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Some Thoughts About Warren Buffet, Heinz And Big Cat Insurance

This article is published in Gurufocus. It can be read here: Some Thoughts About Warren Buffet, Heinz And Big Cat Insurance Cheers! jrv

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Portfolio Size

Someone just asked something I would like to post since it is a question I have heard several times and I always basically respond the same: *********** Hi JRV, “The average small investor needs a certain amount of diversification, but … Continue reading

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Portfolio Performance Evaluation And Some Thoughts

The first table shows the relative returns of my portfolio, a part of which can be seen here, compared to the S&P total return for the last years. Both returns include dividends. The second table shows the absolute results and … Continue reading

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Do great value investors only buy stocks the traditional way?

Some great investors are more exotic than what you read on the papers, specially in their starting years, and they do much more than just diversifying in common stocks: Warren Buffett: has done things such as trading and hedging with … Continue reading

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Finding an outstanding company requires to invest lots of time.

This is a comment I made on this article, published by gurufocus regarding the great investor Philip Fisher: I read Fisher after Graham and I felt oh my god this is amazing. The guy was super deep he studied for … Continue reading

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Wisdom from Philip A. Fisher

Philip A Fisher was an outstanding investor, he managed a small group of clients (around 10) in California. He died at 96 and is one of Charlie Munger’s heroes. Munger talked to him to Warren Buffet and had a big … Continue reading

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My favorite investing books

I used to have bad results investing, actually I had a relatively big (for a young professional) loss during the internet bubble. That loss made me go to the bank and ask for a loan to be able to go … Continue reading

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