Industrial materials comprises a wide variety of businesses, from copper miners to aircraft makers. Except for the commodity stocks, many businesses in this sector have one key characteristic that makes them attractive to the Magic Formula screen...

Garmin is the dominant player in the fast growing GPS market. The company has delivered nearly 50% annual earnings growth since 2003, and is expected to grow at 17% per year going forward. With it's current 11 P/E, is Garmin a textbook example of growth at a reasonable price?

The Hardware sector consists of a number of industries selling commodity products, and one industry with some good moat potential. That's not to say there are not opportunities here, and this article helps to locate them.

Despite the conventional wisdom of "buy what you know", Consumer Services contains some businesses like retail and restaurants that are very difficult to build a lasting moat in. However, there are opportunities here. This article outlines the criteria for attractive Consumer Services picks from the Magic Formula.

Stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula screen this week.

The Media sector contains a wide range of business models, some very attractive to the Magic Formula, and some very unattractive. In this article I examine each of the sub-sectors, separating the wheat from the chaff, and explain what to look for in a good MFI Media company.

Despite attractive economics and the potential for lasting competitive advantages, the Software sector is not a favorite of the Magic Formula screen. I examine why in this article, as well as providing some attributes to look for when picking a Software company from the screen.

Stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula this week. Hansen Natural as a value stock?!

The Ten Commandments of Value Investing that I have learned after being in the business.

Does the Magic Formula screen favor certain types of businesses? And if so, why? These are the questions we'll examine in this new series examining which business sectors most frequently appear in the Magic Formula screen.

Small cap stocks need not be hot tip penny stocks or speculative growth stories based on an idea and a prayer. There are plenty of quality, undervalued small cap stocks out there, and this article tells you how to find them.

Microstrategy is a Business Intelligence (BI) software vendor, a very attractive business with high switching costs and low capital requirements. The company is in great shape today, but facing down 4 software giants is not an enviable position to be in.

You probably have until June before the herd enters the markets enmasse and the stock indexes zoom up into the stratosphere on speculative buying. A few guidelinies for making investments when the markets are scraping the bottom and revving up to make a recovery.