Stock Analysis

What Fiddler on the Roof has to do with Value Investing

What Fiddler on the Roof has to do with Value Investing

My interview with Forbes' John Dobosz on what value investing and Fiddler on the Roof have in common.

Interview with Adviser Perspectives

Interview with Adviser Perspectives

To paraphrase Nassim Taleb, "Giving interviews is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing." With the new book out, I have the pleasure and the opportunity to perfect that art.

My 10 Favorite Important Articles from 2010

My 10 Favorite/Important Articles from 2010

Here are my 10 most favorite/important articles from 2010, all of them are still relevant today.

Interview with Manual of Ideas

Interview with Manual of Ideas

Exclusive Interview with Vitaliy Katsenelson, CIO of Investment Management Associates and Author of The Little Book of Sideways Markets.

I had in depth audio interview with Jim Puplava

I had in depth audio interview with Jim Puplava

I had a pleasure of being interviewed by Jim Puplava, it is a lengthy and in depth interview about The Little Book of Sideways Markets.

David Rosenberg and Barron's

David Rosenberg and Barron’s

David Rosenberg, ex-Chief Economist with Merrill Lynch, now with Gluskin Sheff, kindly mentioned my book in his research on Monday.

The Little Book of Sideways Markets - Vitaliy Katsenelson

The Little Book of Sideways Markets is Out!

The Little Book of Sideways Markets is officially out. It was a fun and interesting project. I took Active Value Investing, completely rewrote the first half of the book.

On CNBC: Winning in Sideways Markets

On CNBC: Winning in Sideways Markets

A new little book is threatening to turn all that sage advice on its head. Vitaliy Katsenelson’s “The Little Book of Sideways Markets.”

Barron's Is Wrong On Medtronic

Barron’s Is Wrong On Medtronic

Barron’s its article on Medtronic is wrong! Here are some arguments the Barron’s article made that require my rebuttal.

Microsoft Debt Issuance Makes Zero Economic Sense

Microsoft Debt Issuance Makes Zero Economic Sense

Microsoft will use the sales proceeds to repay short-term debt. If it was any other company I’d ignore this headline as a daily noise as this kind of things happens all the time.

Investing in Range-Bound Markets

Here is my article on range-bound markets in NAPFA magazine: Investing in Range-Bound Markets by Vitaliy N. Katsenelson (published in ...

See You In Omaha

See You In Omaha and More Random than Usual Thoughts

It’s time for the annual trip to Omaha. For many, it’s a worshipful pilgrimage, as they hang on every word coming out of the Oracle’s mouth as the Gospel of Eternal Truth.

A Few thoughts on the Burlington acquisition

A Few thoughts on the Burlington acquisition

I get a feeling that Buffett has been canonized into a value investor saint  – investors and the media worship the ground he walks on and the air he breathes.

Speaking Travel and See you in Omaha

Speaking, Travel and See you in Omaha

I’ll be giving a talk about Active Value Investing to the Bermuda CFA Society on February 11th.  On the way to Bermuda my wife and I will spend three days in NYC. 

Even Capitalist Pigs Should Love Bank Regulation

Even Capitalist Pigs Should Love Bank Regulation

I am a Capitalist Pig, and proud of it, thus you would not expect me to support government interference and more strenuous regulation of financial institutions – after all, capitalism (free markets) and tight regulation don't mix well.

Chinese Quest for Shortcut to Greatness

Chinese Quest for Shortcut to Greatness

The Chinese economy must be getting out of control, because the Chinese government is doing the unthinkable: It is desperately trying to put the brakes on the economy.

The case for Pfizer

The case for Pfizer

I understand why investors don’t want to own Pfizer (PFE); there is little excitement in the stock.

Welcome to Another Lost Decade

Welcome to Another Lost Decade

The stock market’s performance over the next decade will be very similar to the one since 2000: the WSJ appropriately named it “the lost decade.”

Barron's: Economic Steroids Are Toxic, Too

Barron’s: Economic Steroids Are Toxic, Too

The global economy is like a marathon runner who ran too hard and hurt himself. This runner has been injected with some industrial-quality steroids

China vs. the World

China vs. the World

Investors have a healthy distrust, and rightly so, of governments running banks in the US and UK, but for a very strange reason are comfortable with the Chinese government wheeling and dealing with Chinese banks. 

Q&A with FT:Investing in Range-Bound Markets

Q&A with FT:Investing in Range-Bound Markets

In the bull market that preceded the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing financial crisis, equity valuations reached some very frothy levels.