Investor Essentials Daily

This company has bonds yielding 10%, with a small kicker, as bond markets continue to be concerned about its ability to remain solvent...

Portfolio churn isn’t always a bad thing, sometimes it’s necessary...

Today, we’re going to talk about one of the most famous ‘bears’ on Wall Street who was able to make millions during the Great Depression...

The first public company in history was quickly followed by the first activist investor in history...

10 million dot-org domain names are changing hands this quarter and yet, most investors don’t seem to care...

Credit agencies were largely criticized following the Great Recession for their inability to accurately portray the credit risk of mortgage-backed securities until after the market collapse...

While as-reported ROA looks consistently muted for the name, TRUE UAFRS-based (Uniform) analysis shows that, as a result of favorable industry regulations...

Many people today do not know the origin of basic finance terms we use today. From ‘long’ and ‘short’ to ‘bull’ and ‘bear’ markets, many of these terms predate our modern financial system

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This hedge fund titan follows in the footsteps of one of the greatest traders of all time. He’s internalized his rules, and even sounds like him, having written the forward to his idol’s book....

After first struggling to adapt to changing consumer needs, this firm has been able to recover to historically strong profitability levels by embracing new platforms...

Investors were caught off guard when MLPs—one of the most stable investment classes—struggled during the Great Recession. Banks were lending on the wrong metrics, and it had disastrous results....

What’s better than a company selling pickaxes to a competitive market?...

As we’ve talked about before, credit cycles drive equity and economic cycles. If you can understand where credit markets are heading, you can understand what is likely to occur for the economy overall, and the equity markets...

This fund manager has lived by a less known Buffett quote about being a concentrated investor when you have all the information. It has both made him billions and almost sunk his career multiple times....

For many years, this company’s as-reported financials seemed to line up with its stock market returns. However, once the company began its acquisition strategy, the stock’s movements and as-reported accounting...

This company is considered a “moderate credit risk” by Moody’s. In their own words, it’s because of “(near-term) uncertainty around obligations”...

This company demonstrates that not all biotechnology firms either become moonshots or crash-and-burn...

Much like Indiana Jones, this hedge fund titan has spent his fair share of time in the classroom, but what has really made him famous is his success in applying his knowledge in the field...

While investors think all companies in the Aluminum business are commodity companies, this firm has been able to yield consistent returns and avoid...

Everyone knows about retail’s demise and how painful the last few years have been for brick and mortar stores....