regular blind valuation challenge?

[racemize]

I've seen a couple of Geoff Gannon's blind evaluation posts and thought they were neat (incidentally, is he popular for any reason other than that he's a good blogger, e.g., is it based on a record or some other notoriety that I am unaware of?). 

 

If I were to put up some fundamental data of a company, without its name or current price, would the board be interested in valuing it blindly as an exercise?  For example, I might take the relevant data from a ValueLine sheet or some other source, either in a spreadsheet or a screenshot of some sort.

 

I was thinking of doing it weekly or bi-weekly, if people were interested (and assuming I don't get lazy about it, I doubt I would if people really liked it).

 

Let me know!

[Green King]

sounds fun count me in.

;D

[eclecticvalue]

I wouldn't mind. About Geoff, he is considered a 1st gen value blogger and was blogging very early before value blogging grew. It helps that he writes about insightful things about investing and he is willing to give nuggets of information.

[Buckeye]

I think this would be a great experiment.  As a novice investor I probably wouldn't be able to actively

participate (at least in the beginning), but I know it would help me and the other rookie investors watch

and learn the process of how more experienced investors go about valuing a company.  I find that with

myself I often start with a company name, its market value and any preconceived notions I may have about

the company or the industry and work backwards through the financials.  I know that my method may lead

to a biased conclusion and your idea of a blind exercise may help me and others learn how to approach the

valuation through the other viewpoint. 

 

-Buckeye