Let’s Raise the Next Generation of Warren Buffetts! New Book Teaches Kids Warren Buffett’s Secrets to Success in Business and Life (NewsDay)
Most of us know who Warren Buffett is; the most successful investor in the world—maybe of all time. But what do we know about his approach to business and investing? It’s an approach that, over the past four decades, has made him one of the most respected men in the world. Buffett himself says that at the heart of any wealth-building system there are certain core beliefs, not just about finance, but also about business, work, morality, responsibility to oneself, family, and society, and about living a decent life. If we can learn that approach, and better yet, teach it to our children, can we raise the next generation of Warren Buffetts?
Should You Follow Warren Buffett Into This Energy Stock? (DailyFinance)
The Oracle of Omaha is looking north of the border for investment opportunities. Last week, Warren Buffett revealed through a regulatory filing that he has accumulated a stake of 17.8 million shares in Canada’s largest energy producer Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SU). Yet in spit of shares rising sharply in recent months, it’s not too late to follow Buffett into this high quality oil and gas company. …Above all Warren Buffett demands that his business managers be good allocators of capital. In this respect, Buffett likes what he sees in Suncor’s new chief executive Steve Williams. Mr. Williams is shifting away from his predecessor’s aggressive growth philosophy in favor of creating a more disciplined company.
How To Invest Like A Berkshire Insider (iStockAnalyst)
We all have a fantasy we’d like to see come true. For some, it’s being in your favorite football team’s locker room during the coach’s inspiring halftime speech. For others, it might be a backstage pass to a legendary musician’s concert. Nothing so pedestrian for us. Instead, we ask: What if you could be inside Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)’s boardroom and see how its directors vet potential companies for investment? Luckily, that’s not just a pipe dream — there’s a way we can find out. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) recently disclosed its holdings through a 13F filing with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Warren Buffett’s bubble cash-out strategy (FinancialPost)
Here is Warren Buffett’s pension fund management advice in a nutshell: Be patient, buy only a few things, ignore the stock market until it becomes irrationally optimistic, at which point sell. A recently released 1975 letter from Buffett to Washington Post owner Katharine Graham on the subject offers new insight into how early Buffett was to grasp both the difficulties of pension fund management and the inability of Wall Street to provide adequate solutions.
