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Recommended Book List 2010 »

Updated for 2010 and in time for the holidays, here is the latest installment of my recommended books. I originally wrote this list in 2008 and again last year. I intend to keep…

November 9, 2010 / Read More »
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Don’t Drink Market’s Kool Aid »

Here is a joke that I heard from Warren Buffet years back. A very successful oilman dies. He faces…

May 17, 2013 / Read More »

Mea Culpa – Whistler Blackcomb »

Our investment process is both qualitatively and quantitatively intensive.  Throughout the course of a year we look at hundreds…

May 15, 2013 / Read More »

Musical note: Adagio from the ballet Spartacus »

Today I want to share with you an unbelievable piece: “Adagio,” from the ballet Spartacus, by Russian-Armenian composer Aram…

May 10, 2013 / Read More »

Whistler Blackcomb Beckons for Investors »

I don’t run, I don’t lift weights, and I don’t frequent a gym. I admire those who do, but…

May 10, 2013 / Read More »
The new Benjamin Graham is Vitaliy N. Katsenelson. I highly recommend Katsenelson's book. I like to think the old Ben Graham would have recommended it, too. - Forbes

5 Minutes of Fame!

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    I Like Big… and I Cannot Lie – Presentation

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    On Y! Breakout – Herbalife (never)

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    On Y! Breakout – Apple (not yet)

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    Seek out people who disagree with you; The budget deficit is a stimulus; China = post-bubble Japan?

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  • Lecture: China & Global Economy

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    on Yahoo! Breakout – 3 Stocks to Buy Instead of Facebook

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    Yahoo!Finance: Beware of the Cyclical Stock Value Trap! Says Katsenelson

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  • Tibidabo Barcelona

    Krugman’s Missed Call; Europe/China/Japan; Sideways Markets; Profit Margins; Microsoft

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  • On CNBC Katsenelson

    On CNBC: Making Money in Sideways Markets

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  • Katsenelson on Yahoo! Breakout

    On Yahoo! Breakout

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    Pyrrhic Victory and Q&A with Kirk Report

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    Jeff Saut: Efficient Markets?!

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  • Vitaliy Katsenelson on BNN - May 18th, 2011

    On BNN: Sideways Markets

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    What Fiddler on the Roof has to do with Value Investing

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  • Interview with Adviser Perspectives

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    Interview with Manual of Ideas

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    I had in depth audio interview with Jim Puplava

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    David Rosenberg and Barron’s

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    On CNBC: Winning in Sideways Markets

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    U.S. Must “Man Up and Take the Pain” or We’ll Become Japan

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China – The Mother of All Grey Swans »

I had the pleasure of presenting my thesis on China and Japan at the Casey Research Summit in San Diego in early October.  Here is a link to my updated presentation on China and Japan (Japan starts on slide 40).…

October 30, 2010 / Read More »
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Japan – Past the Point of No Return »

Japan – Past the Point of No Return – By Vitaliy Katsenelson Sing up to receive articles by email (no spam) E-mail Address: Email Marketing powered by StreamSend…

February 23, 2010 / Read More »
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Dear Mr. Ex-KGB »

I’ve received so many emails about the WSJ front page article in which the Russian expert, a professor and ex-KGB agent predicts that the US will falter and be split up into five zones (see map below, here is a link to the original article and here is a link to his video interview) and…

January 5, 2009 / Read More »
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South Africa’s Heartbreak And Hope »

When I was invited to give a presentation in March about my book to South African CFA Society members in Cape Town and Johannesburg, to say that my expectations for South Africa were low is a tremendous understatement.   Click here to see pictures from this trip (opens PDF). Preparations included a visit to my doctor…

April 23, 2009 / Read More »
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5 Reasons to Avoid Gold Rush »

The reasons why one should sell the cat, pawn the mother-in-law, and use the proceeds to buy gold are well known: the Fed is printing money faster than you can read this, which will result in inflation; the government is borrowing like a drunken monkey, so the dollar will be devalued; this will debase all…

September 9, 2009 / Read More »
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Stock Analysis

Mea Culpa – Whistler Blackcomb »

Our investment process is both qualitatively and quantitatively intensive.  Throughout the course of a year we look at hundreds of companies.  Most of them receive only a cursory look –…

May 15, 2013 / Read More »

Whistler Blackcomb Beckons for Investors »

I don’t run, I don’t lift weights, and I don’t frequent a gym. I admire those who do, but that’s not for…

May 10, 2013 / Read More »

Skiing – My Story »

One of my brightest childhood memories is of skiing.  I spent my childhood in Murmansk, a port city up in northwest Russia…

May 10, 2013 / Read More »
I Like Big… and I Cannot Lie – Presentation » Finding Yield and Value in Dividend-Paying Stocks » How HP Can Navigate the Information Superhighway » No Kodak Moment for Hewlett-Packard » Michael Dell, Who’s Your Daddy? » Buffett Buying Heinz – Not As Expensive as Appears »

The Process

Investment Process Presentation »

Presentation that describes my firm’s investment process. AVI Omaha 2012…

October 28, 2012 / Read More »

Playing a Game of Economic Survivor »

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I don’t do writing assignments. I don’t like deadlines. I am not a writer; I am an investor who thinks through writing.…

October 8, 2012 / Read More »

Thoughts from VALUEx Vail 2012 Conference »

Here are my thoughts from the VALUEx Vail conference.  The idea for this conference came to me when I attended VALUEx Zurich,…

August 1, 2012 / Read More »

Seek out people who disagree with you; The budget deficit is a stimulus; China = post-bubble Japan? »

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I am back from Buffett’s Omaha.  Every year I come back feeling supercharged for the year ahead.  This year was no different. …

May 15, 2012 / Read More »

Don’t Look to the Market for Advice »

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In  the classic book The Wizard of Oz, the Wizard decreed that everyone who entered the Emerald City wear green-tinted glasses. Visitors…

April 5, 2012 / Read More »

Don’t Drink Market’s Kool Aid »

Here is a joke that I heard from Warren Buffet years back. A very successful oilman dies. He faces Saint Peter, who says, “You’ve been a good man and normally…

May 17, 2013 / Read More »
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Sideways Markets Presentation »

Here are slides of my updated/revised presentation on sideways markets.  Over the last three months I’ve given talks on sideways markets three times, to CFA Societies in South Florida, New…

January 4, 2013 / Read More »