Author: Dillon (Mr. Vintage Value Investing)

Day 2: Saturday I’m just getting back now from watching the Mayweather-Pacquaio fight. Who do you think Warren and Charlie were rooting for? Today was terrific! I could

Day 1: Friday Well it was an incredibly long day today – I woke up at 3:30am to catch a 5:00am flight into Des Moines, IA before driving into

The 2015 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder weekend kicks off on Friday. This weekend – celebrating 50 years of a profitable partnership – will be the biggest ever, and

The Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting This weekend I’ll be travelling to Omaha, Nebraska to attend the 2015 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting. Make sure to follow me on

The Enterprising Investor Welcome to Part 2 of this “How to Start Investing” series. In Part 1, I explained all about: Brokerage accounts Index funds Dollar-cost averaging How

On March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq closed at 5048.62. It was its highest closing ever. It was the peak of the Dot-Com Bubble. In the next 2.5 years the

Talk is Never Cheap for the Federal Reserve The Fed is facing a market conundrum. Again. After 6 years of unprecedentedly low interest rates that helped pull the

Greece, China, Russia. ISIS. Cyber security. North Korea. Oil Prices. Stock market valuations. The Fed’s interest rate policy. Open any newspaper and it’s hard to choose which headline

So You Wanna Be a Value Investor? The economy finally appears to be on stable footing. The recession is only a distant memory now as the 6-year-and-counting bull market

Week in Review: Greek Debt Drama Caps Volatile Week The rising risk of a Greek debt default jolted markets Friday. Global stock volatility increased, while “safe-haven” government bond yields

2015 Meeting Tickets Unboxing The annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting is right around the corner. This year’s meeting, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the company under

Deal combines cheeses, ketchup, other brands to create world’s fifth-largest food maker Breaking News: Kraft, Heinz to Merge, Forming Food Giant Kraft Foods Group Inc. and H.J. Heinz Co.,

The Fed Loses Patience Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said earlier this week that policy makers may consider raising short-term interest rates after their April meeting if they’re

Golden Anniversary Edition Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Report for 2014 was released at 8:00am this morning. Exactly 50 years ago today, Warren Buffett and his business partner Charlie Munger took the

“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.” When Warren Buffett was 11 years old, he bought three shares of Cities Service

What Happened to its Economic Moat? As you may have heard, RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. As part of the restructuring, 1,784 stores will be closed,

Taking Advantage of Oil Price Fears In my last article, How to Play the Oil Crash, I reported on the current state of the oil market and described

Investment Opportunities in the New World of Low Oil Prices The Current Situation In the simplest of economic terms, the price for any commodity is set at the equilibrium

Why Buffett Never Sold NetJets An article appeared in the Wall Street Journal last week titled “NetJets Unrest Puts Warren Buffett in a Rare Pinch,” describing the labor unrest at

(or the Genius of Wimpy) J. Wellington Wimpy is Popeye’s friend and “straight man” in E. C. Segar’s venerable comic strip and cartoon series, Popeye. Whereas Popeye is

Imagine this scene: A boxer sits in one corner of the ring, his shoulders hunched as his trainer pours water on his head, matting his greying hair across his