Why and how to implement a net-net investment strategy world-wide This article shows you why and exactly how to invest in net-net companies, companies that are trading at less than their liquidation value. ... > read more
Get investment ideas with this Bloomberg alternative at a fraction of the price When I left my banking job I lost access to Bloomberg. I wanted to continue investing my own money so I had to find a Bloomberg alternative fast.... > read more
30 Magic Formula investment ideas in Japan Because Japan is one of the few countries I am still finding a lot of good quality undervalued companies I thought it would be interesting to see what companies the Magic Formula comes up with.... > read more
How to implement the Magic Formula investment strategy This article will shows you how to find Magic Formula investment ideas, not only in the USA, but in all the main markets world-wide including your home market.... > read more
7 ratios to find the best companies to sell short Do you sell individual stocks short? If you do in this article I have put together a list of ratios and indicators that can help you find companies to sell short. ... > read more
Avoid losses with this 44 point investment checklist I have put this check-list together over a period of more than 25 years and often make changes as I read about something interesting or learn something from experience.... > read more
Beat the market with small companies BUT you have to do this Some past research may not have given you any reason to think that you can beat the market by buying small companies. However a recent research paper I studied has changed my thinking and I am sure will change yours as well.... > read more
86 Deep value and Quality Deep Value ideas around the world After a bit of volatility around the world the past few months I thought you would be interested in finding out where interesting deep value, and quality deep value investment ideas can be found around the world.... > read more
Why use book to market and not price to book? Why do think we recommend that you use the book to market ratio, and not price to book when screening for undervalued companies? The simple answer - book to market gives you better results. ... > read more
30 Deep value investment ideas in a time of over-valued markets With a lot of markets world-wide hitting new highs, there are not a lot of deep value ideas around. This got me thinking that in a few industries and countries there may just be a few interesting deep value ideas. ... > read more
Can the Piotroski F-Score also improve your investment strategy? You can use the Piotroski F-Score to improve most investment strategies, not just a low price to book strategy as Joseph Piotroski successfully proved. In this article I am going to show you what other investment strategies you can improve with the use of the Piotroski F-Score. ... > read more
15 Magic Formula investment ideas in Europe I am sure you have heard of the Magic Formula investing strategy. Because most of the writing on the internet is focused on Magic Formula companies in the USA I thought you will be interested in a few Magic Formula investment ideas in Europe.... > read more
Be careful of this time tested value ratio You know we recommend that you never use a single ratio to get investment ideas. This advice was confirmed when I found a very interesting article...... > read more
Quality, Value and Momentum in North America +962% over 13 years On 1 November 2014 I told you of a new investment strategy Quality, Value, Momentum we developed from our best ideas from over 14 years of research. We first tested the strategy only in Europe and a lot of readers asked if the strategy worked as well in North America… ... > read more
Quant Investing screener introduction (video) This video gives shows you how easy it is to set up a simple screen on the Quant Investing screener... > read more
Use this simple quality ratio to improve your investment returns What if I told you that there is a simple ratio you could use to increase your returns, irrespective of what investment strategy you follow? The reality is you can, but before I show you how, first ... > read more
20 value investment ideas for the weekend As you may be enjoying a long weekend I thought you may be interested in a few undervalued companies to take a look at.... > read more
Quality, value, momentum – the best strategy you have never heard of? This Quality Value Momentum (QVM) investment strategy contains the best ideas from our research paper Quantitative Value Investing in Europe: What works for achieving alpha as well as all the research we have done since then. How you can do it +1142% over 13 years...... > read more
Time to start looking for net-nets? After the recent turbulence in the markets I thought it a good idea to see if there are any interesting net-net investment opportunities you can make use of. But before we get to net-net investment ideas, and how you can find them...... > read more
How you can avoid earning manipulators – the Beneish M-Score As you know we are always looking for and testing the results of good academic studies give you more and better tools to use in the Quant Investing screener. Some time ago we ran into a research paper that can help you to quickly and easily find out if a company is manipulating its financial statements. You can do this by using an indicator called the M Score.... > read more