The Investments Blog

After weeks of rumors, Dell  ( DELL )   announced this morning a deal to acquire Quest Software ( QSFT ) for $ 2.4 billion. From their pres...

My prior  post   focused primarily on the halo effect * in the context of Barron's recent survey of the World's Most Respected Compa...

This past weekend Barron's released its latest annual survey on the World's Most Respected Companies. Barron's: The World...

Here's a Barron's article on why tech sector dividend payouts tend to be relatively low as a percent of their free cash flow. The...

A follow up to this post on Tom Russo and his investments in global brands. In this Barron's interview , Russo talks about the market...

There's a good interview with Tom Russo in the most recent Barron's. Check it out. Russo is a partner at Gardner Russo & Ga...

There's two excellent sources of a sustainable and wide economic "moat" for a business. One is by  being the low cost producer...

According to the latest filings available, Warren Buffett bought both of the following stocks at prices higher than what they are selling at...

Looks like Dell ( DELL ) is going to start paying a dividend for the first time on its common stock. Beginning in 3Q 2012 of the current f...

The buying and selling of stock by directors and senior executives is sometimes worth watching even if it's tough to come up with useful...