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Nigeria's controversial oil industry bill is expected to eventually pass but the government may find it tough to later shift gears as international oil firms targeted under the legislation scale back their investments.

Part II of a three way discussion between authors on the topic of investment research, conflicts of interest and how investors can improve their returns and exposure to risk using some key fundamentals.

This article includes technical analysis of Garmin, Ltd (NASDAQ:GRMN) using gap analysis, chart pattern (wedge). Moreover, various option strategies are reviewed as possible methods of entering a position on Garmin, Ltd. These strategies include Long at-the-money call, long in-the-money call, synthetic stock buy and finally my favourite ratio spread.

In this article I provide full research of a famous seismic data acquiring and processing company - Dawson Geophysical, Inc. I analyze both bullish and bearish signs in income statement, balance sheet, cash flows statement. Moreover, the most common risks + valuation are included in the article.

This article represents the full and deep research of the famous Chinese internet company - SOHU.com. Chinese internet industry is rapidly developing and it may be interesting for you to learn more about Sohu.com. In this article I analyze both bullish and bearish factors from income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement.

The article describes 3 common behavioural finance biases, that investors face with frequently. Availability bias, Overconfidence bias, Representativeness bias. What is more important: you can read HOW to OVERCOME them and can identify whether you are susceptible to any of the above mentioned biases!

Full research of Baidu.com, Inc - famous Chinese Internet company. All financial reports are analyzed, + marketing strategy, risk vactors. DCF calculations are applied.

Full research of GigaMedia, Ltd, including the analysis of marketing strategy, competition, income statement, balance sheet and cash flows statement. Both bullish and bearish factors reviewed + risk factors.

Here you can read how stock prices and actual competitive advantages are uncorrelated and how I checked the SCA (Sustainable competitive advantage) with quantitative tools.

Volcom, Inc research and analysis of its sustainable competitive advantage, strategy. DCF valuation + analysis of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). EVERY value investor should read it!

GlobalSCAPE, Inc research, Review of both bullish and bearish financials, complete analysis of income statement, balance sheet and cash flows statement + risk factors.

Deep and full research of Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI). Analysis of both bullish and bearish indicators + risk factors and marketing strategy.

Real tick was developed in 1980’s by Townsend Analytics as the changed the revolutionized the stock trading industry. Realtick dates from the times of DOS operating system to recently when they came out with RealTick 8.0 in 2004.