Growing up in a small town in Ohio, I remember being able to ride my bike to the nearest Dollar General store. In fact, I rode that route

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  One of my favorite investing books of all time is Buffettology, by Mary Buffett and David Clark. In the book, the authors do an excellent job of

  Daniel Kahneman is a professor of behavioral & cognitive psychology at Princeton, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for economics, and author of the best-selling book on

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I recently purchased a used vehicle off an auction site. The process was simple: I reviewed the cars currently on auction, identified the few that looked like good

It’s been a crazy year for Elon Musk and Tesla. This year has seen Tesla’s market cap and stock price surge dramatically, to say the least. At the

The hardest part of investing in stocks for most business people, beginner investors, and intermediate investors is stock selection. The most popular options that you may be faced

Looking for some wisdom to guide you while you’re finding your feet as an investor?  Here are 5 fundamental rules from great investors, past and present. Rule 1:

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When it comes to investing, I find that the simplest advice is usually the best one. Nobody puts it better than Terry Smith from Fundsmith:   “Buy good

In the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report, Warren Buffett discussed the difference between great businesses, good businesses, and gruesome businesses.  Buffett summarizes it like this: Let’s break down

*Last updated on 30 November 2020 Greetings investors, and welcome to the Q3 2020 list of hedge fund letters and reports! Learn from the top investors on Wall

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The jobless claims report from the week of September 12th was important for a few reasons. Firstly, it was the BLS survey week for the September report. Secondly,

The Fed did exactly what most expected on Wednesday as it didn’t hike rates and called for no hikes through 2023 based on the median FOMC member’s estimate

Redbook same store sales growth fell for the 2nd straight week in the week of September 12th. As you can see from the chart below, it fell from

On Wednesday, the Fed will give us its decision on rates along with an updated look at its economic projections. It will be interesting to see where the

Inflation is still very low. CPI in August was 1.3% which was up from 1%. Core CPI was up from 1.6% to 1.7% which put it slightly closer

The jobless claims report from the week of September 5th was a mixed bag. There are a few twists with this data update which must be noted or

The latest Redbook same store sales growth reading was bad as it fell from 4.6% to -0.1% in the week of September 5th. It’s always hard to figure

In August, the small business optimism index increased from 98.8 to 100.2 which beat estimates for 98.9. It’s no surprise small business confidence crept up. What is a