It’s Monday Night! The best night to take your mind off investments and finance by watching wrestling entertainment on television. But I did not imagine how wrestling and value investing could come together so interestingly!

John Bradshaw Layfield plays a rich tycoon heel on WWE’s SmackDown! For those who don’t know the term, a wrestler is a heel if he plays the bad guy. Imagine my surprise when I saw who the author was for an article about value investing at TheStreet.com.

In the article, JBL (as he’s called) talks about 2 blue chip stocks that have seen their fair share of controversy as of late. There are a breed of value investors, with Warren Buffett being the most famous, that love to look for strong brand names that will weather toughest of storms. Pfizer is absolutely the strongest player in the pharmaceutical field currently. Walmart’s strangle hold on retail distribtuion is unmatched.

The article proves interesting but I am more tickled by JBL’s analysis which is half decent! It seems he’s just started in October with a few articles with TheStreet.com. His style is very down to earth, easy to understand and filled with wrestling analogies. I feel that investment and finance should be explained in a simple way. Will he be a regular? Check it out!

TheStreet.com: ‘The Strong Survive’ by John Bradshaw Layfield