This is how Warren Buffett says you should seize an opportunity
Warren Buffet has often said that the average investor should practice diversification by investing in index funds.I’ve written several times (here, here, and here) about index funds and how investing...
View Article'The first billion is the hardest': Here's how long it took 21 entrepreneurs...
One million and 1 billion are two different numbers, and as business mogul T. Boone Pickens likes to say, "The first billion is the hardest." Yet Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was able to go from...
View Article7 extremely wealthy people who choose to live frugally
Frugality is a subjective term. To the average Joe it could mean eating meals at home or scouring the internet for cheap flights. But to a billionaire it means showing up to work in a T-shirt and...
View ArticleWarren Buffett might be too attached to his portfolio
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has long considered American Express an integral part of its portfolio. He includes it in the list of so-called "big four" investments, which together dominate its holdings...
View ArticleHow a 1960s investment in American Express became a triumph for Warren...
In June 1960, an anonymous tipster called American Express to expose a massive fraud at Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corporation. At the time, Allied was the largest customer of American...
View ArticleYahoo Finance will live-stream Warren Buffett's epic annual meeting this year...
It's official: Yahoo Finance will live-stream Warren Buffett's epic Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. On April 30, Yahoo will stream the famous Q&A Buffett and Berkshire's vice chairman Charlie...
View ArticleWarren Buffett keeps adding to his bets on the oil industry (BRK.A., BRK.B, KMI)
(Reuters) — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Tuesday disclosed a new investment in pipeline operator Kinder Morgan, boosting its bet on the oil industry as crude prices hover near 12-year...
View ArticleOIL LEGEND RICH KINDER: We're in a 'Chicken Little, the-sky-is-falling market'
It seems that stocks have been plummeting on a crashing wave of bad news all year.First it was China fears. Then oil prices. Then European banks. It's as if every few weeks there is some new weight...
View ArticleHere is Warren Buffett's genius breakdown of the most important concept in...
Here's Warren Buffett on the most important concept in insurance: float.From his 2014 annual letter (via Ed Borgato):So how does our float affect intrinsic value? When Berkshire’s book value is...
View Article22 mind-blowing facts about Warren Buffett and his wealth
Warren Buffett was picking out stocks at 11 years old— and he amassed the equivalent of $53,000 in today's dollars by the time he was 16. Today, the 85-year-old investing legend has an estimated net...
View ArticleHow a 1960s investment in American Express became a triumph for Warren...
In June 1960, an anonymous tipster called American Express to expose a massive fraud at Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corporation. At the time, Allied was the largest customer of American...
View ArticleForget the Blizzard — we tried Dairy Queen’s food menu, and it was...
You may have missed it, but Dairy Queen released a few new sandwiches last year. It got us wondering about Dairy Queen and their non-ice cream food. Do people eat there? Is the food any good?Seems like...
View ArticleValeant breaks one of Warren Buffett's most important investing rules (VRX,...
Warren Buffett has said time and time again that he invests in simple companies with vigilant leadership.And it's the lack of those characteristics that has been bothering investors in Valeant over the...
View ArticleThe great, the good, and the gruesome of Warren Buffett's investments
In the following excerpt, taken from the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report, Warren Buffett discusses the difference between great businesses (companies that generate a lot of cash with no need for...
View ArticleThere's nothing Warren Buffett does more in his annual letters than...
Via Bloomberg: The subjects that keep cropping up in Warren Buffett's letters to shareholders https://t.co/8sBADIKOKJpic.twitter.com/EBr3NYUTUl— Bloomberg Business (@business) February 25, 2016Warren...
View ArticleSET YOUR ALARM: Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders is coming out...
The 2015 edition of Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is set for release at around 8:00 a.m. ET on Saturday morning. Here's the release from the company:OMAHA,...
View ArticleHere's how rich you'd be if you had bet $1,000 on Warren Buffett way back...
This weekend, Warren Buffett will release his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway stockholders. Over the last half-century, Buffett has taken a failing textile company and turned it into a legendary...
View ArticleHere's how badly Warren Buffett has beaten the market
Warren Buffett has beaten the market to such an extreme degree that comparing his success to everyone else can't be done using a normal line chart.Business Insider compared the historical performance...
View Article14 stunning facts about Warren Buffett and his wealth
Warren Buffett has been incredibly successful, and he's extremely wealthy. In fact, he's worth about $62.1 billion right now. But how much is $62.1 billion really, and how good is Buffett at investing?...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway earnings beat by $804 a share and rise to a record (BRK.A,...
Warren Buffett's 2015 annual letter to shareholders crossed Saturday morning.The letter also included Berkshire Hathaway's latest quarterly earnings, which showed that the company earned $3,333 in...
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