After saying that he made a “huge mistake” by investing in the firm, Warren Buffett is now decreasing Berkshire Hathaway’s stake in grocery giant Tesco. Earlier in October, Buffett told…
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Take It From The Gurus: Boring Is Beautiful
…emotions might be saying. As hedge fund guru George Soros once said, ‘If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.’”…
Why Buffett Likes Banks
While they may be known more for investing in insurance companies and firms that make and sell simple consumer goods, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are also quite fond of…
Great Pages: Ben Graham's "Mental Weapons"
…crowd in investing. Taken from The Intelligent investor (2005 edition, HarperBusiness) Validea’s Benjamin Graham-inspired portfolio is up 359.3% since its mid-2003 inception vs. 100.1% for the S&P 500. Check out…
Munger On Buffett, Temperament, And Why He's Better Than Ben Graham
…But he was a very good writer and a very good teacher and a brilliant man, one of the only intellectuals — probably the only intellectual — in the investing…
Quality Investing Works -- If The Price Is Right
Investing in “high-quality” stocks sounds like a no-brainer. But in a very interesting piece on ETF.com, Vitali Kalesnik and Engin Kose of Research Affiliates show that quality metrics alone don’t…
Good Companies, Cheap Shares: How To Win With The Greenblatt Approach
…Book” — it’s only 176 pages long and small enough to fit in your jacket pocket — broke investing down into terms even an elementary schooler could understand. In fact,…
O'Shaughnessy on Investor Psychology, Bond Market Trouble, and Why Value Wins
In a wide-ranging interview with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg View, quantitative investing guru James O’Shaughnessy recently talked about why human beings are such inferior prognosticators compared to computer models, what…
Northern Exposure: Quant Models in Canada
…collectively,” Reese adds, “I think the long term results demonstrate that following the strategies of investing greats, like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch, in a disciplined, systematic fashion can give…
Benjamin Graham's Lasting Legacy
Benjamin Graham is known as the Father of Value Investing, and this video from the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing at Columbia Business School offers a great look…