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Joshua's Beginner's Investing Blog April 2005 Archive

By Joshua Kennon, About.com Guide to Beginner's Investing since 2001

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting

Monday April 25, 2005
This weekend is the shareholder meeting for billionaire investing guru Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett, famous for taking Berkshire's stock price from $19 in 1965 to $85,000+ today, will ... Read More

Building a Stock Position by Writing Put Options

Monday April 18, 2005
In the world of the small speculator, options are used, customarily, in an attempt to capture large gains with little capital investment. One way to use derivatives in an ... Read More

Real Estate Investing Through REITs

Monday April 11, 2005
Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs for short, allow investors to acquire a diverse portfolio of real estate assets in a tax-efficient way. Discover the benefits, and characteristics of several ... Read More

Return on Equity - The DuPont Model

Sunday April 3, 2005
In 1919, DuPont created a simple and effective model to deconstruct a company's return on equity. Discover how to use this tool in your investment analysis to uncover the ... Read More
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