Saturday, July 9, 2011

DailyMarkets.com - U.S. Patent Data Show No Innovation Slowdown

DailyMarkets.com - U.S. Patent Data Show No Innovation Slowdown

U.S. Patent Data Show No Innovation Slowdown

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT

I’m reading Tyler Cowen’s book “The Great Stagnation” and blogging at 30,000 feet in the air on a Delta flight to Minneapolis (pretty amazing to be able to do that).  Here’s a quote from Tyler on p. 20 of his book in the first chapter where he discusses the supposed slowdown in innovation, supported by this factoid:

“The United States produced more patents in 1966 (54,600) than in 1993 (53,200).”  

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Walter Schloss Investing Screen: Scrutinising The List Of New Lows

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 04:16 AM PDT

In Brief 
A value investing screen in the Graham school based on Schloss’s focus on stocks that are hitting new lows  and those trading at a price lower than their book value per share. 
Background 
Walter J. Schloss studied under Ben Graham in 1935 and then worked with him. In 1955, Schloss left Graham’s company and started up his own investment firm. Schloss' son, Edwin joined the fund in 1973 and the two of them closed out the fund in 2000 and Walter stopped actively … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards
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