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The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville" is an article by Warren Buffett promoting value investing, published in the Fall, 1984 issue of Hermes, Columbia Business School magazine. It was based on a speech given on May 17, 1984, at the Columbia University School of Business in honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Benjamin ...
Buffett said he was just 11 years old when he made his first investment in the stock market, as reported by Yahoo Finance. In 1942, he purchased a share in a company he liked for $114.75 — the ...
While Buffett is known for being uninterested in gold investing — describing it in a 2011 letter to shareholders as an asset “that will never produce anything” — other money mavens ...
Warren Buffett is renowned for his shrewd investments, particularly his knack for buying companies with durable competitive advantages. However, his investment wisdom extends beyond companies and ...
Buffett worked from 1951 to 1954 at his father's firm, Buffett-Falk & Co., as an investment salesman; from 1954 to 1956 at Graham-Newman Corp. as a securities analyst; from 1956 to 1969 at several investment partnerships as the general partner; and from 1970 as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Get High Value at a Low Price. In the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter, Buffett shared another key principle: “Price is what you pay; value is what you get.”
Warren Buffett is regarded as a brilliant investor and Graham’s best-known disciple. [9] According to Buffett, The Intelligent Investor is “By far the best book on investing ever written.” Ken Faulkberry, founder of Arbor Investment Planner, claims, “If you could only buy one investment book in your lifetime, this would probably be the ...
Investing vs. speculating. Assets such as businesses, rental homes and farmland generate income organically for the owner, making them real investments. These investments can be made on a private ...