Boring Companies Part 1


slow investments1 200x200 Boring Companies Part 1Both value and  long term investors talk about how much they like boring businesses. We like these businesses so much because, if run correctly, they are able to reliably generate a consistent source of long term revenue. Consistency and reliability are the key terms here as these businesses can be trusted to year in and year out be steady bedrock stocks to hold.

Boring companies are described by professional investors as being “unsexy” but often no further definition is provided; let me present my own definition in the hopes of leading you to sustainable long term returns in your portfolio.

Buy with a solid Dividend (Session 7)


52012 Buy with a solid Dividend (Session 7)
The final page in our series on Graham’s investment theory is dedicated to dividends. I saved the best, and most contentious for last. Investors love to split themselves into groups- technical analysts, fundamental analysts, value investors, growth investors. In the same vein there are dividend investors and growth investors. Without further adieu let’s get into it.