Category Archives: Newsworthy Updates

Buffett’s latest letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders – one of his best

By Jordan Smyth | Published March 1, 2011

Eagerly anticipated by investors worldwide, Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders provides insight and commentary on Berkshire and the markets, all with a healthy dose of Buffett’s folksy wisdom.  This year’s edition is one of his best ever and includes updates on Berkshire’s various businesses, the company’s investment portfolio, Buffett’s methodology for estimating [...]

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Investment Mistakes to Avoid, Taxes, and More on the Bond Bubble

By Jordan Smyth | Published September 15, 2010

I’m back with links to a few articles that caught our attention over the past few weeks:
First, this article from The New York Times provides a good list of mistakes to avoid when investing.  While we might quibble with the details of a few of these points – for example, certain styles of active management [...]

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Newsworthy Updates – May 26, 2010

By Jordan Smyth | Published May 26, 2010

A look at historical stock market corrections and comebacks (from AP and S&P) http://ow.ly/1PuFC
Investors, hang in there! Resisting the Urge to Sell Low (from NY Times) http://ow.ly/1PdVs
The Error-Proof Portfolio: Avoid Automated Selling Rules.  Past performance shouldn’t drive buy and sell decisions. (Morningstar) http://bit.ly/dsXl3J
MarketWatch: Momentum building in economy, top forecaster says http://bit.ly/9GtT3h
MarketWatch: Lessons from the ‘flash crash’ http://bit.ly/9yjOmA
A tough lesson [...]

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Newsworthy updates – April 19, 2010

By Jordan Smyth | Published April 19, 2010

- Economy Bulls Ahead While Stocks Take a Pause: The stock market has indeed come a long way during the last few weeks…. (from Morningstar)
- NYTimes: Upbeat Signs Revive Consumers’ Mood for Spending

- Morningstar: Indicators Uniformly Bullish.  Overall data flow this week supportive of 4.5% real GDP growth estimate for 2010.

- WSJ: They did OK, anyway: Warren [...]

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Newsworthy Updates – March 15, 2010

By The Edgemoor Investment Advisors Team | Published March 15, 2010

- How Men’s Overconfidence Hurts Them as Investors.
- Intelligent Investor: Companies should hike dividend payouts to reward shareholders.
- Shamed Microsoft workers hide their iPhones.
- US producers’ ability to export constrained by bottlenecks in transport networks.  Excellent WSJ story.
- U.S. household wealth continues to rebound, providing support for consumer spending.  WSJ: http://ow.ly/1hp1g Fed Reserve: http://ow.ly/1hpU8
- WSJ.com – Credit [...]

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