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A Collection of Words of Wisdom – Wise Chinese Proverbs and Eastern Sayings from Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhist Philosophies. Quotes and Wisdom from Western Investing Masters and Successful Business Executives.

8 Things The World’s Most Successful People All Have In Common

What Do Successful People Have In Common? 8 Things. I’ve posted a lot about the strategies of very successful people: […]

Seth Klarman 2013 Letter to Investors: The Truman Show

From the Baupost Group’s 2013 shareholder letter by Seth Klarman, Klarman has recently given back 4 billion to investors due […]

Why Bitcoin Matters

  By MARC ANDREESSEN   Keith Bedford/Reuters Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Editor’s note: Marc Andreessen’s […]

Warren Buffett Gets Away With Paying His Employees Less By Using This One Weird Trick

By Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider, Yesterday, Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder letter came out. Warren Buffett used the letter as a […]

George Soros Doubles Down on Bearish Bet

By Steven Rossolillo, WSJ, George Soros built a big bet at the end of last year that the stock market […]

John Maynard Keynes’s Own Portfolio Not Too Dismal

By JOHN F. WASIK, NY Times, WHEN it comes to John Maynard Keynes and his economic theories, the economist has […]

Young Bankers Seek ‘Good Yield’ With Their Own Nonprofits

By Max Abelson, Bloomberg, The founders of the Resolution Project don’t dwell on generosity or charity when they describe why […]

Warren Buffett: The Three Things I Look For in a Person

By Shane Parrish, Motley Fool, Source: Georgetown University Students often go to visit Warren Buffett. And when they do, he […]

How to construct your own asset allocation

by The Accumulator, Trying to settle on an asset allocation is a classic cause of analysis paralysis. Financial industry talk of […]

Do China Insider Transactions Lie?

by Smead Capital Management Dear Fellow Investors: In our business, we like to say that insider transactions never lie. For […]