As we monitor companies for signs of economic recovery, Hugh McManus shares specific operating characteristics that can provide warnings or precursors of expanding opportunity.

Patience is genius in disguise.

This month we visit some letters, questions and commentary ... celebrating your curiosity and achievements. Can old dogs learn new tricks? What about young dogs?

This month we take a look at the wind (speed and direction) of the stock market using our MANIFEST 40 and the Value Line return forecasts as featured recently in WSJ/MarketWatch.

“The most convincing proof of superior management lies in a superior comparative record over time.” -- Benjamin Graham. Going forward, we'll be using a percentile ranking for quality for powerful context.

A group of investors heeding the lessons of Graham, Babson and Nicholson has at least one leg up on the crowd and a better than average opportunity to generate exceptional returns.

Welcome 2013 to that time of year when we reflect in two directions. It’s hard to look forward without looking backward. We celebrate simplicity and some examples of effective long-term investing.

We hope for the best as we explore putting some time-honored notions about growth diversification to work in a couple of different demonstrations.

This month we take a look at targeting at Manifest Investing, choosing from the best alternatives because no matter what happens with the economy -- we can isolate the best places to be.

“Over 39 years of investing had delivered annualized returns of slightly over 20% to the clients of Walter Schloss. He worked entirely from a few publications like Value Line ...” -- Warren Buffett, “The SuperInvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville”

Long-term investing is not a zero sum game. The stewards of Wall Street would do well to remember, well ... stewardship. We'll continue to long for a return to the spirit and intent on display under the Buttonwood tree.

Death of Equities? (continued) New? Normal? Is it different this time? We don’t know. But it’s certainly normal to wonder and there’s nothing new about that.