March 2008

Why Warren Buffett is so successful ?

March 31, 2008

Munger kicked off the session with a speech titled “Why was Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway so successful?” He listed three main factors: – Mental aptitude: “WB [Buffett] is one of the smartest people I know. WB has been extremely interested in investing since he was 10. There is no substitute for having a very [...]

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Sub-Prime Crisis Explained

March 25, 2008

Well here is the best ,simplest and certainly most hilarious explanation of Sub-Prime financial crisis. Surely you will enjoy it. Thanks to Guy Spier of aquamarinefund.net

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Buffett and Gates on Success

March 22, 2008

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and CEO, treated business students at the University of Washington to a rare public dialogue. The funny, philosophical and personal conversation between these two business leaders and unlikely friends focused on the things most important to them. Buffett and Gates share an extraordinary appreciation [...]

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The Graham and Dodd Lecture Series

March 18, 2008

Value Investing Seminar : August 4-5, 2005 http://gabelli.savvislive.com/ValueInvestingSeminar/ This video clip is 3 hours long and is conducted by Professor Bruce Greenwald from columbia University on behalf of Gabelli Asset Management. Fantastic Seminar! Enjoy! PROFESSOR BRUCE GREENWALD Professor Bruce C. N. Greenwald holds the Robert Heilbrunn Professorship of Finance and Asset Management at Columbia Business [...]

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The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham

March 15, 2008

Herein please find ten rare lectures featured in The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham: Selected Writings of the Wall Street Legend, by Janet Lowe. ABOUT THE LECTURES. These lectures are from the series entitled Current Problems in Security Analysis that Mr. Graham presented at the New York Institute of Finance from September 1946 to February 1947. The [...]

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A Conversation with Warren Buffett

March 5, 2008

Recenty, Warren Buffett answered questions for almost 90 minutes during his appearance in Toronto. He fielded a wide range of questions today from an audience of several hundred investor relations and corporate executives at an event marking the opening of Business Wire’s expansion into Canada. Download Audio

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Warren Buffett’s Letter to Shareholders for 2007

March 4, 2008

{en:Warren Buffett} released his latest annual letter to his Berkshire shareholders . I haven’t read through the entire thing yet. I will post highlights once i go thru. You can download and read the entire letter here: Warren Buffett Letter to Shareholders

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