Author Archives: Timeless Investor

About Timeless Investor

My name is Samual Lau. I am a long-term value investor and a zealous disciple of Ben Graham. And I am a MBA graduated in May 2010 from Carnegie Mellon University. My concentrations are Finance, Strategy and Marketing.

Excellent readings and links about investment

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Timeless Investor

1. Outstanding value investing newsletter – Columbia_Biz_school_newsletter_2011 edited by students of Columbia Business School.

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US Macroeconomic indicators with high impact

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Timeless Investor

How do we diaganose the health of US economy nowadays? The best way is to study the macroeconomic indicators.

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Is the curent market cheap? Part II – what does DCF model tell us.

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Timeless Investor

Is the current market cheap or expensive? Let us use two stage growth Discount Cash Flow (DCF) model to calculate the intrinsic value of SP500 in order to answer this question.

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Interesting stuff to read

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Timeless Investor

Are financial stocks dying or reviving? Financial stocks (e.g. BAC, WFC, JPM) are down double digits this year, it is the industry sector with the biggest drop. There is so much distaste for financial stocks in Market sentiment nowadays. So … Continue reading →

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Best Stock Screener on the web

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Timeless Investor

I stumbled into Robotdough from recommendation of one value investment blog last year.  Since then I fell in love with it. It is probably be the best freestyle formula based stock screener so far! Most other screeners like those from yahoo, msn … Continue reading →

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Collaboration of Central Banks lift the market

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Timeless Investor

An excellent insight from Scott Grannis Monetary ease takes the edge off the panic “A coordinated easing move by the world’s major central banks was well received by most markets today. Lower interest rates can’t solve all problems, however, and … Continue reading →

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book note of first two chapters of “The Intelligent Investor”

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Timeless Investor

I would like to continue to share with you my book notes of “The Intelligent Investor”. Please enjoy the God’s words on investment. 🙂 book note chapter_1: Investment versus Speculation book note chapter_2: The Investor and Inflation

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Recent Interview of Seth Klarman

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Timeless Investor

Seth Klarman got interviewed on Nov. 1st, 2011. This is a rare chance to watch Seth talking about his view of live, investment and current europe crisis. Please enjoy, http://vimeo.com/facinghistory/sethklarmanandcharlierose

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Comparison of US and Eurozone Equities

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Timeless Investor

Due to the augmentation of economic globalization, US economy growth pathway seems to be largely and easily affected by global effects. How does eurozone market influence US market? Can US sustain the financial turmoil ongoing in Europe?

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How does European Sovereign debt crisis affact us? Interview from Warren Buffet and Guy Spier

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Timeless Investor

Warrent Buffet’s brief take on this issue, “The problem is quite complex. I do not know the answer to that. ..

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