In this, we agree with Charlie Munger’s partner, Warren Buffett: productive assets are better than cash and bonds denominated in baseless currencies. We agree with any implication that saving in fiat cash or fiat-denominated fixed-income instruments is...

Melbourne, Australia – Uncivilized times call for uncivilized investments. Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s partner in crime at Berkshire Hathaway, told CNBC recently, “I think gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you’re a Jewish family in...

Civilized folks like Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett consider that 15-year trend a fluke. Maybe so. Or maybe this trend is a warning that America is becoming a bit less civilized — a bit less friendly to productive businesses. Notwithstanding this...

Spirit of Democracy, an advocacy group funded largely by Munger, has poured more than $175,000 into a radio and mail promotional campaign for Gaines this month. Pugno is attempting to create a backlash by painting the GOP activist as a liberal. Munger...

Last week, filings revealing Berkshire's latest purchases led to more than a 2% bounce in General Motors (NYSE: GM ) that day and also helped Viacom post a modest gain in a down market. Considering Buffett and his right-hand man Charlie Munger's age,...

Charles Munger Jr.’s committee today reported spending another $202,000 to help Newport Beach Councilwoman Leslie Daigle try to make it through the primary and into the November runoff. The latest money – most of it going for television advertising –...

Republican Charles T. Munger Jr. funded initiatives that stripped the Legislature of its power to draw districts. In recent weeks, he has spent more than $700,000 to help Republicans win primaries. Richard Temple, a Republican consultant working for...

As I remarked in a previous Angle, if a sense of humour is any indication of mental capacity, then these two men have not lost anything to old age. I maintain this view and think that Charlie Munger showed even better form this year. Munger...

"I think gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but I think civilized people don't buy gold. They invest in productive businesses." –Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway “Whoever...

Gold continues to be a hot topic of investing even if it has been slumping of late. It doesn’t hurt when you have Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet’s right hand man, recently quoted as saying, “I think gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if...

Republican Charles T. Munger Jr. funded initiatives that stripped the Legislature of its power to draw districts. In recent weeks, he has spent more than $700,000 to help Republicans win primaries. Richard Temple, a Republican consultant working for...

Many annual reports attempt all manner of literary gymnastics to obfuscate economic reality. In stark contrast, Berkshire Hathaway’s report is highly readable and often frank in the extreme. Meanwhile, at the annual meeting, Buffett sits with his...

But despite the new top-two open primary, it has looked increasingly possible that Daigle would be left behind in the three-way race, with Mansoor and Rush advancing to November. That means the boost from wealthy Republican activist Charles Munger, Jr....

As part of the meeting, Berkshire companies host exhibit booths where shareholders can purchase such items as T-shirts and undergarments from Fruit of the Loom; get insurance quotes from GEICO; buy sets of GINZU knives or purchase kitchen utensils from...

Your sound bites confuse many investors about what may prove this generation's most critical financial topic as your perspective compares vastly different asset classes through the same lens. Your words and Charlie's words left thousands of your...

Though I did not plan it this way, the first day I had dinner with value investors/friends from the U.K. , on the second from Germany, and on the third from Spain. I have at least a dozen stock ideas to research and new thoughts to process. Charlie...

Spirit of Democracy also is backing Republican Leslie Daigle against incumbent GOP Assemblyman Allan Mansoor of Costa Mesa in the 74th Assembly District race. Munger, a major GOP donor and a key backer of redistricting reform, has pushed to moderate the...

But he also wasn't short on wisdom. Here are three pieces of advice worth heeding: 1. Buy what you know, or can learn. Just as Buffett and Charlie Munger counseled against spending too much time evaluating declining businesses, they also advised...

Those two measures were billed as removing bipartisan gerrymandering and making more competitive districts that would elect more moderate representatives. Like Daigle. Munger gave more than $1.3 million to those two measures. His sister, Molly Munger,...