^^ some of your questions are already answered by Martin Whitman of Third Ave Mgt in their letters and his books.
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I guess what you are talking about are stocks selling at below their asset prices. I went to one of the intro seminar by a website called big fat purse. Maybe you will like to take a look.
http://www.bigfatpurse.com/vimc/