Horsehead Part 2: Bankruptcy

This post is about my experience owning Horsehead Holding Corp (ZINCQ) stock after the company filed for bankruptcy. I encountered many things I had not seen before in my other investments and I am sharing them here so that other investors may learn from them. For the background on Horsehead and what led up to …

Postmortem on Horsehead Holding Corp (ZINC)

Horsehead Holding Corp (ZINC) was on of my top investment ideas in 2015, yet the company ended up in bankruptcy at the beginning of 2016. I decided to do a postmortem analysis of my investment to determine what went wrong and where I could have made better decisions. By writing this down, I hope to …

Apple Valuation Analysis

Note: The numbers in this article are for the whole company instead of on a per share basis since the share count has decreased a lot since 2013. This keeps the math simple. Apple (AAPL) stock is up 95% since the bottom in April 2013 ($109 today vs. $56 then). Is Apple as good of …

General Motors Analysis

This is a summary of the research I've done on General Motors (GM). I don't attempt to come up with a precise value for GM. I simply attempt categorize it as cheap, fairly valued, or expensive. The analysis is based on the closing share price of $30.87 on July 18th. Background: While the rest of …