10 Investing Insights From Billionaire Warren Buffett
At 84, Warren Buffett, the world's fourth richest person, shows no signs of slowing down after he announced on Thursday (Oct. 2) that he's buying the Van Tuyl Group, the nation's largest privately held...
View Article5 Tricks To Having An Insanely Productive Week
A productive week depends largely on what you focus on every working day and how much time you allocate to activities that take up your time (i.e. busy work). Working harder does not necessarily mean...
View ArticleThis App Shows You How To Invest Like A Billionaire
When Warren Buffett talks about investing, everyone listens.Now, those listeners can sign up for a constant stream of Buffett's investing wisdom, along with insight from other major investing names...
View ArticleBILL ACKMAN: We're Much More Like Warren Buffett Than Carl Icahn
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings began trading in Amsterdam today.Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, compared his investment strategy to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway....
View Article9 Books Billionaire Warren Buffett Thinks Everyone Should Read
When Warren Buffett started his investing career, he would read 600, 750, or 1,000 pages a day.Even now, he still spends about 80% of his day reading. "Look, my job is essentially just corralling more...
View ArticleBill Gates Says These Are The 3 Most Important Business Lessons He's Learned...
Few people in the US are more successful than Bill Gates. But that doesn't mean the 58-year-old billionaire knows everything.There are still important business lessons to be learned by America's...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Has Begun Dumping Stock In The World's 2nd-Largest Retailer
Warren Buffett is pulling out of Tesco after acknowledging that investing in Britain's biggest supermarket chain, and the world's second-biggest retailer, was a huge mistake, the FT reported.Buffett...
View ArticleEven Warren Buffett Makes Investing Mistakes
Fessing up to mistakes isn't a problem for Warren Buffett and his longtime partner at Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger. The two are more than willing to acknowledge their errors, and that's a great...
View ArticleSome Of Warren Buffett's Favorite Stocks Have Been Getting Slammed
Some of Warren Buffett's favorite stocks are having a rough month, notes @ReformedBroker.The "Oracle of Omaha" is one of the largest shareholders of IBM, which reported disappointing third-quarter...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Wannabes Have Been Getting Smoked In The Market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's not been a good time for Warren Buffett wannabes.Sharp drops in many of the stocks owned by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in recent weeks hit the sprawling conglomerate's...
View ArticleTerrible Things Happen All Of The Time And The Stock Market Keeps Going Up
After an incredible 5-year bull market run, which saw the S&P 500 double from its March 2009 low of 666, many stock market watchers were sure this would be the year that things would finally...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Shares His Best Career Advice — And It's Ridiculously Simple
To say that Warren Buffett has a deep understanding of business — training himself with critical thinking exercises and a rigorous reading program— is a bit of an understatement.The proof is in the...
View ArticleWhy Verizon Is One Of Warren Buffet's Biggest Stocks
In terms of legendary investors, there are few that stand taller than Warren Buffett. Dubbed the Oracle of Omaha, in roughly six decades, Buffett managed to turn roughly $10,000 into what Forbes...
View ArticleIt Would Take Bill Gates 218 Years To Spend All His Money
At a spending rate of $1 million a day, most people would blow through their entire life savings in, well, a day.But for billionaire Bill Gates, it would take 218 years to spend his approximate $79...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Looked More Like An Activist Investor Back In The Day
Buffett can perhaps best be understood as a manager/investor/philosopher whose primary objective is turnover reduction. . . . To Buffett and Munger, there is a compelling, Zen-like logic in choosing to...
View ArticleMelinda Gates: Warren Buffett Taught Me How To Be A Good Friend
Melinda Gates is often credited for helping her husband develop his kinder, gentler side.During his formative years Bill Gates was notoriously hard-nosed. There are many stories of his tantrums when he...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's 'Single Best Measure' Of Stock Market Value Is Higher Today...
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary to include last week's release of the Advance Estimate for Q3 GDP.Market Cap to GDP is a long-term valuation indicator that has become popular in recent...
View ArticleBerkshire Earnings Beat Expectations By $283 Per Share (BRKA, BRKB)
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just reported third quarter operating earnings per share of $2,876, crushing estimates by $283 per share. Expectations were for earnings to come in at $2,593 per...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Sent Mark Cuban A Thank-You Note For What Became An Incredibly...
Mark Cuban says lots of things that sometimes get him into trouble. Back in 2002, the Dallas Mavericks owner said he wouldn't hire Ed Rush, the head of NBA officials, to even manage a Dairy Queen. At...
View Article7 Powerful Leadership Lessons From Warren Buffett
The "most successful investor of the 20th century" has a thing or two to teach you about being a great leader. Warren Buffett is a famed philanthropist, business magnate, and sharklike investor.As the...
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