The hero of 'The Big Short' perfectly explained why you shouldn't try to be...
As a novice investor — heck, even as a professional — it is always helpful to take wisdom from some of the legendary investors.Listening, reading, and learning, however, are very different from...
View ArticleWarren Buffett believes that a company's greatest asset is something intangible
Warren Buffett is commonly hailed as the world's greatest investor and for good reason.As chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, he's worth more than $66 billion.How exactly does someone become so...
View ArticleGoogle might be turning into the next Berkshire Hathaway
Alphabet subsidiary Google Capital is doing something it has never done before: It's taken a large stake in a publicly traded company. It's the very strategy that's helped Warren Buffett's Berkshire...
View Article11 Warren Buffett quotes you've probably never heard before
Harriman House has just done Buffettologists everywhere a service, publishing an annotated transcript of a symposium held twenty years ago in New York featuring Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren...
View ArticleThe surprisingly frugal habits of 8 extremely wealthy people
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 jeans,...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's favorite bank thinks your rent may be about to go down
Wells Fargo thinks your pocketbook may be getting some relief if you rent your living space.During the bank's conference call after its second-quarter earnings release Friday, CEO John Stumpf was asked...
View ArticleThis 30-year-old Warren Buffett quote explains why you should be an active...
“What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest – whether it be bridge, chess, or stock selection than to have opponents who have been taught that thinking is a waste of energy?” –Warren...
View ArticleWarren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and 11 other US corporate titans want common...
Some of the biggest names in American business want companies to change their behavior.Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and more signed on to a list of suggested changes for companies to adopt, titled...
View ArticleAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos just passed Warren Buffett to become the 3rd-richest...
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now the third-richest man in the world.According to Bloomberg, Bezos' total net worth hit $65.05 billion on Thursday, pushing him past Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's...
View ArticleOne quote from Warren Buffett is tremendous advice for finding the next great...
Warren Buffett, the leader of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the most successful investors ever, has a few adages for his form of value investing.While Buffett has been awellspring of investing...
View Article6 surprising ways that Elon Musk is like Warren Buffett
It’s certainly been a crazy couple of weeks for Elon Musk.In June, Musk announce plans for Tesla to acquire SolarCity (the solar panel company run by his cousins), which was met with much scrutiny by...
View ArticleWarren Buffett: Donald Trump is 'afraid' to release his tax returns
US investor Warren Buffett, speaking at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, challenged Republican Donald Trump on Monday to release his tax returns.Trump has said he...
View ArticleDonald Trump is getting slammed by billionaires with way more money than him
Over the last week, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has campaigned with three billionaires: Michael Bloomberg last Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention, Mark Cuban on...
View ArticleWarren Buffett challenges Donald Trump to release his tax returns
At a campaign event for Hillary Clinton on August 1, Warren Buffett discussed Donald Trump's reluctance to share his tax returns. Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
View Article16 brilliant quotes from Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's right-hand man
Charlie Munger is a college dropout who served as a meteorologist in the US Army Air Corps before graduating from Harvard Law.And then he met Warren Buffett.The rest is history.As vice chairman of...
View ArticleTrump brushed off Warren Buffett's 'blistering critique' of his business...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off billionaire investor Warren Buffett's blistering critique of his business acumen."I don't care much...
View ArticleWarren Buffett paid $195 million to get rid of some of his 'financial weapons...
Warren Buffett has dumped a whole lot of derivatives.Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, paid $195 million to end its contracts on derivatives protecting against the default of some bonds,...
View Article12 times Donald Trump disagreed with Warren Buffett
Donald Trump has made his business record the centerpiece of his campaign. When he’s not talking about banning Muslims, building walls, or trashing war heroes, he’s usually talking about all the huge...
View ArticleWarren Buffett brilliantly explains how bubbles are formed
In an interview with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) back in 2010, Warren Buffett answered several questions about what he thought caused the housing and credit bubble.During the...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook calls Warren Buffett, Lloyd Blankfein, and Bill Clinton...
Running Apple is a lonely job, according to CEO Tim Cook.It's hard work, with long hours, and you have to make decisions that affect tens of thousands of employees. But he has a few people he can turn...
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