Todd Sullivan     valueplays.blogspot.com/       

A Massachusetts based value investor, I look for companies whose current valuation is at a discount to their true value. When I purchase a stock, my typical holding period is several years. I consider buying a stock purchasing a piece of a business. I am confident once I make a decision to buy that eventually the market as a whole will recognize the true value of the business and value it accordingly. It may take 1 month, 6 months or a year, but if I buy it at enough of a discount to its true value my results will be (and have been) superior to the market as a whole. Of all the disparate investing disciplines, value investing has stood the test of time. When done correctly with patience and discipline, there is no other investing style that is superior. The great investors of our time have all been value investors. Warren Buffett, Ben Graham, Bill Ruane (Sequoia Fund), Bill Miller, Wally Weitz, Phillip Fischer (not his son Kenneth) all have consistently outperformed the market for decades by using various forms of value investing. I hope to also.