As an investor, you can select from many strategies to manage your portfolio. The most popular strategy is probably buy and hold. With the buy and hold strategy you purchase a stock and hold it for a long term period. The most famous buy and hold investor is Warren Buffett who claims his holding period [...]
Many traders start with a great idea of how to have a market advantage but fail to be successful at trading. Regardless of the type of trader you want to be, you must follow the basic rules of trading to be successful. It is not always the smartest person who wins but the person with [...]
With the interest rates on Treasury Bond’s so low and the risk high due to the market increase from the March low, it is time to buy dividend stocks. Non-dividend stocks have risen 55% so far this year while dividend stocks have lagged behind by only rising 21%. Your future fortunes may increase by being [...]
Three guys walk into a bar: one is GOD, one is the Devil, and the other is Al Gore. Who would you trust to invest your money to get the highest return if they could only chose stocks they know about? Who would win if you placed vice investing vs. green investing vs. religious-based investing? [...]
In today’s workforce, there has never been more differences between persons from different generations. The most common difference tends to be how one perceives and adapts to the technological advances within the workplace. The quest for productivity has changed manual processes to technological-driven processes at a rapid pace. However, have you thought about how these [...]
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway increased its Wal-Mart (WMT) holdings by almost 90 percent according to his latest SEC filings. Buffett now owns $2 billion of Wal-Mart stock. Buffett also added a small stake in ExxonMobile (XOM) of $95 million as of September 30.
Other changes include: a small stake in Travelers (TRV) added: 27-thousand shares worth [...]
The recent Town Hall event titled Keeping America Great showcased Warren Buffett and Bill Gates at Columbia University in New York City on November 12, 2009. Both self-made billionaires, Buffett and Gates are the embodiment of the American Dream. They both put their stock in America and reaped the benefits of the capitalist tradition. Since [...]
Updated stock buys reported to SEC by September 30, 2009.
Seth Klarman is a value investor and Portfolio Manager of the investment partnership The Baupost Group. Founded in 1983, The Baupost Group now manages $7 billion, and has averaged returns of nearly 20% annually since their inception. Seth Klarman is the author of the book Margin [...]
The latest reports indicate that gold peaked in 2000 and production has steadily declined since then. If you couple this with the weak dollar and growing global demand, gold will stay at or above historic prices. My best guess is that gold moves to $1,300 in the next few months.
Aaron Regent, president of Barrick Gold, [...]
During periods of high inflation and weakness in the U.S. dollar, the value of gold has tended to increase, acting as a “hedge” for dollar-valued investments such as stocks, bonds, and cash. The very forces that weaken traditional investments often cause gold to rise. Gold is a good place to be in difficult times. Gold [...]
