Dobromir Stoyanov submits: Warren Buffett, the student of the now famous father or value investing Ben Graham, is the greatest stock investor of our times. He has built his flagship company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) from a small mill to a diversified conglomerate with a total market cap of 175 billion...
Article asks about whether we are market timers or asset allocators. In the present scenario, we act as both. Investing for the long term in a stable income-oriented strategy anticipates market declines and incorporates those expectations into the underwriting. The issue of risk is more problematic to discuss in a...
Pity the poor tech-stock investor. While the market in general had a dreadful day Wednesday and has been struggling for two weeks, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite has had a bummer month and year. It's down 7.4% since mid-April and dipping into its lowest levels since December. And because...
Dobromir Stoyanov submits: The markets have been pretty terrible this year with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrials falling 36% and 33% respectively from the end of the year. Major indexes still remain about 39% off their all time highs set just one year ago. Many asset classes have...
The financial turbulence of the past few weeks -- capped by this week's collapse of Bear Stearns and the Federal Reserve's slashing of short-term interest rates -- has left investors and savers pondering a big question: What do I do now? For savers, not much. But...
Byline: Susannah Moran Jun 17, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The ex-group operations manager for deceased Australian stock investor Rene Rivkin has testified in court. Spiros Dassakis said he had asked his employer about a company in a tax haven, but...
David Fry ETF Digest submits: Big Wednesday, Bonzai Pipeline Oahu No rest for the wicked, eh? Just when I was thinking some sideways action would be in order, economic reality wipes out tame expectations. Stock investor wipe-outs are continuing. If you want to...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 15 -- LAKELAND, Fla. -- Warren Buffett, the world's most famous stock investor, came to a most unlikely place Tuesday: a new GEICO insurance call center in the middle of a central Florida pasture. He was there...
By Chiratas Nivatpumin, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 20--It's a question that any Thai stock investor must ask -- how much upside remains for local mobile phone companies? Torrid growth over the past two years has since slowed...
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