Monthly Archives: July 2015

5 Undervalued Companies For The Defensive Investor Near 52 Week L

There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I’ve selected the five undervalued companies reviewed by ModernGraham trading closest to their 52 week low. Each of these companies has been determined to be suitable for the Defensive Investor according to the ModernGraham approach. Defensive Investors are defined as…

Japan: Still A Problem With No Solution

There’s a village in Japan where the dead outnumber the living, and I don’t mean the ancestors in the cemetery. The bodies are dispersed around the small town of Nagoro. It’s a small community of some 35 people, most in their 60s or older. The place is so sparsely populated that the locals consider their 150-plus…

Yuan “Float” Turns 10 Years Old

On July 21, 2005, China surprised the world by abandoning its peg to the dollar that had been in place since 1995. It immediately appreciated by 2% and gradually appreciate until the financial crisis hit in 2008. It then looked to have been “re-pegged until late 2010, when it began appreciating again.   Since that fateful 2005…

The Extinction Of Markets

China’s four-week-long stock market rout wiped out nearly 30% off the Shanghai Composite Index since its highs of June. To stem those losses the Chinese government has formulated an interesting hypothesis: stocks won’t go down if you ban sell orders. Working off this proposition Beijing has ordered shareholders with more than a 5% interest to…