2022-04-24 18:39
At the centre of the international Eurodollar system is collateral. Why is that so important and why are banks scrambling for it so much? As I alluded to yesterday, safe and liquid assets ar… Read More
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2022-04-23 16:00
I will use this blog as means to understand the Eurodollar-system. I was a die-hard inflationist for a long time, but I have changed my mind over the years because inflation was never coming… Read More
2017-11-02 17:42
Today I will talk about my investment strategy.
This is a topic that I’ve explored before and most notably you can read about it here and here.
I’ve tried to do a graphic represe… Read More
2017-10-15 16:55
If you are a golfer you know that you don’t always hit the ball perfectly.
Sometimes you miss the ball ever so slightly and the results are horrible.
But sometimes the reverse is true… Read More
2017-10-04 08:35
It is a dream of many investors is to hit a “ten bagger”.
A “ten bagger” is where you are making more than ten times your initial investment when exiting the investm… Read More
2017-09-20 15:46
No matter how long you’ve been investing, there will inevitably come a time when you ask yourself if there’s a financial metric that is better than the others. What financial met… Read More
2017-09-13 14:21
Today I want to talk about the Free cash flow yield and discuss why it is important for value investors.
In theory value investing is easy.
You buy an undervalued stock, you reinvest the di… Read More
2017-09-06 17:31
Fundamental analysis of McDonald’s (MCD), June 24, 2017
Update: September 6, 2017
McDonald’s is marginally more expensive since the last update. The company is now valued at 29… Read More
2017-09-01 08:00
What does it take to say no?
As an investor, you are more likely than not to have been in a situation like this:
You are listening to a presentation of a company that you are interested in… Read More
2017-08-22 07:40
Fundamental analysis of Leggett & Platt Inc., June 2, 2017
Update, August 21, 2017:
Leggett & Platt is neither expensive nor cheap at 16.8 times the earnings of 2016. Assuming forwa… Read More
2017-08-10 11:30
Fundamental analysis of Stanley Black & Decker, June 10, 2017
Update, 170810
The price of the SWK stock hasn’t really been moving since we last looked. The one thing that has chan… Read More
2017-08-07 13:37
Fundamental analysis of Hormel Foods Corp. (ticker: HRL), May 26, 2017
Update August 7, 2017
Hormel Foods is still expensive at 20.5 times trailing earnings. If we assume that the company w… Read More
2017-08-03 17:00
In order to be a successful investor, you shouldn’t compare yourself to others.
It is difficult being an investor. Sometimes the price of your stocks rise for no apparent reason and s… Read More
2017-08-02 16:43
Fundamenal analysis of S & W Seed Company (ticker: SANW), May 19, 2017
Update: 2 August, 2017
The company just made 2 cents per share last quarter. If this trend continues and S & W… Read More
2017-07-29 18:36
Fundamental analysis of Colgate-Palmolive (CL).
Description:
Colgate-Palmolive is an American consumer products manufacturer with a global business. It is based in New York City, New York… Read More
2017-07-24 15:57
Fundamental analysis of Pepsico, July 10, 2017
Update:
The day after publishing this we figured out that the company presented their earnings.
The earnings came in better than anticipated a… Read More
2017-07-22 14:00
You want to start investing, but you have no idea of where to start. Where do you begin to learn investing?
In the beginning it can seem overwhelming.
Should you invest in bonds, stocks or… Read More
2017-07-22 13:31
Fundamental analysis of McDonald’s (MCD), June 24, 2017
Description:
McDonald’s is not a small-cap stock, but nevertheless a value proposition that fits into this article.
The c… Read More
2017-07-19 12:50
Update, July 3, 2017
Description:
Tesla, Inc. is in the business of manufacturing and selling electric vehicles, solar panels and energy storage solutions in the United States. It is based… Read More
2017-07-15 16:35
Fundamental analys of Nucor, July 15, 2017
Description:
Nucor is an American steel producer that sells steel and steel products in the United States and internationally. Their headquarters… Read More
2017-07-12 13:33
To get rich slowly is both easy and difficult.
Today I want to talk about getting rich, but not in the sense of winning the lottery, but rather the kind where you are stacking one brick on… Read More
2017-07-07 11:24
Fundamental analysis of Walgreen Boots Alliance, July 7, 2017
Description:
Walgreen Boots Alliance is an American pharmacy chain with many business areas in the health sector.
Valuation:
A… Read More
2017-07-04 19:45
As an investor you have a certain responsibility towards yourself as to not buy stock of overvalued companies.
Where does that lead us today when the market on all metrics is overvalued? Do… Read More
2017-06-30 11:18
Fundamental analysis of Johnson & Johnson, June 30, 2017
Description:
Johnson & Johnson is an American healthcare company that researches, manufactures and sells various products in… Read More
2017-06-20 16:34
Is this a good deal?
You have a website that is generating a good amount of cash.
You have been approached by a company that wants to buy your site. You have been offered $1.6m for it.
Now… Read More
2017-06-04 16:59
Today I would like to dive into the question of what you are actually buying when you buy shares in a publicly traded company.
If you are anything like me you’ve been thinking: “… Read More
2017-05-30 10:00
Today I would like to look at the question of how to invest $2,000 if you are 18 years old.
You’re young and you have $2,000 to spare but you don’t know how to invest it. How do… Read More
2017-05-27 12:25
Welcome to another blog post by me, LJ Nissen. In this guide we are going to be talking about technical analysis for beginners.
(This is part 1 of a series of articles. You can find part 2 h… Read More
2017-05-26 12:10
Today I want to look at technical analysis of precious metals and other commodities.
Technical analysis of crude oil, May 26, 2017
This is a weekly chart of crude oil:
Figure 1. Daily chart… Read More
2017-05-01 19:20
In this guide we will lay out the basics of why you want to invest your money based on the value that you get from your investment and why an approach like Warren Buffet’s almost alway… Read More
2017-04-21 19:18
In today’s post I want to look at valuation of gold stocks.
The last few days I’ve been trying to wrap my head around how to value gold stocks.
It’s not as easy as just va… Read More
2017-04-05 19:15
This time we will look a bit more in depth on how to use Microsoft Excel for financial calculations.
What we will look at today is Financial statements and how to use them in order to under… Read More
2017-04-01 19:14
Today I would like to take a stab at the question “why is the Shiller P/E flawed?”
What is Cape and why is the Shiller P/E flawed?
The cyclical P/E-ratio is calculated by taking… Read More
2017-03-27 20:56
How come Warren Buffett is such a fantastic investor?
The early years
To answer that question we first need to look into what Warren Buffett has actually done.
He studied at Columbia Univer… Read More
2017-03-20 20:01
This is the place where I put the fundamental analysis posts.
Monday, March 20, 2017
Today I would like to look at fundamental analysis of The Cato Corporation (ticker: CATO).
Valuation
The… Read More
2017-03-15 20:02
Today I would like to look at fundamental analysis of American Railcar Industries (ticker: ARII).
The company designs and manufactures hopper and tank railcars. It is based just outside of… Read More
2017-03-13 20:18
Today I would like to look at fundamental analysis of one the best ran British small-cap stocks, Treatt Plc.
Valuation
As always I prefer first to look at the valuation numbers and here it… Read More
2017-03-05 20:22
Today I would again like to look at a gold mine. This time I will look at the mid-tier producer Agnico Eagle.
My preferred time horizon is weekly so this is what a weekly chart looks like:… Read More
2017-03-04 15:35
Today I want to look at a another chart, this time of Kinross Gold Corp.
As always I prefer to look at a weekly chart:
Figure 1. Weekly chart of Kinross Gold Corp since 2014 until present… Read More
2017-03-03 20:01
Today I want to look at the charts again and this time I would like to look at crude oil.
As always my preferred time horizon is weekly. This is what a chart of WTI crude looks like:
Figure… Read More
2017-03-02 20:26
Today I would like to do technical analysis of the Gold Bugs Index, the HUI.
A common way of leveraging the price of gold is to invest in gold mines.
The way that I look at the gold is that… Read More
2017-03-01 20:42
Today I want to do technical analysis of platinum, which of course is another precious metal just like gold and silver.
As always I prefer to look at a weekly chart:
Figure 1. Weekly chart… Read More
2017-02-28 20:22
Today I again want to talk about technical analysis. This time of silver.
As always I use a weekly chart to draw my conclusions:
Figure 1. Weekly chart of the World Silver Index from 2013 u… Read More
2017-02-27 20:54
Today I want to look to the charts and do some technical analysis of gold.
As always I look at a weekly chart to draw my conclusions:
Figure 1. Weekly chart of the World Gold Index. The 50… Read More
2017-02-23 20:02
Today I want to discuss the financials of Tesla Motors.
The reason for this is that I’ve recently been watching a youtube channel called Now You Know that show a lot of news about Tes… Read More
2017-02-18 20:49
Today I want to explain in more detail what I mean by my 1,2,3-method when it comes to trading.
How come some people always seem to be able to put a cooler on their nerves and consistently… Read More
2017-02-15 20:46
This time I will look a bit more in depth on how to use Microsoft Excel for financial calculations.
How can I use Excel to get the best out of my data?
Chances are that you are going to hav… Read More
2017-02-11 20:24
Today I want to answer a question about useful money investment and saving tricks.
There are a couple of things that you need to think about when it comes to your personal finances:
Always… Read More
2017-02-08 20:15
You are young and you are already wealthy with your dividends. Congratulations.
It seems as though you are getting a return of 2.6 percent from the dividends which seems reasonable.
What yo… Read More
2017-02-04 20:24
When I first started out with investing I didn’t know anything at all about investing and financial metrics.
The company that I was working for was a startup in a highly specific scie… Read More
2017-02-01 20:25
Today I want to answer a question about only having limited funds to invest. “I only have $500 to invest. How do I make the best of it?”
You buy an index fund. The positive thin… Read More
2017-01-28 20:12
Do you ever wonder how some people somehow seem to building wealth without putting any effort into it?
They have the means to carry out all sorts of things without being stretched financial… Read More
2017-01-25 10:13
As a beginner, doesn’t it suck not being able to reap the rewards of the stock market?
I know when I started out, I thought that I would make a killing straight away.
But then I start… Read More
2016-11-11 17:22
Are you looking for a good readout for the rising commodity prices? Copper may be just what you are looking for, but please stay away from the trigger for a while.
You may have looked for a… Read More
2016-11-01 16:08
Today we will take a look at the Australian dollar and China. We will begin with the Australian dollar.
This is what a weekly chart looks like:
Figure 1. Chart of the ETF FXA representing t… Read More
2016-10-29 15:16
Today we want to talk about the break-out in the S&P 500 once again from a technical stand-point. This is what a weekly chart looks like at the moment:
Figure 1. Weekly chart of the S&am&hell…Read More
2016-10-27 14:46
Here are the ten rules of wealth building that we have discovered throughout the years. Don’t consider these principles absolute rules, but more of a guidance to how to think about you… Read More
2016-10-25 15:07
Today we want to look at the performance of the stocks in the Eurozone. In particular we will look at the ETF EZU which is an ETF that tracks a composite of the indices in the Eurozone.
As… Read More
2016-10-20 18:00
If you are interested in investing you should check the site Quora out. There anybody can ask whatever they want and you get insightful answers from qualified people. It’s a good way o… Read More
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