At the time of writing, the MSCI World Index is up around 21% from its March low. This performance has stunned analysts and investors around the world. It seems to me this is one of
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Warren Buffett has been investing in stocks since his teenage years. Over the past seven decades, he’s bought and sold thousands of stocks across sectors and industries accumulating hundreds of billions of dollars in value
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I recently re-read one of Charlie Munger speeches from 1986 to students of the Harvard Westlake business school. In the speech, Munger laid out his rules for living a miserable life, in an attempt to
Continue ReadingSecond-Level Thinking: What Is It And Why You Need It
Understanding the numbers is just one part of investing. To be a successful long-term investor, you need not only understand the numbers but also the psychological traits required to be able to capitalise on your
Continue ReadingThe Best Method To Overcome Uncertainty It To Embrace It
Investors currently have to grapple with one of the most uncertain investing environments in recent history. There are so many things going on right now it’s challenging to figure out which is the most pressing,
Continue ReadingMohnish Pabrai: Avoid Stocks You Don’t Understand
The highly successful growth investor Peter Lynch once advised investors to “buy what you know.” Another way to interpret this is to buy what you understand. Lynch isn’t the only successful investor that has recommend
Continue ReadingLessons from Wall Street’s Four Great Bottoms
Professor Russell Napier spends most of his time studying financial markets. Author of The Solid Ground investment report for institutional investors and co-founder of the investment research portal ERIC, Russell has been writing global macro
Continue ReadingHow Phil Fisher’s “Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” Changed Warren Buffett’s View Of Investing
Warren Buffett was taught how to invest by Benjamin Graham, who is considered to be the Godfather of value investing. In the early years of his career, Buffett followed Graham’s style of investing closely. He
Continue ReadingWhat Warren Buffett’s See’s Candies Can Teach Us About Business
Many business owners and managers believe that growth is the single most crucial factor in defining a company’s success. Nowhere is this trend more evident than the tech sector. Companies like Uber and WeWork have
Continue ReadingThe Best Investors Only Act On Their Best Ideas
According to Investopedia, 630,000 companies are traded publically on stock exchanges around the world. Of these, less than 5,000 trade on US exchanges and 2,080 are listed on the London Stock Exchange, which claims to
Continue ReadingA Case Study Of Why Warren Buffett Bought Disney In 1966
A few weeks ago I wrote an article for GuruFocus outlining one of Warren Buffett’s biggest mistakes of all time; selling Disney. Buffett first noticed Disney back in 1966. The company at the time was
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