First and foremost, we advertise ourselves as fundamental, bottom up, company analysts. We must know with whom and in what we are risking our clients' dollars. And we are adamant in hewing to our categories of corporate tests - management, their financial ...
We often speak of financial return and quality interchangeably around the hallowed halls of the QV campus. Speaking of our campus, we are about 60,000 square feet, sorry make that 6,000 square feet, of comfortable office space attained during the peak of ...
This week is rich with illustrations supporting the old adage "the only constant is change". Nortel's market cap is less than $100 million today compared to $380 billion at its peak. Jim Flaherty's estimate of the budget deficit is now projected to ...
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) were all the rage during the technology bubble. In 1999 there were a total of 492 IPOs in the United States totaling $63.7 billion. In 2000, the number was 422 with a total dollar amount of $97.35 billion. ...
It has been quite the ride for bond investors over the past two years. After enduring the scepticism of many during the equity bull market, bond investing has become the flavour again. Whether from weary investors tired of the volatility in the ...
2008 was the year of the financial crisis and it appears that 2009 will be the year of the economic crisis. In our December fifth, Weekly Update we suggested that even more dismal economic headlines should be expected in the New Year. ...
Last week we reviewed QV Investors' corporate governance guidelines. This week we discuss three more governance qualities and capabilities that are of greatest importance to us. They are as follows: