Syrian Refugees Are Now Fleeing in Droves to Lebanon
As the violence in Syria reaches unprecendent levels, thousands of regugees are fleeing to neighboring countries. Turkey has already taken … Read more
Business
Japan’s Revenge of the Mandarins
Ever since the huge earthquake that hit Japan’s Pacific coast at Tohoku on March 11, 2011, the country’s mass media … Read more
Yahoo to Layoff Thousands in Restructuring
A year of change will continue at Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) with Monday’s announcement that it will layoff thousands of workers as part … Read more
Stock Market at Cheapest Level in 23 Years?
US stocks are cheaper than all the past 34 peaks since 1989 due to a doubling of corporate profits since … Read more
Wilbur Ross Added to Board of Exco Resources Inc. (XCO)
Wilbur Ross, the legendary billionaire and private equity value investor was just added to the board of Exco Resources (NYSE:XCO). The announcement … Read more
AIG Repaying Government for Bailout
Insurance behemoth, American International Group (NYSE:AIG), has been looking for ways it can pay back the US government for bailout … Read more
Factory Orders
Factory Orders results for January were released Monday and showed a decline in line with December’s numbers. The drop of … Read more
Euro-Zone Business Activity Shrinks: Market Morning Update
Every morning ValueWalk puts out a news report with the latest news in global stock markets, company news, and global … Read more
ECB Facilities To Distressed Banks
Matt Rego raises a quite interesting question in connection with ECB’s help to Barclay’s https://www.valuewalk.com/2012/03/barclays-bcs-gets-aid-from-ecb/ I think that post merits … Read more
Spartan Motors Looking Cheap ($SPAR)
http://www.frankvoisin.com Spartan Motors, Inc (NASDAQ: SPAR) is a niche player in the heavy-duty vehicles market. Through its operating subsidiaries, the … Read more
European Shiller PE Below 13 (ERO)
Every month we calculate the US equity markets valuation. We now receive a slew of terrific data on European market valuations, which is updated every month. Last month’s data … Read more
What Should Greece Do?
This is a hard question. If Greece borrowed money from me, I would want them to pay. But if … Read more
Danske Bank hocks junk in ECB
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120229-712634.html Please note: Both banks said they don’t have any need to fund themselves through the ECB, but made use … Read more
Stock Market Looks Expensive Now
Note: All data refers specifically to the S&P500 (SPY) or the Wilshire 5,000 (VTI) Below are eight different quantitve valuation … Read more
Chou Equity Opportunity Fund Down 18% in 2011
Dear Shareholder, During the year 2011, the Chou Equity Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”) lost 17.78% of its value while the … Read more