All Posts Tagged With: "warren buffett"
Jim Rogers is Wrong… The Dollar’s Not Done
Recall, in late March I predicted here the dollar was overdue for a rally. Ninety-six percent of you cursed me. The other 4% pocketed an easy 20% or so (more if you played the options market).
But after such a swift run…
28Nov2008 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedNevermind Warren Buffett, market timing works
Bear market mauls even defensive stocks
Wall Street likes to suggest that investors can readily handle a bear market by simply selecting the right stocks or sectors, the ‘defensive’ stocks. That has never worked in the past, and did not…
Three Strikes and the Idiots They Created
$700 Billion.
Massive commercial paper purchase agreements.
½ percent rate cut.
Well, looks like we went swimming with those band-aids on, and now they’re floating in the pool. Following bailouts and bailout proposals, buyouts and rate cuts, investors themselves have decided to bail…
13Oct2008 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | ContinuedGeneral Electric to Raise “At Least” $15 Billion Via Stock Sale, Investment From Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
General Electric Co. (GE) said yesterday (Wednesday) that it will sell "at least" $12 billion in common shares to investors, and another $3 billion in preferred stock to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B), making GE the latest U.S.…
2Oct2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedForget the Bailout, Buy Like Warren Buffett
In today’s semi-political investment environment, it starts to become a little hazy whether we’ve turned the corner or whether we’re still headed for an even worse market crash. Press reports have praised the work of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and…
26Sep2008 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedBuffett’s Goldman Deal Has Big Benefits, but What Else is Berkshire Up To?
Investing icon Warren Buffett took his own advice Tuesday - getting “greedy when others are fearful” - when he ignored the banking-sector bonfire and slapped down a cool $5 billion for a stake in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS).
By literally…
25Sep2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Wall Street Meltdown: What Should Investors Do Now?
First it was Countrywide. Then it was Bear Stearns. Then Freddie and Fannie. Now we learn that Lehman Brothers has filed for Chapter 11.
Bank of America bought the nation’s largest brokerage firm Merrill Lynch, in a rush sale.
One…
18Sep2008 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedJim Rogers and Warren Buffett at Odds on Fannie/Freddie Bailout
Few analysts have abstained from voicing an opinion about the U.S. government’s plan to seize control of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), the nation’s embattled mortgage behemoths, and that include such eminent investors as Jim Rogers and Warren Buffett.…
9Sep2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedWarren Buffett’s Investment Strategy: Time to Buy the Ultimate No-Brainer
Warren Buffett’s holding company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) has been the single greatest investment of our lifetimes.
His compounded annual gain from 1966 to 2007 was 21.1% for an overall gain of 400,863%, compared to 10.3% and 6,840% for the S&P 500.…
8Sep2008 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Young and Investless
A quick clarification of some common advice:
“You’re young, you can afford more risk.”
This statement has been uttered countless times by investment experts and, at heart, it’s very true. However, “more risk” does not imply that every new investor should consider…
29Aug2008 | Oxbury Research | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Three Rules That Will Lead to Long-Term Profits
During a two-year stretch every 20 years or so, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index can be expected to lose 35% or more of its value.
In 1974, according to research by Ibbotson Associates, that truism manifested itself as a 37.25%…
28Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued“Encouraging” Economic Outlook From Bernanke and Buffett Boost U.S. Markets
U.S. markets rallied as soothing comments from two of the most influential minds in finance combined to assuage investor fear and push indices higher.
The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average Index gained 195.90 points (1.71%), to close at 11,626.11. The…
25Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedThe One Warren Buffett Biography Every Investor Should Read — New Bio to Debut
There are scads of books on the market purporting to tell the story of investing guru Warren Buffett. I know, because during my days as a business journalist, I read - or at least perused - almost all of them.…
25Aug2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedObama and McCain Shift Focus to U.S. Economy
Now that presidential hopeful Barack Obama has returned from a tour of the Middle East and Europe, he and his Republican rival, John McCain, are squaring off on the status of the U.S. economy, which has become the most pervasive domestic…
29Jul2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedOil Hits $140 on Depleted Dollar and Supply Concerns
Oil and gold each experienced a fresh resurgence yesterday (Thursday) - with crude achieving a new trading record - after the dollar weakened in response to the policy decisions by central banks around the world, and the Organization of Petroleum…
27Jun2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | Continued
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