Perhaps the greatest lesson from Warren Buffet’s most recent letter to Berkshire shareholders is that, to be wildly successful, you only have to be right sometimes: In 58 years of Berkshire management, most of my capital-allocation decisions have been no better than so-so. In some… Read More
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Warren Buffet doesn’t like crypto and streetcars
I have a great deal of respect for Warren Buffet. Much of what I know (or think I know) about investing has come from listening to and watching him and his partner Charlie Munger. Surely they have got to be the most successful investors living… Read More
Weekend link roundup — Ukraine and gas supply to Warren Buffet and Canadian housing supply
I spent much of this morning reading about and listening to discussions about what’s happening in Ukraine and so, instead of a typical post this morning, I’m just going to share a mélange of links. Monocle 24 Foreign Desk episode talking about Russia’s invasion of… Read More
What are you serving at your restaurant?
Warren Buffet’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders was just published for 2020. It can be downloaded here. I have made a habit out of reading his letter every year and his overall approach has been instrumental in shaping the way I think about investing.… Read More
Amazon might be buying Zoox
This week the FT reported that Amazon is in “advanced talks” to acquire the self-driving startup Zoox. This would be Amazon’s first acquisition in the space, though it did lead a $530M funding round in Aurora in early 2019. Zoox last raised two years ago… Read More
Toronto Regional Real Estate Board releases housing market statistics for April 2020
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the median home price across the United States rose 8% year-over-year in March to $280,600. One explanation for this is that while, yes, demand did drop off, so too did supply and that has led to a shortage… Read More
Doing what you say
I came across this interview with Warren Buffet over the weekend. It’s not new. But he does say some interesting things about how to negotiate. We all have to negotiate things in life. And we all have different approaches. Warren’s approach is both simple and… Read More
Grinding it out over the long-term
Fred Wilson’s latest blog post about “grinding” tells the story of how Twitter solved the infamous “fail whale” problem that plagued its platform in the early days. I remember that whale, as I’m sure many of you do as well. It was a problem and,… Read More
Two sides of the same bitcoin
Warren Buffet recently said in a Yahoo Finance interview that when you buy cryptocurrencies you’re not actually investing. Instead, you’re speculating – speculating that “somebody else will come along and pay more money tomorrow.” Investments need to generate a return. And nobody is at all clear on… Read More
A sensible purchase price
“Investing is an activity in which consumption today is foregone in an attempt to allow greater consumption at a later date. “Risk” is the possibility that this objective won’t be attained.” -Warren Buffet Warren Buffet published his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders this past… Read More