F Wall Street is a free community of conservative, albeit non-conventional, investors that come together to discuss intelligent investing from a business perspective. Our goal: Intelligently discuss investing to help each other become better, more confident, more competent investors.

In the book and on the blog, you'll learn how to:

• value businesses so that you can buy them on sale;
• think about stocks, the stock markets, and prices;
• choose investments so that you can sleep peacefully;
• invest in stocks without blindly gambling in the markets;
• ...and more!

For Our Skeptical First-Time Visitors...

I know what you're thinking:

Oh great. Another "value investing" website. I'm curious to see what this is all about; but, I think I'll hang onto my wallet for now.

Relax. F Wall Street is a free community — a community that, since it's June 25, 2007 launch has:

• been listed on CNBC's Warren Buffett Watch, Yahoo! Finance, Reuters, and literally thousands of other websites,
• enjoyed more than 6 million visitors since launched in 2007,
• been translated into at least eight languages (that I know of),
• grown its portfolio +3.2% versus losses in the Dow and S&P 500 of -34.7% and -37.2% respectively through June 1, 2009. (Portfolio Performance is updated annually in June.)

Why has F Wall Street done so well? It's not just the catchy name. It's not because of a pretty website design or a logo of a guy sticking his middle fingers up. I think that it's because:

• Our community actually thinks about investing (moreso, it seems, than Wall Street does).
• We're not optimists or pessimists; we're realists.
• We take a No Bull attitude towards teaching, learning, and doing.

Who the Heck is Joe Ponzio?

The short answer: In 2002, I co-founded The Meridian Business Group, a portfolio management firm in Chicago, Illinois. At Meridian, we focus on striving to achieve long-term growth and relative safety by managing focused portfolios for clients across the United States.

In 2007, I wrote F Wall Street (the book, click here to learn more) and launched FWallStreet.com to support readers.

I am aware of the fact that a ponzi scheme sounds similar to Ponzio. I have alerted my ancestors and am working on changing my name to Enroni, Worldcomarelli, or Madoff.

Click here for the long version.

Where Do I Begin?

With 187 posts and 2,492 comments, F Wall Street can seem overwhelming the first time you visit. In printed form, that would end up being a book roughly 11,096 pages long (and that doesn't include charts and graphs!). One of the keys to becoming a great investor is reading, but that's a bit much for your first time here. So, I'd start with one of these:

• What's the book about?
• What is the F Wall Street investment strategy?
• Who is Joe Ponzio?
• How should I invest?

If none of those fit your fancy, check out the latest articles, visit the archives, or see what other resources are available.