The insurance industry is quite risky and competitive.
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September 13 - News
But there are three notable exceptions: Apple, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B), and Google.
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September 13 - News
That's the easy conclusion to draw when looking at the actions of the nation's top hedge fund managers.
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September 12 - News
Living in Nebraska in the 1980s and 1990s, I met several Nebraskans who had a chance to be early investors with Warren Buffett, but regretted they passed up the opportunity.
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September 11 - News
Foolish investors know that leadership matters. A lot. A bad leader can be the difference between a successful company and one that never leaves the bench.
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September 11 - News
Uncertainty around the future of interest rates -- and the Federal Reserve as a whole -- causes investors to make interesting, and sometimes dangerous, assumptions.
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September 10 - News
Many have taken this thought well past its logical conclusion, believing that if rates rise, major insurers that hold corporate and government bonds are set for serious book value...
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September 10 - News
Then again, Buffett did have a bit of a head start, considering his father was himself a stockbroker, so young Warren was already somewhat familiar with the idea of buying and...
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September 9 - News
Unlike, say, a Peter Lynch, the former head of Fidelity's famed Magellan Fund, which he ran from 1977 to 1990, Buffett has adroitly steered Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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September 9 - News
I've been actively investing money into the market now for the past 15 years.
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September 9 - News
The primary purpose of buying insurance is to protect you against losses that could crush you financially.
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September 7 - News
It goes without saying that Buffett is one of the most imitated investors out there. What should never be forgotten though, is that Buffett is a long term buyer.
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September 6 - News
An unfortunate trend has caught on in corporate boardrooms across America: Corporate directors are using share buybacks to return capital to shareholders instead of dividends.
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September 5 - News
1. Intricate, occasionally contradictory complexity hides beneath the "Aw, shucks" folksy charm.
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September 3 - News
As arguably the greatest investor of all time and one of the richest people on the planet, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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September 3 - Hedge Funds, News
While it's likely that Buffett will remain at the top of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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September 3 - News
A flurry of acquisitions involving John Henry, Jeff Bezos, and even Warren Buffett has the print world buzzing.
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September 2 - Hedge Funds, News
You are what you eat, and you also eat what your food eats. That´s why the organic and natural food moment is gaining so much popularity around the world.
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August 30 - News
A battery, solar-panel, and automobile maker made famous by a certain Omaha-based oracle, BYD COMPANY LTD ADR (OTCMKTS:BYDDY) has seen its fair share of peaks and troughs.
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August 28 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sothebys (NYSE:BID), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Apple Inc.
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August 27 - Hedge Funds
Chinese auto and battery maker BYD says half-year profit soared as sales in the world's biggest car market recovered.
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August 26 - Hedge Funds
Finding undervalued companies can be very difficult in a bull market like the one we're currently experiencing.
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August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News
As a general rule, it's best to assume that you can't beat the market by picking individual stocks.
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August 26 - News
A mildly non-conventional investment approach, emphasizing a business approach to security selection, gives some opportunity for long-term results slightly above average...
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August 25 - News
As the fourth richest person in the world today -- even after giving away roughly $24 billion of his shares in Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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August 24 - News
A new ETF that tries to identify high-quality companies uses many of the same investing principles as Warren Buffet.
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August 23 - Hedge Funds
For a good chunk of the trading day today, investors weren't able to trade stocks listed on the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ)'s namesake Nasdaq exchange. No buying.
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August 23 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), H.J.
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August 21 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH), Suncor Energy Inc.
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August 19 - Hedge Funds
The way I see it is that my money represents an enormous number of claim checks on society. It is like I have these little pieces of paper that I can turn into consumption.
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August 19 - News
"Admittedly, it is preposterous to suggest that stock speculation is like coin-flipping. I know there is more skill to stock speculation.
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August 19 - News
Buffett would have probably excelled regardless of when he was born, but not unlike the industrial titans of the Gilded Age, it didn't hurt that he came into the world on the ...
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August 17 - News
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), is currently worth about $44 billion, according to Forbes' list of the world's richest people.
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August 16 - News
Hidden inflation is an insidious devourer of profit. Forget what the Consumer Price Index is telling us -- higher costs don't always get passed on to the consumer.
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August 14 - News
In the year 1986, Chou Associates Management was founded by Francis Chou.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Steinway Musical Instruments Inc (NYSE:LVB), H.J.
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August 14 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett never changes his strategy and is right more often than not.
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August 8 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett could be considered the greatest investor of all time. Nobody could beat him when it comes to investing results.
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August 8 - News
In any given year, an up-and-coming fund manager is able to make some great investment moves, propelling him to the top of the annual leaderboard.
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August 7 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett, who turns 83 years old in August and has been at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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August 7 - Hedge Funds
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos is nothing if not a buccaneer and a gambler.
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August 6 - Tech
I recently took a trip to my neighborhood book store and perused the business section.
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August 6 - News
The logic is simple: If you are going to be a net buyer of stocks in the future, either directly with your own money or indirectly ... you are hurt when stocks rise.
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August 5 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL), American International Group, Inc.
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August 5 - Hedge Funds
Zacks Investment Research just upgraded electric generating company NV Energy, Inc.
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August 5 - News
The world's greatest investor of all time - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) chairman Warren Buffett - has a real distaste for dividends. It may surprise you to hear that.
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July 31 - Hedge Funds
What does this mean? It means we - the consumer - are swiping our cards again, and more often as time goes on! I suppose you might want to own a company to benefit from this macro...
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July 29 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A), DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
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July 29 - Hedge Funds