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• With All the Weeds Pulled Out of the Mortgage Patch, This ETF May Bloom

  By Jeff Stouffer - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: MCY, ORI, RDN, KME, RYL

  Talk to any mortgage loan officer today and he/she will still think that he/she will be accused of being one of the bad guys that caused the triggering event of the financial industry's problems. Now that sweeping regulations and reform are well underway, the mortgage loan officer that still works in this field will no longer have the curved, waxed mustache and black cape.

  Home mortgages are more »

• Value Investors Kahn Brothers’ Small Cap Picks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: MBI, ORI, PTEN, NYT

  Our research from our database of 13F filings indicates that the most popular small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500. We think that this is because small cap stocks are less widely owned by large institutional investors such as mutual funds, and less covered by the financial media; as a result hedge more »

• Value Investors Kahn Brothers’ Small Cap Picks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: MBI, ORI, PTEN, NYT

  Our research from our database of 13F filings indicates that the most popular small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year. We think that this is because small cap stocks are less widely owned by large institutional investors such as mutual funds, and less more »

• 3 Highest Yielding Stocks in Irving Kahn's Portfolio

  By Anh HOANG - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: BP, NYCB, ORI

  In investing, a simple strategy works the best. The best sources of investment opportunities are from the portfolios of famous and successful value investors. Many of us might have known the oldest living investment professionals, Irving Kahn. He has been living for more than a century, and is still working five days a week because he loves investing so much.

  Income investors might follow him into some of his picks more »

• Three Highest Yielding Stocks in Irving Kahn's Portfolio

  By Anh HOANG - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: BP, NYCB, ORI

  In investing, simple strategy works the best. The best sources of investment opportunities are from the portfolios of famous and successful value investors. Many of us might have known the oldest living investment professionals, Irving Kahn. He has been living for more than a century and still working five days a week because he loves investing so much. Income investors might follow him into some of his picks, which pays more »

• Capital Growth with Dividend: Our Top Picks

  By Shas Dey - December 4, 2012 | Tickers: PVD, KFN, ORI, PSEC

  Profit motivates investors, doubtless; however, the form of profit varies from stock to stock, and investors have their preference for one form over another. One may look for capital appreciation, while another may prefer to get their profits on a periodical basis in the form of dividends. Such preference may have various reasons behind it. Younger investors with a longer investment horizon may opt for capital growth while a relatively more »

• Looking Beyond GAAP Consolidated Figures: This Loss Making Insurer is a Buy

  By Anh HOANG - October 27, 2012 | Tickers: BRK-A, FNF, ORI, RDN

  The GAAP accounting rule has been improved over the years to truly reflect business fundamentals. However, it should be treated with care by investors as even with so many improvements, it still has limitations. One particular case is when a holding company, with many subsidiaries, consolidates its financial figures. The more subsidiaries are lumped together, the less useful those presentations are for making informed investment decisions. Warren Buffett commented that more »

• 5 High Dividend Stocks Insiders Are Bullish About

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 16, 2012 | Tickers: CLF, FTR, ORI, PBI, WIN

  A number of investors find high dividend yields attractive, either because they like the commitment to shareholder value that high dividends represent or because they are investing at least in part to receive a stable income from dividend payments. At Insider Monkey, we like to follow insider transactions with the knowledge that insider purchases tend to be a bullish sign for a stock. While insider buying does not guarantee that more »