Why Your Mind Is Preventing You From Beating The Market

ValuePicksOnly — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:33:29 GMT

We have all heard the tales of "experts" who perform worse than monkeys when it comes to picking stocks that will outperform the broader market index, and the average individual investor performs even worse. However, monkeys have an unfair advantage: they do not have a business degree, they do not follow the news, and they do not care about money!

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Intrinsic Values Of The 10 Biggest Companies

ValuePicksOnly — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:06:56 GMT

It is always interesting to see how the biggest companies in the world compare. Not only price/value wise, but also how healthy their financial statements are. Therefore I used Google Finance's stock screener to filter out the biggest market cap companies with a 5-year average return on equity of 15% or higher. I included return on equity in the screeni...

Free Discounted Cash Flow calculator

ValuePicksOnly — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:39:13 GMT

"[Intrinsic value is] the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life." - Warren Buffett in Berkshire Hathaway Owner Manual

Calculating the intrinsic value of a company is the cornerstone of value investing. Only when a stock of a solid company trades for less than its intrinsic value should you consider buying. There are several ways to calc...

Apple (AAPL) 110% undervalued?!

ValuePicksOnly — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:25:50 GMT

According to valuespreadsheet.com, Apple has a potential 110% upside. They state that the huge drop since September is an irrational and exaggerated price movement. Apple is a strong company selling at a discount price. Read the complete article on

Science supports Warren Buffetts investing strategy

ValuePicksOnly — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:39:15 GMT

Value investing works and Warren Buffett's success is not just based on luck. That is the conclusion of my Bachelor thesis in which I researched the sucess of Warren Buffet's investing philosophy.

You can read my thesis via the following link:

Hello everyone,

A few months ago I build an advanced spreadsheet for analyzing stocks using Google Docs. This spreadsheet retrieves data from several online sources (e.g. finance.yahoo, Google Finance), performs a DCF- and a P/E valuation, creates graphs and comes up with an analysis of the data plus a recommendation whether to buy the stock or not. But here comes the best part:

Investing Principles of John Templeton

ValuePicksOnly — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:16:50 GMT

I have not been on CAPS for a while, because my long term strategy doesn’t require me to :) Once every quarter is enough. I might add some more blogs and maybe add some new companies to my portfolio, but only if I can find the time and motivation for it.

Anyway, here is a new blog from me, for you:

Principals of John Templeton; guidelines which can help you beat the market!

The US' economy is slowing down, but in Europe the future looks a bit brighter. So why invest in a slowing economy if you can invest in a more healthy one instead? Tough question eh...

I'm an European citizen living in The Netherlands and have found some great companies in my home market, trading at bargain prices. I would like to share with you one stock of which I myself have recently bought shares (yes, with real mon...

Have You Ever Pressed a Ball Under Water? (Insights On Intrinsic Value And Time)

ValuePicksOnly — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:03:27 GMT

Have you ever pressed a ball under water? What this has to do with investing? Read on...
Worlds best investors, like Warren Buffett, have a habit of buying companies when they are trading well below their intrinsic values. And this has a lot of similiarities with a ball under water...
Let's compare the intrinsic value of a share with the surface of the water. A ball under water has a strong urge to resurface. And how deeper it is under ...

10 Tips To Invest Better in 2008 (And After)

ValuePicksOnly — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:10:56 GMT

Tip 1: Focus on company's, not on stockprices.
Tip 2: Know your company. Can you explain within 2 minutes what the company does to an eight year old kid? No? Go look for a different company!
Tip 3: Investigate profitability. Does the company have a structural high return ...

BE THE NEIGHBOUR!!! (Mr. Market and How To Handle Price Drops)

ValuePicksOnly — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:46:21 GMT

Every self respecting value investor should be familiar with the Mr. Market principle invented by Benjamin Graham. It's a fictional character who is synonym for the manic behaviour we find on the stock markets. One day he is extremely positive about the future and is willing to pay a lot of money for a share in a company, while the next day he might be pessimistic and wants to sell his share for a bargain price. This characteristic is contagious, but it is way more profitable i...

How Do I, And How Can You, Value Company's?

ValuePicksOnly — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:21:18 GMT

INTRODUCTION
I'm a value investor and all of my CAPS picks are underpriced value stocks. But how do I, and how can you, value what a stock is worth? Well, there are several ways to approach this. You can use EPS, average P/E ratio and expected growth rates to make a simple little formula to come to a fair value/intrinsic value estimate. But you can also use a discounted cash flow (DCF) model, which takes a bit...

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Why Your Mind Is Preventing You From Beating The Market

Intrinsic Values Of The 10 Biggest Companies

Free Discounted Cash Flow calculator

Apple (AAPL) 110% undervalued?!

Science supports Warren Buffetts investing strategy

Investing Principles of John Templeton

Have You Ever Pressed a Ball Under Water? (Insights On Intrinsic Value And Time)

10 Tips To Invest Better in 2008 (And After)

BE THE NEIGHBOUR!!! (Mr. Market and How To Handle Price Drops)

How Do I, And How Can You, Value Company's?