Superinvestor Warren Buffett named "Graham and Doddsville" (the
mythical hometown of Value Investing) after Benjamin Graham and
David Dodd, who co-authored the monumental work on Value Investing,
"Security Analysis".
Simply stated, Value Investing is "bargain hunting" for stocks. If,
as a consumer, you have found bargain hunting to be a good way to
"maximize your returns" on shopping for consumer goods, then, as an
investor, Graham and Doddsville may be the place for you.
The welcoming committee of Graham and Doddsville (alphabetically):
Wayne ("Dark Side") Crimi is a computer analyst, investment and
economic researcher, and long term shareholder in Warren Buffett's
holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. Wayne's currently Bearish views
(subject to change as valuations warrant) are elaborated on his Web
site (which has links to all of Berkshire Hathaway's annual reports):
members.aol.com
Axel P. ("Axel") Gunderson is the nom de plume of an engineer and
research scientist who ferrets out "socially conscious" Value
Investments.
Barbara ("Meerkat") Laffan uses on-the-job hi-tech experience and
intuition to identify likely winners for her "Darts Hit The Charts"
model portfolio.
Bernard F. ("Berney") O'Rourke is a CPA and financial planner. Berney
uses both fundamental and technical analysis. The extent of Berney's
research into what has worked in Value Investing makes most other
researchers seem lazy by comparison.
Reynolds ("porcupine") Russell is a registered investment advisor who
is neither a Bull nor a Bear, but rather a "cautiously optimistic
porcupine". His Dow Value Portfolio (and other model value
portfolios) may be found at:
web.idirect.com
We hope that Silicon Investors who have an interest in applying the
principles of Graham and Dodd (and Buffett) to today's Market will
join us. We learn more from questions than we do from answers, so
let's see what we can figure out together. |
