Author Archives: Ray Galkowski, CFA

Cleveland Fed: State of the Consumer

US consumer data does not comport with the optimistic market today (H/T: Jason Zweig) http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/trends/2012/0112/01houcon.cfm   &nbsp… Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Happy Holidays from the Margin of Safety Blog

The Wall Street Journal can be surprising. I never heard of this little girl before seeing the embedded video on WSJ.Com today, but she apparently came out of nowhere and did well on the TV show, America’s Got Talent. Enjoy:… … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

More on Europe from SocGen and Kyle Bass

From a SocGen Analyst’s note released today: The extraordinary events we’ve seen these past months are now threatening the euro project, and calls for its dismissal, which were laughable a year ago, are becoming more mainstream. Risk aversion has increased … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Close Examination of Federal Stimulus Spending in Silver Spring, MD…

…and the US. Whew. (H/T: Cafe hayek) More evidence that the Austrian School is correct. Paul Krugman still believes we just needed more of this:   On another note, George Mason University has quite an impressive number of thinkers in … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“It’s a Disaster, the United States…” Kyle Bass

Bass’s usual upbeat outlook on Japan, Europe and the US as broadcast on BNN today. I wish the interviewers would have allowed Bass to fully answer their questions. They cut him off too many times to ask a new question in the … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The President and CEO of the CFA Institute Presents…

…a video introduction to the Institute’s annual report. John Rodgers has done a fine job and is an excellent spokesman for the CFA Institute. Now, if it could only help charterholders like me raise capital for our investment vehicles…… Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Recent Earthquakes, A Graphical Comparison

This is an interesting perspective. (H/T Infectious Greed)… Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

I, Cheeseburger

H/T Cafe Hayek for the link Another example of the beauty of free markets in the spirit of the famous: I, Pencil. We rarely examine sufficiently the counterfactuals to the success of free markets, which allows anti-capitalists such as Michael … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Two Value Investing Blogs Added to the Blogroll

I have added two blogs to the value investing blogroll: Oddball Stocks and Whopper Investments. Of course, I do not agree with every recommendation in those blogs and I have in fact passed on several of the companies that they … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

Part I of my Notes from The CFA Institute’s Conference: “Security Analysis and the Search for Value”

The CFA Institute conducted a conference on value investing in New York on November 29 and 30. The program was excellent. I am posting some of my notes and some of my favorite quotes from the presentations to give you … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments