Ryan C. Fuhrmann, CFA, began his investment career at Northern Trust Corporation in Chicago. He is actively involved with the CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, and has even co-authored a portion of their curriculum.
In addition to his CFA certification, he holds a degree in business from the University of Wisconsin and a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ryan adheres to a value-based investing viewpoint that successful companies generate sustainable cash flow for their owners and earn returns on invested capital far in excess of those costs of capital. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys reading, traveling and catching as many live music shows and movies as possible.
Analyst Articles
Since the fall of last year, investors have sent most financial stocks plummeting, regardless of the underlying strength of the firm’s business prospects. But what has been a period of unadulterated selling so far could spell big opportunity for smart investors who buy… Read More
Time waits for no one. The market has rung in the New Year, and slow-to-move investors may miss out on further gains ahead. So I’m moving quickly to name the second pick in my $100,000 portfolio. As is the case with Ford (NYSE: F), my initial holding, it’s also… Read More
Investors have been asking me about this stock for weeks. And I don’t blame them… The stock is yielding more than 18% right now. This high yield comes on top of a 7-million share buyback announcement this company made just weeks… Read More
You may not remember it firsthand (I certainly don’t), but 1954 was a pretty interesting year. “I Love Lucy,” starring Lucille Ball, was the most popular show on TV. The New York Giants beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series four games to none, the league’s first win since… Read More
While taking time out on a trip to Hong Kong a few years ago, I took a ferry over to the island protectorate of Macau. The place felt like a ghost town, with few tourists, though the locals said that would soon change. They were right. A few years later,… Read More
It’s one of the best investing strategies I know… and brokers hate it. Brokers are in the business to make money. Every time you make a trade, they collect a fee. This means they like it when you make as many trades as possible. Read More
In light of all of the headwinds buffeting the global economy in 2011, it was a bad year to own richly-valued stocks. High-flying names such as Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) fell 79.5% before a recent rebound, while Open Table (Nasdaq: OPEN) fell about 73% its… Read More
Here’s one of my favorite investing maxims: “Better early than late.” This sums up perhaps the biggest weakness is my investing approach. I have a pretty good nose for stocks that rise — eventually. But I can be premature by several months or several quarters as well. Read More
The stock market volatility has been unprecedented. For years now we’ve seen the market rise one day… only to fall the next. Meanwhile, events considered to be “once in a generation” — credit crises, sovereign-debt downgrades and bailouts — are… Read More
You asked, and I’ve responded. A number of readers have expressed interest in getting a handle on my very best investment ideas. So I figure the start of the New Year is a fine time to deliver. I’m calling it by the simple moniker of “Dave Sterman’s… Read More
