Recent content by deedeeramone

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/02/business/20110102-metrics-graphic.html

Re: FLT - Flight Centre This has to be the most sobering news for Flight Centre in a while. Imagine if booking a flight becomes as simple and fast as doing a Google search. Google acquires ITA

Really well written article that captures the Value Investing mindset: Betting on the Blind Side

JVC Everio SD Card Video Camera Silly old aussiestockforums won't let me post a link so you'll have to copy-n-paste yourselves: harveynorman.com.au/product/1255509273838/jvc-everio-s-video-camera I told the JBH guy the price at HVN and he said they couldn't match it. I now have two...

The textbook FCF calculation (for Australian Equities) according to FINSIA is: EBITDA - Tax on EBIT - increases in working capital - capital expenditure (capex) = free cash flow Some more documentation on DCF Valuation can be found here.

I went to buy a video camera on the weekend. I started my search in JB Hi-Fi (JBH) because I've always found the staff to be knowledgeable and have good deals. The camera I want was listed at $398 and the sales assistant said they could do it for $367. He was not at all knowledgeable or helpful...

Cannot resist a Simpson's quote here. The one when Homer attends a "Million$ for Nothing" seminar and the dodgy presenter confides: "First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No sir. Our model is the trapezoid!"

I think the StockVal team has a great investing philosophy and most of what they do is spot on. However, in investing (as in most other fields) there is no silver bullet. I am instinctively wary of some "mathematical formula" as the key to investment success. My take is that successful...