Investor's Outpost

When searching for good companies to invest in, it can be difficult to put together a satisfactory portfolio of stocks that meet your well-defined criteria. It’s tempting to copy a famous investor like Warren Buffett and invest in whatever they own. In theory, this would give you the same return as whatever they’re getting, as … More Copying Another Stock Portfolio

A common trap that investors fall into is paying any mind to the price range that a particular stock has sold for in the past. The price-range, like many other metrics of stock “evaluation”, has very little to do with the actual value of a stock. Seeing that a stock is selling at a relatively … More Why the Price-Range is a Useless Metric

A troubling phenomenon that many new investors observe in the stock market is its reactivity and its propensity to move rapidly. This phenomenon wouldn’t be so troubling, of course, if the company’s earnings changed on a whim daily, but obviously, that is not the case as most companies report earnings every three months. So why … More The Neurotic Stock Market