Warren Buffett
On my recent one-day visit to San Francisco, I chatted briefly with a flight attendant who wanted to know whether any of the papers I was discarding would make her rich if she read them. I suggested that she should… READ MORE ›
A surviving investor is always learning beyond what is obvious from platform presentations and gaining additional insights from past experiences. As almost all the investing world knows, there is a five-hour question and answer session at the annual Berkshire… READ MORE ›
Almost every year on the Saturday evening nearest to February 22nd, my wife, Ruth, and I attend the birthday dinner celebration for George Washington, the first and greatest US president.At each George Washington’s Birthday celebration, The Mount Vernon Ladies… READ MORE ›
Introduction
I am not always a contrarian, but an opposite view from the crowd often gives an investor a safer perspective. Thus the lackluster performance of the US stock market in the first half of January is a prod to… READ MORE ›
Today’s most shared: Yellen sails through first day of questions, posturing, and foolishness… Merkel’s conservative partners want a process for countries to ‘temporarily’ exit euro… Blodget’s PR offensive as Business Insider surpasses CNBC’s Web reach…… READ MORE ›
Today’s most shared: Howard Marks likes China… JPMorgan was supposed to be above the crowd, but is Jamie Dimon now the Lance Armstrong of Wall Street? … US government investment in infrastructure falls … How… READ MORE ›
Today’s most shared: Germany pushes back on criticism of economic policies… Specter of deflation haunts Europe… Oracle shareholders vote overwhelmingly against Ellison’s compensation package… Libor unreformed despite scandal… After long superior record, Harvard endowment’s 5-year… READ MORE ›
Today’s most shared: Banks shield swaps from prying eyes, seek to sidestep regs as legal payouts climb… China banks hike loan reserves ahead of expected defaults… Politifact calls out Bartiromo on part-time employment claims… White… READ MORE ›
Today’s most shared: Counting the cost of shutdown showdown… Fantasy football IPOs… Development hardball and extreme land-grabbing in Shanghai’s French Concession…Regulators unconvinced of Dimon’s greatness, desirability of banks’ physical commodities business… declining labor mobility.
1. This fiscal fight… READ MORE ›
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