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Retailing is hard. Staying on top of the industry for decades is even harder. Particularly when the products you sell are technology based and always changing. Which begs the question, how did a small UK retailer selling Hi-Fi components come…
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A Grilled Buffett In 2009, the US government was in full panic mode after experiencing one of the worst economic bubbles in history. The government established the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a ten-member commission that was assigned the task of…
Continue reading If there is one stock in America you could buy outside Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger’s advice is to choose Costco. He sits on the board. Not surprising Charlie Munger keeps his portfolio concentrated, he owns just three major investments, Berkshire,…
Continue reading Whilst I’m a long-time avid follower of all of the Investment Masters, and I have to say a veritable devourer of their collected wisdom, there is nothing more valuable to me as an investor than actually speaking with these amazing…
Continue reading One of the traits that sets the Great Investors apart is the ability to be grounded – to remain calm under pressure and sensible when things get hairy. All the Masters have it but none more so than Chuck Akre….
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Many people assume Warren Buffett‘s investment strategy is a big secret–but it’s actually not a secret at all. In fact, Buffett has included his investment criteria in the opening pages of every single Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report since 1982: Let it…
Continue reading If successful investing was as easy as acting on the headlines of the financial press or the latest stockbroker bulletin, we’d all be wealthy indeed. Very wealthy and very successful. Imagine how easy it would be to simply read headlines…
Continue reading Walmart, Costco, Home Depot. You’ve heard of them no doubt? Together, they’re recognised as the world’s largest retail and hardware chains and believe it or not, all three owe a great deal of their legacy to the same man. Sol…
Continue reading Not many investors have been likened to Warren Buffett in their investment career. Besides numerous other aspects, you would need to have an incredible track record for one, and most of the Investment Masters, despite having enviable track records themselves,…
Continue reading What if I told you that there was a guy who has a degree in History, who, when he started his career in investing not only did not know the difference between a stock and a bond but also hadn’t…
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