“In the short run the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” – Benjamin Graham, The intelligent Investor It’s well established that people often assign a mental value to stocks based largely on the emotional imagery that companies evoke. For example take Yahoo! and Yum! Yahoo! got…

It’s Probably Overpriced. Imaginary Profits Only. Insiders’ Private Opportunity. Idiotic, Preposterous, and Outrageous. I’m currently reading “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham and it’s such a phenomenal piece of literature that I can’t help but savor every moment of it. As Graham debunks and empowers the lay man with investing advice he touches on IPOs,…

For a friend who told me they don’t feel appreciated at work. To show appreciation for others is a gift. And to be appreciated by others is one of the best gifts to receive. However, receiving appreciate is often, unfortunately, a rare luxury. And in a particularly dry season you must remember that: the value…

In the book “The Intelligent Investor” Benjamin Graham creates one of the most brilliant metaphors for explaining how stocks can be mispriced through the manic-depressive Mr. Market. This got me thinking, what is the emotional disposition of Mr. Startup? These are the thoughts that followed: He is overly optimistic, one might say delirious so. He’s…