Omaha hosts Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting this weekend, an event that grows in popularity every year. The news surrounding this meeting got me to thinking..
We individual investors truly admire Warren Buffett. I’m sure it’s not only because of his enduring investment successes, but partly because we all see him as someone with […]
Category Archives: Stock Market
The Other Warren Buffett
April Update
April is almost over and things haven’t panned out as I thought they would.
It wouldn’t be right if I didn’t own up to being wrong about my last couple of forecasts. Plus, how could I bash the experts if I hypocritically excluded my own faults? So, let me highlight my mistakes:
1. About a month ago […]
Obscure Arbitrage Opportunities
I thought I’d present a couple of arbitrage opportunities that I noticed have been flying under the radar. Both companies are being taken private.
The first is AirNet Systems, Inc. (ANS)
AirNet Systems, Inc. provides time-critical air transportation services (express delivery) for small package shippers and banking customers to more than 100 cities nationwide. They are a […]
Beat The Street Game
Beat the Street stock market trader’s game from TheStreet.com begins this week, with new rules and weekly prizes.
You can create a new portfolio each Friday for 12 weeks at 5:00 PM ET through Monday at 9:29 AM ET beginning April 4, 2008.
Participants are provided with a fictional account, two hundred fifty thousand ($250,000) fictional U.S. […]
Rx For A Bipolar Market
The more the uncertainty in the stock market, the higher the volatility. Personally, I believe this recent extreme volatility is derived from hedge fund activity.
Hedge funds control large amounts of money and don’t have the limiting rules of mutual funds. They can move quickly in and out of investments of their choice. But, hedge funds […]
Stock Market Re-Entry
Market speculation isn’t easy.
When I made my decision to move my retirement portfolio into cash a little less than two years ago, I jumped the gun and got out too soon. If I’d have waited just a few months, I could have gotten out at a higher level. But, you know what they say.. hindsight […]
