This site manages its own Value Investment Fund with eight pools of potential investments. It is used to illustrate and demonstrate the practicality of value investing.
During the last 30 days, the fund held 13.52375 shares (original investment of $2,500) and sold them on 01/17/2020 at 9:40 AM when the price in the market hit the target under the value investment principle at $207.17.
Railroad Fund – Status on 01/31/2020 Read More »
It’s the end of the quarter and time to report on the railroad fund.
Railroad Fund – Status as of 12/31/19 Read More »
Union Pacific’s stock carries the highest price to book ratio among the six Class I Railways. It is about a 1.43 times factor over the next best price to book ratio of CSX at 4.73.
Union Pacific – Buy/Sell Model Read More »
Today is November 15, 2019 and Canadian Pacific Railroad recovered in accordance with my railroad fund investment model to $241.47 per share.
Canadian Pacific Railroad – Sold Stock at $241.47 Read More »
This is purely a historical record of the investment fund for railroad stocks based on the value investing concept developed using business ratios.
Railroad Fund – Status as of 11/06/19 Read More »
Railroad stocks are solid and steady investments. There is limited downside risk and adequate historical data to illustrate buy and sell points for an investor.
Railroad Stock – Discovering Opportunities Read More »
These six are behemoths when it comes to transportation. All have revenues greater than $2.5 Billion per year and hold at least $4 Billion in fixed assets. The key to this investment is the asset allocation model.
Railroad Companies – A Solid and Steady Investment Read More »
The transportation sector of the United States economy is composed of nine industrial groups. One particular group moves more volume of tonnage based on ton miles than any other form of transportation – Railroads. In accordance with the Federal Department of Transportation, railroads move 39.5% of all freight in the US (based on ton miles which is the length freight travels).
Railroad Stock Investments – The Standard of Measurement to Buy and Sell Railway Stock Read More »
There is one unique financial characteristic that is synonymous with the hospitality industry; that is high fixed costs. Or another way of stating the same financial attribute is to simply state that the hospitality industry has low variable costs.
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Real estate syndication is how apartment or office complexes are financed? A typical complex will have 80 to 100 units and the cost of construction will approximate $7,000,000. Where does this money come from? Your average person will think it is financed by a mortgage of some sort. Well, this is partially true, but mortgage companies will not finance 100% of the cost of construction. More like 75% maximum financing is used in constructing complexes. The balance has to come from private money.
This is where the value of real estate syndication comes into play. The arrangement is usually a two tier relationship whereby an operating partnership is created that actually owns and operates the asset (the complex). The second tier is a silent partner in the operating partnership. The following sections explain these two tiers in more detail.
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