It’s not hard to find a good LIC which consistently beats the market and trades and a discount to NAV.

Anteo Diagnostics is another business without earnings of note but making cool stuff that a large industry could adopt. Unfortunately Anteo fails Lynch’s crayon test as I can’t illustrate what they do with a crayon.

Peter’s Principle #3:
Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.

Universal Biosensors (ASX:UBI) is hoping to crack the tough $10B glucose testing market via a partnership with J&J’s LifeScan. UBI’s main product the One Touch Verio is the most accurate glucose self testing meter currently available. The One Touch Verio is currently only available in the Netherlands (launched Jan 2010) and Australia (Sept 2010), though J&J are planning on launching in the US in 2011.

UBI is yet to obtain profitability and is dependent on J&J sales and marketing in a very crowded and competitive landscape. While the One Touch Verio is currently the most …

In the next seven months Telstra will cough up 28cents dividend, that’s 40cents pre-tax. Over such a short time frame a valuation makes little sense as the voting machine will determine the price. However what this chart shows is that at the current price of $2.80 Telstra presents an excellent short term opportunity with an attractive risk/return profile.

Investors should have already run their ruler over BP. There are a lot of good investors already long, are you among them? I’m not. I see BP as good value right now, but am prepared to wait and see if I get outrageously good value. An easy pitch with bases loaded.

If the NBN doesn’t work out there’s still plenty of scope for any good news to send Telstra’s shares higher. The Telstra share price reflects the worst outcome .

KongZhong Corporation (NASDAQ:KONG) blew away analysts estimates when they reported after hours on Wednesday. Could this baby gorilla of the wireless market finally be growing up into a chest pounding 800lb gorilla?

This Chinese battery manufacturer has big plans and a leader who could make them happen. A starter for ten. “This little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car.”

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI) is a fast growing specialty property and casualty insurer focused on generating consistent underwriting profits.

In today’s market I consider the valuation being afforded to QSII staggering. Investors are paying almost 32 times current operating cash flows a PEG of 1.38 and price to sales of 5.6.