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Is It Possible to Use Gold As Money Today
One of the most traditional forms of money was gold and silver coins. Although this seems like an outdated concept from ancient civilizations, actually, the US struck silver and fractional gold coins less than a century ago for everyday commerce. This was in addition to paper currency. At the time, the US was on the […]
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Read MoreWarren Buffett’s Big Investing Mistake
Warren Buffett is the world’s most successful investor. Yet, even the best make mistakes, as any good investor knows. Analyzing Warren Buffett’s mistakes in depth can make you a better investor. In the just-released 2020 Berkshire Hathaway annual letter, Buffett briefly tells us about a recent, big, mistake: Precision Castparts (“PCC”). Let’s dive in and […]
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Read MoreWorkers at Floyd County Productions Are Launching a Union
Workers at Georgia’s Largest Animation Studio (Floyd County Productions) Are Launching a Union With the Communications Workers of America Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Floyd County Productions’s Workers Create A Union (Atlanta, Georgia) – Today workers at Floyd County Productions (FCP) are announcing the creation of the Floyd County Productions Guild with […]
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Read MoreStocks, Gold – Rebound or Dead Cat Bounce?
None of Friday‘s intraday attempts to recapture 3,850 stuck, and the last hour‘s selling pressure is an ill omen. Especially since it was accompanied by high yield corporate bonds weakening. It‘s as if the markets only now noticed the surging long-end Treasury yields, declining steeply on Thursday as the 10y Treasury yield made it through […]
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Read MoreBuffett’s Annual Letter: Sins of Omission!
Warren Buffett’s annual letter was great in all the easy ways and disappointing in the ways that matter the most to his shareholder partners. Last week, Charlie Munger reiterated the idea that successful investing is “an unusual combination of patience and aggression.” The communication of the May 1, 2020 Annual Meeting and this letter tell […]
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Read MoreTrumka: Nothing Provides Financial Stability Like a Union Card
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka delivered the keynote address at the American Legion’s Washington Conference this morning, saying that a union card is a key to a world-class apprenticeship. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Here are a few excerpts: Mutual Helpfulness “Mutual helpfulness runs on trust. It doesn’t work any other way. We […]
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Read MoreReligious real estate – Church of England property portfolio estimated at £10.3bn
871,000 people attend a Church of England service each week, although this has fallen from 975,300 since 2014 and will have no doubt dropped further due to lockdown restrictions. [REIT] Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Church Of England’s Religious Real Estate Portfolio The Church of England will have benefitted from some significant […]
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Read MoreBerkshire Hathaway’s Share Repurchases
Whitney Tilson’s email to investors discussing him hosting a pot stock event on Thursday evening; Buffett’s annual letter and Berkshire Hathaway’s share repurchases. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Pot Stock Event On Thursday Evening 1) This Thursday evening at 8 p.m. Eastern time, I’m hosting a pot stock event you won’t want […]
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Read MoreBig Returns!
Many of today’s investors, particularly the young aggressive Robinhood types, want big returns, and that is something more than the stock market, or the average stock, can provide. Read the academic literature, or Aswath Damodaran’s blog, Musings on Markets, and you will learn that investors can expect a return of about 6% per year on […]
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