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Chasing Value: EZcorp Still Besting Apple

Filed under: Forecasts, Apple Inc (AAPL), Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value[TM], EZCORP (EZPW), Stock PicksLast November I wrote Chasing Value: Apple's Great, but This Stock Is Better! with the audacity to state "...the potential to beat Apple's prospects ...

Chasing Value: 2011 Stock Picks Q1 Review — A Platform for Success

Filed under: General Electric (GE), Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America (BAC), Chevron Corp (CVX), Merck and Co (MRK), Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value[TM], Oil, Stocks to Buy, Newcastle Investment (NCT), Raytheon Company (RTN), EZCORP (EZPW), Stock Picks...

Chasing Value: EZCorp Still a Bargain

Filed under: Major Movement, Forecasts, Other Issues, Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value[TM], Stocks to Buy, EZCORP (EZPW)Sometimes I am so confounded by my fellow investors that I have a hard time finding somewhere to do a reality check, so I throw myself ...

Chasing Value: Insurance Stock Review — Part 2

Filed under: International Markets, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Allstate Corp (ALL), Chubb Corp (CB), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Chasing Value[TM], China Mobile Limited (CHL), MetLife Inc. (MET)Do you have any interest in insurance compani...

Chasing Value: Insured Profits or a Mountain of Risk?

Filed under: International Markets, Deals, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Allstate Corp (ALL), Chubb Corp (CB), Amer Intl Group (AIG), China Life Insurance ADS (LFC), Chasing Value[TM], MetLife Inc. (MET), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)Te...

Chasing Value: A Chinese Trade Deficit?

Filed under: International Markets, Industry, Competitive Strategy, Exxon Mobil (XOM), China, Chevron Corp (CVX), PetroChina Co Ltd ADR (PTR), Chasing Value[TM], Oil, Aluminum Corp of China ADS (ACH), Stock PicksThe Chinese government released trade da...

Chasing Value: Toxic Stock Update #4 — BAC, BP, C, GE, GS, RIG

Filed under: General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Market Matters, Citigroup Inc. (C), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value[TM], S and P 500, Financial Crisis, Stock Picks, Tran...

Chasing Value: Wells Fargo, a Seinfeld Episode?

Filed under: Products and Services, Management, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value[TM], Comic ReliefWhen dealing with large companies, have you ever felt you were living through a scene from a Seinfeld episode? In January Well...

Chasing Value: Homeowners Choice Earnings, Another Great Quarter

Filed under: Earnings Reports, Good news, Management, Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value[TM], Stocks to Buy, Stock PicksThere is a very small (micro-cap) insurance company in Florida called Homeowners Choice, Inc. (HCII) that I included among my stock picks...

Serious Money: Buffett’s Next Buys — You Pick’em

Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Citigroup Inc. (C), American Express (AXP), Chubb Corp (CB), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Entrepreneurs, Serious Money, Intuitive Surgical Inc (I...

Chasing Value: Looked at Boeing, Then Looked Away

Filed under: Rants and Raves, Competitive Strategy, Market Matters, Boeing Co (BA), Chasing Value[TM], Headline NewsIn considering my 2011 picks I took a look at Boeing Co (BA), interested by the story. There are many ways for this company's future to ...

Chasing Value: Time to Sell E*Trade?

Filed under: Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD), Chasing Value[TM], Stocks to Sell, E*TRADE (ETFC)Two weeks ago I decided to sell my shares of E*Trade (ETFC) after concluding it did not fit my investment criteria. It was one of my...