Showing posts with label Warren Buffett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warren Buffett. Show all posts

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Video: Warren Buffett Rocks with Geico


For my 100th post, I was trying to figure how to have some fun with it.

I came up with a few lame ideas, but none of them really hit me as "the one."

Then I ran across this video. I think I found a pretty good way to celebrate...with Warren. (He just doesn't know that he's partying with ME. :)

Anyone involved with investing certainly knows the name Warren Buffett and how good he has done with the stocks, but evidently he knows how to market himself and his companies, too.

Here is a video of Geico, a company owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Any guesses who might own THAT big company?

Monday, January 10, 2011

Dividend Paying Stocks – Good Idea?

Different investors vary on whether you should invest in dividend paying companies.

Hint: Warren Buffet is NOT a big fan.

Ways for Companies to Handle Profits – What are dividends?

Before we decide whether investing in dividend paying stocks is a good idea, it might be a good idea to explain what dividends really are.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Video: Warren Buffett - Value Investing 101

Here is a video of Warren Buffett, perhaps the greatest stock investor who ever lived, giving the most basic advice about stock investing. (It is about 5 minutes long.)



Most of the interview discussion surrounds his purchase and subsequent selling of Petro China.

However, here are the takeaways from what he does:

Thursday, April 15, 2010

You Know You're Tough When...

ConcocoPhillips is one of the biggest oil companies. Most people fear them.

However, I think I know someone badder than them.

No, I'm not talking about Google. They might qualify, but I don't know how to measure that right now.

I'm talking about Warren Buffett.