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jisare 2014-09-11 00:55

Any view on pete miller moving to DNOW?
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darranoc 2012-05-03 15:59

pravchaw : Hi Darran - I find the site quite useful for looking at what the top investors are buying and/or selling. Its good for getting ideas. I am from Cana Thanks, Barclays is one that could go either way, there is an impact continuing to affect the uk retail bank profits linked to the mis selling of payment protection insurance. The new chief exec of the retail bank seems like a good leader, Ashok Vaswani, he has a target of doubling profit before tax in his division ...
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darranoc 2012-04-29 12:05

Hi Pravchaw, I have read a number of your posts and you seem a switched on guy. I am from the UK and have recently signed up for the premium service on here, I know Tesco well as I worked for them for about 15 years before moving to Barclays. The business is very well run but they started to strip too many hours out of stores. I would bet they will recover strongly though from the recent dip. Do you use the excel download option on the site when a ...

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Menu Praveen Chawla commented on Alberto Abaterusso's article 06-16 07:53
Prudential Financial Is a Cheap Value Stock
When I was in search of value stocks, I screened the U.S. stock market using some of the criteria described by Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) in...
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Praveen Chawla 06-16 08:53

Thanks for your reply Alberto. I generally agree with your thesis. Also the US macro-economics predicts higher interest rates, which should boost performance of insurance assets.
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Menu Praveen Chawla commented on The Science of Hitting's article 06-15 03:03
Why I Don't Use Stock Screens
I recently stumbled upon a great video of Brian Bares of Bares Capital Management discussing his investment process with Dave Sather’s students at...
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Praveen Chawla 06-15 04:03

I agree with Thomas above. Screeners are useful as idea generation funnel. For real value investing you need to dive down into the details. The most important things are really understanding the qualitative issues (business model, competitive advantage, managent acumen and integrity) not just the quantittive measures.
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Menu Praveen Chawla commented on Alberto Abaterusso's article 06-15 02:40
Prudential Financial Is a Cheap Value Stock
When I was in search of value stocks, I screened the U.S. stock market using some of the criteria described by Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) in...
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Praveen Chawla 06-15 03:40

The problem with Insurance stocks is that you don't know what is hidden in the balance sheet. Revenue (premiums) and cost of goods (claims) are years apart.
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