John Dorfman

Type: Person

Name: John Dorfman

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Dorfman: Do Nothing stocks can often get a lot done

To qualify for the club, a stock must be within 1 percent of where it was a year ago. It must also have a market value of $1 billion or more.While the Do Nothing Club is a somewhat frivolous idea, there is a point behind it. When stocks are soaring or ... [Published New Jersey Business Magazine - May 19 2013]

Entities: John Dorfman, Mobile Browser, Avnet Inc, Bank of Hawaii Corporation, Standard & Poor's

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Destination Maternity

Dorfman: Consider low-risk stocks

Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist The Star-LedgerView/Post CommentsJohn DorfmanMost investors are torn right now. The stock market’s party is fun, so they don’t want to leave. Yet, with recession raging in Europe and the federal ... [Published Somerset Reporter - May 12 2013]

Entities: John Dorfman, NL Industries Inc, Destination Maternity, Dividend Yield

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Ready to tryÂ economic forecasting?

That is, the economy fooled almost all of the contestants in my annual Derby of Economic Forecasting Talent, or DEFT. The nation's economic recovery continued in 2012, but at so feeble a pace that 22 out of 23 contestants guessed too high on economic ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 10 2013]

Entities: Inflation, John Dorfman, Economic Growth, Human Genome

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

American Railcar Industries Inc

Dorfman: 'Old Faithful' picks prove to be true-blue values

Chip was ready with his reply. "Well," he said, "I figure when I get married, either the girl or I will have to lower our standards."In the realm of the stock market, people usually do lower their standards in some regard when they buy a stock. But when ... [Published Star Ledger - May 05 2013]

Entities: John Dorfman, Mobile Browser, American Railcar Industries Inc, Select Comfort Corp

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Apollo Group Inc

Dorfman: Picking the best stocks for bargain hunters

PerformanceThe one-year results were fine, but a bit like kissing your sister: an average total return of 10.1 percent, versus 8.8 percent for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. But the three year results (through April 2009, for the last of the five columns) ... [Published Star Ledger - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: John Dorfman, Mobile Browser, Apollo Group Inc, Valero Energy Corporation

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Employers Holdings Inc

Dorfman: Small stocks can offer big boost to portfolios

Since I began this column in 1997, I have written 19 columns specifically on small-stock recommendations. This one is the 20th.I’m working on a complete tabulation of the results. At this point, I have results for the 14 columns published since March ... [Published Star Ledger - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: John Dorfman, Employers Holdings Inc, Ebix Inc

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Ebix Inc

Small-cap stock fans, try these 5

If only a few analysts follow a small stock, so much the better. Academic studies have demonstrated that stocks followed by three analysts or fewer tend to outperform the overall market.Since I began this column in 1997, I have written 19 columns specifically ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Houston Stewart, Ebix Inc, Employers Holdings Inc, LSB Industries Inc