As you've read on this site countless times, one of the best keys to financial success is to invest in yourself. Now, thanks to the innovative geniuses at Apple, ... Read More

Despite their reputation as boring, stogy and perhaps even a little outdated, blue chip stocks have long reigned supreme in the portfolio of retirees, non-profit foundations and conservative individuals. These ... Read More

At the annual meeting in 1996, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger commented that, “If you find three wonderful businesses in your life, you’ll get very rich.” At the meeting one ... Read More

When I was only ten years old, I used to go to the public library in a tiny farm town where my family lived at the time and plow through ... Read More

Confused about the difference between debt capital, equity capital, sweat equity, float capital, and vendor financing capital? Don't worry. As a new investor, Wall Street can often seem ... Read More

One of the quickest ways for new investors to begin understanding their portfolio and the stocks they may own in them, is to learn to calculate basic financial ratios. ... Read More

I’m in the middle of reading Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett: 2007 International Edition by Andrew Kilpatrick, which I picked up several weeks ago at the Berkshire ... Read More

Who you go into business with is sometimes just as important as the quality of the business itself. As an investor, the integrity and priorities of management can have ... Read More

It's late (or, early, depending upon your perception), and I'm sitting here with a pot of coffee, and a pile of annual reports. As I began to read the ... Read More

After writing the in-depth feature, All About Dividends, I started to wonder what you, the readers, actually do with the dividends you receive on your stocks and mutual funds. ... Read More

I'm back from the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska! This year was excellent, as always. Take a moment to find out some wisdom brought to ... Read More

As I type, I'm packing up my office and getting ready to depart to Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, or as it is known in the financial world, ... Read More

Diversification, as the saying goes, is protection against ignorance. You cannot possibly know all of the risks that are likely to arise in a particular business. Who could ... Read More