Major Article List
This page is a list of all of my “core articles” if you want to understand my thought processes. It has been culled from my work at RealMoney.com, Alephblog.com, and occasionally elsewhere.
Portfolio Management
Evolution of an Investment Style
Evolution of a Value Investor’s Portfolio
Investing Is About the Whole Portfolio
Become a Smarter Seller, Part 1
Become a Smarter Seller, Part 2
Follow These Signposts in 2007
My Calls Scorecard for 2006
Investing Is Still About the Whole Portfolio — 2006 Review
The Long and Short of Trend Investing
A Value Investor’s Plan for 2006
Why I Don’t Like Preferred Stock
What Excess Cash Is Really Worth
In Defense of Cyclicals, Part 1
In Defense of Cyclicals, Part 2
Valuing Financial Slack in the Steel Sector
Some Concrete Ideas for Your Portfolio
Nonlinear Dynamics and Markets
The Fundamentals of Market Tops
Managing Liability Affects Stocks, Pt. 1
Separating Weak Holders From the Strong
Get to Know the Holders’ Hands, Part 1
Get to Know the Holders’ Hands, Part 2
On Investment Advice
Using Investment Advice, Part 1
Using Investment Advice, Part 2
Using Investment Advice, Part 3
Tread Warily on Media Stock Tips
Real Estate
Wrecking Ball Looms for Big Housing Spec
Real Estate’s Top Looms
Insurance & Financial Companies
Time to Get Personal With Insurers
Parsing the Financials of the Financials
Buyers Beware: Financials are Different
Snarls in Insurance Investigation, Part 1
Snarls in Insurance Investigation, Part 2
Wait to Sic Feds on Insurance Industry
Don’t Bet Your Life on the Insurance Sector
Playing the Cycles in the Insurance Sector
How Wall Street Looks at Insurance Companies(not at RealMoney)
Academic Finance
Kiss the Equity Premium Goodbye
What Makes Analysts Cover Stocks
Avoid the Dangers of Data-Mining, Part 2
Avoid the Dangers of Data-Mining, Part 1
Bonds
Look Inside My Bonds Playbook
Ask Our Pros: Take the Easy Road With Bonds
GM, Ford Can Access Short-Term Cash
No Need to Panic About Bonds
Changes in Corporate Bonds, Part 1
Changes in Corporate Bonds, Part 2
Two Ways to Analyze Corporate Bonds
Personal Finance and Pensions
Flat Curve Pinches 401(k)s
Pensions: Things Can Always Be Worse
Accounting Changes Could Crimp Yields
A Look at International Accounting Proposals
The Biggest Asset Class You Never Heard Of
Life Insurance: A Bet You Don’t Want to Win
The Pros and Cons of Buying Annuities
Derivatives
The Correlation Trade Gone Wrong
Macroeconomics
Managing the Aging Population
Many Hedge Funds Chasing Few Dollars
The Unhidden Costs of Sarbanes-Oxley
Implications of a Low-Nominal World
The Economy, Seen From Many Angles
When Foreign Central Banks Diversify
Solid Foundation for Inflation Fears
Policy
Sarbanes-Oxley and the Law of Unintended Consequences
‘Someone Else’ May Restart Board Reform
A Modest Proposal for the Mutual Fund Industry
