May 16, 2013
I sent out copies of our new book, Shareholder Yield: A Better Approach to Dividend Investing, to all of our subscribers the other day, let me know if you didn’t receive a copy. The archives have also been activated, and I will probably […]
May 8, 2013
The Spring 2013 Columbia Business School publication is out, and in this issue they have an interview with Himalaya’s founder Li Lu. A quick quote before the 60 page download: —- “You can recognize good ideas by reading a great deal and also […]
May 5, 2013
What a great lead in: “The Keys to Discovering Five New Asset Classes”. 120 pages so straight to it… —- “In this report, we look at five markets through which investors can lend directly to the economy, each corresponding to a […]
May 2, 2013
Here is the first research report from Cornerstone Macro. I learned a few new tidbits from this report, including the below chart: —- —- PDF Download Economic Research Website http://www.cornerstonemacro.com/
April 30, 2013
John Del Vecchio is a rare forensic accountant that sees opportunities both long and short (he runs funds on both sides including the newish forensic accounting ETF). He did a short piece recently that isn’t publicly available, but touches on […]
April 28, 2013
This is interesting. We are going to run some studies on the data and see what we can come up with. A few quotes and a chart before the download: —- “When J.K. Rowling finished her first manuscript of Harry Potter […]
April 26, 2013
Quick housekeeping: For those new to the list, we send out about 2-3 emails like the below each week. There is no login. At the request of many subscribers we will be adding an archive here soon, so stay tuned! […]
April 24, 2013
Cantor puts out some solid material from their equity derivatives strategy group of Cecchini, Lorenzo, and Elmihdawy. In this issue they pray for the Japanese elderly… Below are a few quotes before the download: —- “It’s difficult to overstate the […]
April 22, 2013
I have been following the work of Tom McClellan for years now, and enjoyed the chance to sit down and have a few beers in Seattle a few months ago. Tom puts together some really nice charts and studies, often […]
April 19, 2013
It has been four years since the last update to our 2006 white paper. Below is an attached draft. Since it is draft form, please do not distribute or forward along the email. Email me with any suggestions, questions, or […]
April 17, 2013
Janiczek had a nice piece out last week that had a telling table. It shows how much the S&P has improved on a number of fundamental metrics, but hasn’t budged much since 1999 on a price basis. Just goes to […]
April 16, 2013
The Butler, Philbrick, and Gordillo crew has been putting out some great research lately. (And no I’m not just saying that since we did a white paper together: Global CAPE Model Optimization.) From the paper: “Finally, at the bottom of […]
April 12, 2013
Below we feature a new (to me) newsletter called The Short Side of Long. Tiho writes the blog and new email newsletter, often featuring lots of charts, and in this case it was his series on Commitment of Trader’s (COT) Reports […]
April 10, 2013
We updated all of our CAPE series at quarter end on Mebane Faber Research. There are no downloads in this piece as I included all of the charts in the body of the email. First up is the CAPE values […]
April 2, 2013
One of the biggest benefits of subscribing to The Idea Farm is getting access to some institutional research that is impossible to access elsewhere. Andrew Garthwaite is one of my must reads, and below is his 65 page Global Equity […]