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Buy What You Know; An Investing Technique That Works

This is not a book review… or maybe it is.  Either way, buying stocks of companies that you are familiar with is a successful investing strategy.  Great investors like Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch did this for decades, and made billions with this technique.  We don’t recommend you buy these stocks blindly, or just because [...]

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Beat the Wall Street Gurus at their own game

I’m Going to Do the Exact Opposite of What You’re Doing! So There! If there is one sure rule about Wall Street, it’s that they follow the herd. And it’s hard to make money when you’re just following other people’s investment path. And when the herd starts acting irrationally, driven by fear and not economic [...]

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Buffett explains the financial crisis

In his own unique style, Warren Buffett, being interviewed by Charlie Rose, explains why we are in the middle of a financial crisis. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejIWp5E8_Fo[/youtube]

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Retirement, your 401k and an Insane Market

If you’re like most people, your retirement account has dropped substantially over the last few months, and you’re freaking out.  The end of the world is coming!  Armageddon is here! The truth is: the stock market goes up and down in cycles.  These cycles usually last 5-10 years.   Take a look at the chart below. [...]

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Getting Back Into The Market; The Sane Way

With the recent market turmoil, you may be wondering what to do with your portfolio.  Should you sell your  stocks and funds, or should you be buying more? Well, if you listen to the world’s greatest investor, Warren Buffett,  you would be buying.  The market is essentially on sale.  With stocks and funds plummeting, now [...]

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Monish Pabrai on Bloomberg

Mohnish Pabrai calls himself a “shameless cloner” of Warren Buffett, and that’s fine with us. As the managing partner of Pabrai Investment Funds, Pabrai has been able to return over 26% net to investors since 1999. And his book The Dhandho Investor: The Low – Risk Value Method to High Returns, is highly recommended by [...]

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Buying Stocks Without A Broker; The Sane Way

Yes, it’s true. You can buy stocks like Yahoo (YHOO), Wal-Mart (WMT), Home Depot (HD) and Intel (INTC) direct from the company without using a broker. It’s called a Direct Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP) and thousands of companies now offer them.

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7 Reasons why Markel is like Berkshire Hathaway

I recently read a NY Times Sunday article about Markel (note: This is a Times Select article which requires a membership fee.) I greatly enjoyed this article but it led me to thinking. Markel (MKL) apparently is a great company. There are lots of reasons why but the most compelling for me was that they [...]

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