Jim Cramer’s Most Recent ‘Buys’ – And Their Flaws

Jun 29, 12 Jim Cramer’s Most Recent ‘Buys’ – And Their Flaws

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While Jim Cramer has certainly made terrible calls, he has made some good calls in the past and we want to help retail investors pick the good from the bad. More specifically, for each of his picks, we’ll let you know analyst ratings, how they measure up from a fundamental perspective, and whether they’re undervalued...

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5 Billion Dollar Businesses with 5%+ Yields

Jun 13, 12 5 Billion Dollar Businesses with 5%+ Yields

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Unbelievable. Un-frigging-believable. People will actually pay you (yes, you) to own shares in their company. Crazy, hunh?! It’s surprising more people don’t take advantage of dividend investing. There are high quality companies out there that are not only undervalued but also produce a wicked yield. That’s the...

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6 Overlooked Stocks That Got Killed In The Housing Crash

Jun 06, 12 6 Overlooked Stocks That Got Killed In The Housing Crash

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2008 was an extremely difficult time for the housing industry. The bottom had fallen out of the market. Subprime mortgages were the scourge of the nation and the metaphorical sky was falling. With this onslaught of terrible news, the stock prices of everything and anything dropped hard, but in particular, anything within a...

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6 Undervalued Tech Giants with A Sustainable Competitive Advantage?

May 24, 12 6 Undervalued Tech Giants with A Sustainable Competitive Advantage?

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The tech industry has come under fire recently due to a string of IPOs. Companies such as Groupon, Zynga and now Facebook are IPOing with billion dollar floats and many are calling it signs of a bubble. It’s almost every week now that we’re hearing about startup x and startup y raising at hundred million dollar plus...

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7 Sinful Stocks Buffett Would Love

May 17, 12 7 Sinful Stocks Buffett Would Love

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There are two certainties in life: death and taxes. But, there’s another that gets 99% of the way there: Humans will always have vices. They will pay to maintain those vices in good times and bad and that makes companies that feed on human vices potentially great investments. We went through the top 25 holdings of the VICEX...

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Union Pacific Railroad (UNP): An all time high and still valuable?

Feb 04, 12 Union Pacific Railroad (UNP): An all time high and still valuable?

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Editor’s Note: Daniel Sparks is a guest blogger at Vuru and is a US Army veteran and MBA student at Colorado State University. He has a passion for value investing and runs a value investing blog at ValueFolio.  While some might argue that it is difficult to truly identify an economic moat, you can’t deny the durable...

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