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Taking the long view

From the Economist – print edition, Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, owes much of his success […]

Wall Street Keys On Landlord Business

by Nick Timiraos, Robbie Whelan and Matt Phillips | The Wall Street Journal   Some of the biggest names on […]

Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas

From http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html, One of the more surprising things I’ve noticed while working on Y Combinator is how frightening the most […]

Spotlight on a Startup

By StockerBlog.com, Many accredited investors are looking for alternatives to stocks, bonds, gold, real estate, and bank accounts. With excess […]

Mason Hawkins Buying a Highway Near You

By Jacob Wolinsky, value walk, Mason Hawkins, the legendary value investor who is CEO of LongLeaf Partners is finding value […]

The 400% Man

By BRETT ARENDS, Smart Money, On a fall day in 2010, half a dozen wealthy investors and portfolio managers converged […]

Huge Spike in Repeat Foreclosures

By: Diana Olick CNBC Real Estate Reporter The pig in the python is suddenly moving.   Fuse | Getty Images […]

10 investment lessons from Jeremy Grantham

Commentary: Expect more from yourself than the market By Jonathan Burton, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Warren Buffett has said […]

35 Years of Buffett’s Greatest Investing Wisdom

By Matt Koppenheffer, Motley Fool, Last weekend, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A  ) (NYSE: BRK-B  ) released Warren Buffett’s annual letter to the […]

Warren Buffett’s Surprise Natural Gas Investment

By Don DionPortfolio Manager| TheStreet.com   NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Natural gas is an interesting topic for Warren Buffett. As […]