Thanks to George at Fat Pitch Financials for pointing out that the EDGAR system now allows you to subscribe directly to an RSS Feed. That said, the SEC's feeds are not showing the right date — not yet at least. On my reader, all of the SEC's filings show up with a December 31st date whereas mine show the proper filed date.

For now, I still like mine better. We have the same information, but the F Wall Street EDGAR Feed system:

• has the proper "filed" date;
• keeps the title similar (i.e., EDGAR Filings for [company]) so new feeds are automatically organized in my Outlook;
• offers the auto-suggest feature for quickly finding filings without having to constantly go to and back out of pages.

Will the SEC expand their system to offer more? I don't know yet so I'm going to stick with mine for now.

Feel free to use whichever one you want.

I have to admit — going to the EDGAR database every day to look for new filings is not one of my favorite tasks. When engaged in workouts, I find myself checking EDGAR multiple times a day to see if there is anything upsetting my applecart. Then there's the issue of, "I bought this business and I want to stay on top of it, but I can't check all my businesses every day — I'll never have time to find new ones!"

So, I put my web designer to the test. The result? Sit back, put your feet up, and let your companies come to you.

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I'm a business owner so I know what it means to be cheap. Okay, that sounded bad; still, I like the philosophy of "why pay for what you can get for free." In business, just as in your personal finances, cash is king—so you don't want to blow it unnecessarily.

There are three rational ways to value a business: break-up value, ongoing enterprise (F Wall Street) value, and buy-and-resell (Pabrai or Williams) value. If you can buy at a discount to any of those three valuations, you'll be on your way. Let's find some opportunities.

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