Investment Jungle

Welcome everyone to the 38th running of the Festival of Stocks! And your lovable host, Average Joe, will take you through the exciting, high quality articles you expect from the Festival of Stocks.

Stock Analysis

RYS Pick of the Day - Cobra Electronics Corp. posted at Rock Your Stocks

This stock analysis finds that with Cobra’s recent acquisition of Performance Products, Cobra’s stock price can only head up. However, Will does warn that this stock is a speculative play.

All Drugged Up posted at Dividend Money

With the aging demographics in North America, Tyler feels that big pharma is a good play. And with a 4.20% dividend yield, Pfizer is a great way to get exposure to the pharmaceutical industry with a single stock.

Deeper Analysis into Encore Wire Company posted at Investment Jungle

Average Joe (that’s me!) takes a deeper look at a potential Rule #1 business. Although the initial analysis was very intriguing, the level of debt is discouraging.

Technical Analysis

How Cumulative Breadth Can Mislead You posted at Trader’s Narrative

Babak studies the NASDAQ Cumulative Breadth Chart (advancers - decliners) and argues that Michael Panzner’s results may have been interpreted incorrectly.

General Investing

Top Sell Side Clichés posted at Stock Market Prognosticator

Eric gives a very humorous account of sell side research reports and what they actually mean!

Vanguard - How To Waive the $20 Service Fee on Mutual Funds? posted at FIRE Finance

Vanguard has recently implemented a change in how they charge their fees. FIRE Finance has found a simple way to avoid this fee altogether. I won’t spoil the surprise. Check it out.

Bullish on the US Dollar? posted at Wealth Building Lessons

Over at Wealth Building Lessons, they are making a contrarian play on the US dollar. Since everyone thinks that the US dollar is going to continue to depreciate, they are betting that it will appreciate in the short term. And they are putting their money where their mouths are!

Beware the Chinese Stock Market posted at Adventures in Money Making

Asia’s richest man is concerned about the mainland stock market. And with illiterate farmers/workers lining up to open brokerage accounts, you know that this market is bubbling.

Shareholder Votes: The Myth of Investor Democracy posted at Sox First

When votes are close, management always get their way. Study discusses techniques that management uses to ensure they come out on top.

Equity Valuation Class: Cost of Capital posted at Fat Pitch Financials

Class is now in session. George sends us all back to school and covers the following topics: bottom up betas, cost of debt, weights for cost of capital, and dealing with hybrids.

Insurance Fraud, Short-Selling and Why You Can’t Trust Stock Analysts posted at Trusted Advisor

Charles gives us the low-down on why you never see a sell recommendation from a stock analyst.

Will Future Long-Term Stock Returns Be Less Than 8%? posted at My Money Blog

Jonathan calculates that future long-term stock returns will be between 7%-8% and he explains how he came up with that number.  Very interesting read and quite a lively discussion going on.

Stock Market Technical Analysis Versus Fundamental Analysis in pictures posted at The Digerati Life

Silicon Valley Blogger does a great job at illustrating the differences between technical analysis and fundamental analysis.

And that wraps up the 38th edition of the Festival of Stocks! Submit your blog article to the next edition of the Festival of Stocks using this submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on the Festival of Stocks homepage. Consider volunteering to host a future edition of the Festival.

Popularity: 18%