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My 17-Point Checklist For Teaching Good Writing and Blogging
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Investment manager Mohnish Pabrai studied his own investment failures as well as those of notable investors like Warren Buffett and ended up with a 70-point checklist, meant to keep himself from repeating the same mistakes as he evaluated investment...
Re: Economicwatch
4 hours ago

It makes litte sense to those who know what they are doing" Warren Buffet My bad, thought it was done first week of February. April or March? I thought it was bi-monthly....the last one was in January... U dont seem to get it ..do u?? We advocated
Re: The Banks
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Tip: Before buying any bank stock, read their 2011 annual report and sell any bank that still holds plenty of FGN bonds. These are the ones that are sitting on the long term bonds. UBA is one of them. It makes litte sense to those who know what they...
Measuring fear
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But first, here’s a little background. In October 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, stock markets around the world tumbled as nervous investors ran towards the exits. But not everyone ran. Legendary investor Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of...
U.S. long bonds: Buyer beware!
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The bull run is supported by the perceived safe-haven qualities of U.S. bonds, especially in the current weak patch in global growth and the crisis in Europe that is culminating in the degrading of sovereign bonds. The stronger U.S. dollar is also an...
Ask smart questions before you buy a stock
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Textron and Raytheon.) I want to find great stocks. Should I look for low P/E ratios and high dividend yields? Those are promising criteria, but they're not fail-safe. For one thing, you'll miss outstanding investments that pay little or no dividends. ...
Bonds risky too: Buffett
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Surely that's crazy talk. It turns upside-down what seems to be a fundamental rule of investing. Nevertheless, both Warren Buffett, the legendary investor, and Laurence Fink, head of the world's largest money manager, BlackRock Inc. , have recently...
Campaign budget, voter rolls a mess
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He also would raise $1.5 trillion in taxes from the top 1 and 2 percent of earners in the nation. This is in line with what he has proposed before. Obama also reiterated his call for the Buffett rule, a proposal named after investor Warren Buffett. It...
Political Memo: Obama’s Tax Policy Targets Slice of His Base: The Affluent
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To make the point that he is not lashing out at opponents, Mr. Obama often notes that his proposals would raise his own taxes or those of allies like Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor. But the Democratic Party’s increasing electoral success in...
Buffett Likes Stocks, So What's He Buying?
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Buffett recently said stocks will outperform gold and bonds, calling them the safest asset by far. He's putting Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.B) money where his mouth is, buying up shares of DirecTV (DTV) and IBM (IBM). In a Fortune article published last...
Dorothy Wickenden: Barack Obama, Republicans, and the campaign for the middle class.
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Michael Dukakis fell to the vicious Willie Horton ad. The infamous Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry impugned his war heroism; an ad showing him windsurfing off Nantucket became an emblem of unseemly privilege. “There’s class warfare, all right,” Warren...
Secretary not so average
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2/19/2012 10:02 PM | Last update: 2/19/2012 10:02 PM Here's an interchange between some valiant reporter and the president, an interchange that won't happen but probably should: "Sir, do you recall having Warren Buffett's secretary sit next to Michelle...
Bridge: The Favorite Game of America's High Rollers
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I think they lose themselves in it.” Meyers, an attorney, has a music business in Los Angeles and runs licensing for NBC’s The Voice. Bridge, for the uninitiated, is a four-person trick game—like hearts, only infinitely more complicated, and played in...
Re: Economicwatch
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It makes litte sense to those who know what they are doing" Warren Buffet __________________ "True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, harzardous, and conflicting information"- Winston Churchill.
Obama's Re-Election Budget
12 hours ago

Paul Gigot: This week on "The Journal Editorial Report," President Obama's budget illusion. He's promising lower spending, higher taxes and sinking deficits? We'll tell you what you'll really get, and ask House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan how Republicans...
Apple at $500: A Cheery Consensus
15 hours ago

Buffett once wrote that "you pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus." Apple (NAS: AAPL) investors, beware: There's a cheery consensus about the company behind the iPad, iPhone, and Mac computers. Consider: Short interest,...
Israel Safest as Stock Investors Discount Threat of War
16 hours ago

Israel outperformed as it fought a monthlong battle against Hezbollah in 2006, was involved in a similar conflict with Hamas two years later and is now threatened by Iran’s nuclear program. International investors including Warren Buffett bought local...
We need a fairer tax
18 hours ago

The IRS defines earned income as that from wages and salaries, reported on a W-2. Unearned income is everything else - capital gains, interest, dividends on stock and a relatively new one - carried interest, the money earned by many on Wall Street. ...
Taxes: Warren Buffett Vs. Widow Martha
20 hours ago

In January, the veteran Washington lobbyist was named president and chief executive officer of the Private ... more » In a preview of his upcoming annual shareholders letter, Warren Buffett writes:Investments that are denominated in a given currency...
Widow Martha Pays More Than Warren Buffett and His Secretary Combined
20 hours ago

Scene: Senate Committee on Finance Hearing Room. Date: Sometime in 2012. Martha, a stylish attractive woman in her 70s, raises a shaking right hand as she is sworn in. The network cameras are notably absent. They have been told by their management to...

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About Warren Buffett

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Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in the world, the primary shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Full Article

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