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Some Thoughts on Buffett’s BRK Buyback Announcement

Most CEOs are not good capital allocators when it comes to their stock: They are not objective analyzing their company and thus not objective in share buyback. In majority of cases they think their stock is a buy all the time. Why? Because they spend long hours trying to grow the business, they keep telling [...]

September 26, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Stock Analysis,Stock Analysis! | Read More »

You Are Not as Dumb as You Think

I was going to write something smart and pithy about this recent market decline, but then I realized that I’ve written about this in the past (more than once).  So here is an excerpt from the Little Book of Sideways Markets.  In addition, here is a copy of the presentation about sideways markets.  – Enjoy. [...]

September 22, 2011 | Posted in Latest,The Process,The Process All | Read More »

Fed is Measuring U.S. Economic Health by the Wrong Number

Mark Twain said, “To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”  To a Fed – an institution employing an army of economists and academics – everything looks like an economic problem that needs to be quantitatively eased.  But the Fed is killing the economy. Undermines confidence  Sir Alan Greenspan, who, after he [...]

September 19, 2011 | Posted in Latest,The Process,The Process All | Read More »

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