After the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500) dropped by 3.55% yesterday, bringing the decline to nearly 13% in 2022 (and almost 17% for small-capitalization stocks), we wanted to reach out to you. Losing money is an awful experience and losing money for clients who have entrusted you with their hard-earned savings is even worse. However, there is a significant difference between a temporary loss on paper and a permanent loss of capital.

If Vogel is right, Dotdash Meredith will be an increasingly appealing alternative to large-scale subscription-based ad services run by the likes of Facebook and Google. In that case, Meredith’s legacy brands may help the company achieve the scale it needs to spin out of IAC and become an independent company—which would make the $2.7 billion Dotdash paid for them look like a bargain in the long run.

The Boyar Value Group just released our latest quarterly letter to clients.  Please find an excerpt of the letter below: Even so, for the first quarter of 2022, the S&P 500 still declined by 4.6% (its first quarterly decline in 2 years) and both the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 entered bear market territory (typically […]

For discerning stock pickers who focus on valuation and catalysts, there could be real value amid the recent stock market carnage. Just because a stock soared to heights in the recent past doesn’t mean it will ever reach them again. But having a sense of how the intrinsic value of a stock compares to its current price can tell you something about whether it’s a bargain—and how much of a bargain it might be. In the long-run company fundamentals (strong cash flows, earnings growth, and sustainable competitive advantages) is what matters most for valuation, not price movements. Keeping this information in mind when making decisions to buy and sell is the key to successful investing.

How Dotdash in a relatively short period of time became the largest publisher in the United States. IAC's recent acquisition of Meredith and why he believes they now have the scale to effectively compete against Facebook and Google Lessons learned from working with media mogul Barry Diller. The future of print magazines and why Dotdash is intentionally shrinking their subscriber base. The tremendous licensing opportunities they intend to take advantage of. A potential spinout of Dotdash from parent company IAC.