Posts tagged as:

buffett

Welcome to MSN Money Readers and Buying the B Share (Nov 2007 Progress Report)

by DR

Yesterday MSN Money featured my article on Slow Motion Retirement. It was linked on the front page of MSN, and generated a lot of visitors to this site. I want to thank the folks at MSN, who have been wonderful to work with over the past few weeks. In addition, MSN’s Smart [...]

{ 8 comments }

Buying the ‘B’ Share (Oct 2007 Progress Report)

by DR

As I described in an earlier post, one of my financial goals is to buy a single B share of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B). Berkshire Hathaway is run by Warren Buffett, and I think it is a great alternative to a large cap mutual fund. As part of my goal, I’ve committed to saving [...]

{ 10 comments }

October 2007: The 100 Year Anniversary of a 37% Market Crash

by DR

I’ve just finished reading The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm, a book by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr. As somebody who enjoys reading about history and the financial markets, this book was a good read. What really struck me about the book, however, were the [...]

{ 1 comment }

Chess and the Art of Personal Finance

by DR

They say that Bobby Fisher could play a game of chess, and one year later, see his opponent on the street and recount the game from memory.
Warren Buffett has a phenomenal memory, too, and a mind for numbers that would marvel Deep Blue.
So that brings us to the feature articles I have planned for this [...]

{ 15 comments }

Page 1 of 11