Wade Michels

"Investing is about good businesses, good people, and good prices," says noted value investor Mason Hawkins, and we agree. The hardest of that trio to evaluate is the people, but there's no escaping the impact of good -- or bad -- management. The Fool's favored approach to analyzing management goes by the moniker of OATS:

How trend-spotting can help you find great businesses.

Identify disruptive innovation to crush the market.

Companies with excellent returns and aligned insiders could be the heroes your portfolio needs.

Avoid the pitfalls of the homebuilder industry by focusing on these metrics.

Companies with excellent returns and aligned insiders, to the rescue!

Use CAPS to help you avoid the worst companies the market has to offer.

Learn how to sidestep the pitfalls of the homebuilding industry.

CAPS helps you find the market's worst companies.

A Foolish search for the market's worst homebuilders.

If you don't want the pain to get worse, steer clear of these investments for now.

Companies with excellent returns and aligned insiders could be just what your portfolio needs.

Not-so-cheap thrills.

Meet the little company that makes Nike sweat bullets.