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Daily Journal archiveHow renowned trader Paul Tudor Jones tripled his money during the 1987 stock market crash (from WClementeIII via Twitter on May 29)…
Read articleHere’s a list of the all-time great investors along with their track records (from Commonstock via Twitter on May 31)…
Read articleTwenty critical investment rules from Benjamin Graham, the “father of value investing” (from QCompounding via Twitter on June 8)…
Read articleHow two of history’s most successful investors – Li Lu and Chuck Akre – think about selling an investment (from WSM_TIP via Twitter on June 16)…
Read articleLegendary fund manager Peter Lynch recently shared his thoughts on how investing has changed since he retired from managing money in 1990 (from Yahoo! Finance on June 20)…
Read articleThis classic example from Warren Buffett highlights the power of “competitive advantage” in investing in (from kejca via Twitter on June 20)…
Read articleBerkshire Vice Chairman Charlie Munger explains how the company’s investment in See’s Candies also helped shaped the “buy great companies at a fair price” approach that would make him and Buffett among the most successful investors in history (from InvestingCanons via Twitter on June 22)…
Read articleA unique strategy to earn “equity-like returns with debt-like risk” in volatile emerging markets, that could be useful in the years ahead (from Verdad Research’s Emerging Markets Crisis Investing)…
Read articleRegional banks as a whole are trading near their lowest valuations on record, suggesting those that survive are likely to produce tremendous returns in the years ahead (from SethCL via Twitter on May 18)…
Read articleWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway continues to buy shares of Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and now owns roughly 25% of shares outstanding. Here’s a look at what the legendary investor may see in the company today (from Kingswell on May 23)…
Read articleA powerful case for energy as the “fat pitch” investment today (from Trader Ferg on June 10)…
Read articleA look at why Berkshire Hathaway is now investing in Japan (from Capital Flows and Assets on June 20)…
Read articleBrazilian stocks appear to offer a compelling risk-to-reward opportunity today (from TaviCosta via Twitter on June 21)…
Read articleThe magnitude of the current yield-curve inversion “far surpasses previous inversions” (from Research Affiliates on June 8)…
Read articleThe government’s current deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) is virtually unheard of outside of recession (from jasonfurman via Twitter on June 9)…
Read articleCongress wants the U.S. Treasury to prepare for some significant bond-market turmoil from China (from ablertherne via Twitter on June 13)…
Read articleDespite a relatively robust economy (for now), the U.S. federal deficit is also growing at a recessionary pace (from LawrenceLepard via Twitter on June 18)…
Read articleData from JPMorgan suggest investors are “in love” with Treasury debt again (from The Daily Shot on June 21)…
Read articleDeutsche Bank strategists predict how bad the coming credit default cycle is likely to get (from MarketWatch on May 31)…
Read articleU.S. corporate bankruptcies continue to rise at their fastest pace since the Great Financial Crisis (from S&P Global Market Intelligence on June 6)…
Read articleThis veteran money manager is raising $250 million for a “big short” trade on corporate debt (from Bloomberg on June 6)…
Read articleCredit availability to small businesses continues to deteriorate (from carlquintanilla via Twitter on June 9)…
Read articleA surge of debt maturities poses a growing threat to the solvency of U.S. speculative-grade companies over the next few years (from S&P Global Market Intelligence on June 14)…
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