoming week! The blogging trio at InvestorGeeks are opening up their site and looking for more geeks to join them. Chris, Jason and Frank are not only Investorial readers, but I also feel that they themselves write some of the best investing articles that I have seen on PF blogs.
I remember a long time ago when a small site started with a vision to build an investing community and …