It’s another Friday and happy hour time again. So sit back, relax and check out some all around interesting reads I’ve found this week.
The Buffett Way
The 2011 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder letter was recently released. Though I’m not a shareholder myself, it’s worth taking the time to see how one of the greatest investors of our time views the company, the economy, the stock market, and were he believes it’s headed in the future. This is a recommended read every year.
Is Anything Bigger Than Apple?
This week Apple topped the $500 billion market cap. Quite a climb since it’s lowly days of near extinction competing against Microsoft and the PC movement. While reaching that market cap is nice, comparing the company to things Apple is bigger than, is more fun. As a side note, Continue Reading…
People are constantly on the lookout for the perfect investment strategy. The Holy Grail of constant profitable returns. Unfortunately, no strategy is perfect in the sense that it will guarantee returns. In fact, I’ll argue that only having one strategy limits your ability to invest profitably.
Let’s face it, investing is complicated, time-consuming, and just scary sometimes, especially when it’s looked at for the first time and Betterment believes it has the answer to these problems.
Last week both the House and Senate approved the payroll tax extension, sending it on to the president to sign into law. Which will happen amid a bunch of hoopla and congratulations about how your elected leaders saved your wallets from the plight of emptiness.