The Dow At the one hundred year anniversary of Forbes magazine, the billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway predicted that the Dow Jones Industrial Average will breach 1 million in the…
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Buffett Bets on Trucking
Last week, Berkshire Hathaway announced an agreement to purchase a 38.6% stake in Pilot Travel Centers LLC for an undisclosed amount, according to a Wall Street Journal article that calls…
A "Flywheel" Approach to Investing
By John Reese — Teacher and leadership coach Jim Collins has authored and co-authored six books that delve into the inner workings of corporations and what makes them succeed or…
Buffett's Investing Advice
Billionaire investing phenom Warren Buffett shares a synopsis of his career path history in a recent article for Forbes, recalling his early passion for reading about investing and the heavy…
Would You Fire this Guy?
By John Reese — If there’s one thing that’s hard to persuade investors to be, it’s patient. The urge to chase the hot idea or the manager with the dazzling…
Buffett Wins his 10-Year, Million-Dollar Wager
Warren Buffett is the winner in the bet he made with finance professionals back in 2007 that, over the ten years between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2017, the…
Buffett Converts BofA Warrants
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett secured an $11.5 billion gain by exercising warrants to purchase 700 million shares of Bank of America Corp., according to an article in Bloomberg. The…
Investors: Become "Unshakeable" With These Five Investing Commandments
By John P. Reese — Keep Calm and Carry On was a motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939 in preparation for World War II. The poster was intended to raise the morale of the British…
Buffett's Favorite Words
In March, data scientist Michael Toth conducted a sentiment analysis on Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders (dated from 1977 to 2016) to identify the billionaire’s most commonly…
Building an Investment Checklist
By John P. Reese — In this year’s letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett refers to the conglomerate’s “gradual shift from a company obtaining most of its gains from…