Stock Spilts and Al Ueltschi
Posted in Jokes on Oct 31st, 2007
Archive for October, 2007
James Skinner on Lessons He Learnt From Moving a Billion Dollars
Posted in Personal Wealth Management Forum on Oct 27th, 2007
James Skinner is the first speaker after lunch. I have listened to him before and really liked his presentation. Just like the previous session, he did not disappoint this time round. He shared some radical ideas about investing. Here are the points he covered in this session.
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Dr Dolf de Roos on Bubbleproofing Your Real Estate Investments
Posted in Personal Wealth Management Forum on Oct 27th, 2007
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Personal Wealth Management Forum
Posted in Personal Wealth Management Forum, Seminars on Oct 27th, 2007
I’m now here in Singapore Expo for a local event called Personal Wealth Management Forum. It’s not exactly on value investing but more on the general topic of wealth management. The speakers include:
- Dr Dolf de Roos, best selling author of “Real Estate Riches”
- Dr Clemen Chiang, options trading expert
- James Skinner, best selling author of “The 9 steps of Success” & Japan’s leading management consultant.
- Richard Tan, CEO of Success Resources
- Eric Edmeades, Entrepreneur, Author & Consultant
- Joe Cusick, Vice President Education, optionsXpress, Inc
- Craig Cline, Director of Sales, Briefing.com
I will be posting some insights from what I learnt in the event. Stay tuned.
Following up on my previous post which contained Warren Buffett’s warning on China, I have found an audio recording of the interview (conducted in English with mandarin translation) that Warren Buffett did in China. Here’s what was covered:
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Warren Buffett Warns of an Overheated China Market
Posted in News on Oct 25th, 2007
A week after Warren Buffett sold its entire stake in Petrochina, Warren Buffett warned investors to be cautious about the Chinese stock market, which has risen nearly six times in the last two years.
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The Most Powerful Force in the World
Posted in Seminars on Oct 23rd, 2007
Just this weekend, 98 students from Harvard had the opportunity to listen to Warren Buffett in person. In his speech, Warren Buffett shared what he thought was the most powerful force in the world (it’s not money) and his tips for financial success.
We know that Warren Buffett has been paring his stake in Petrochina. In an interview on Fox Business a few days ago, Warren revealed that Berkshire’s entire stake has been sold. The reason was selling was due to valuation and not over the company’s role in the Darfur. The investment bagged Berkshire a profit of $3.5 billion on an initial investment of $500 million. You can watch the entire 5-min interview here.
Warren Buffett Bought Brazilian Real
Posted in News on Oct 20th, 2007
Earlier on, we had speculated on what currency Warren Buffett was actually holding. The mystery currency that Warren Buffett bought turned out to be the Brazilian Real.
Warren Buffett said in an interview on Fox Business Network, “If you told me 10 years ago I would buy the Brazilian real, you would, I would, have thought you were crazy,”.
Full and Fair Reporting
Posted in Accounting, Berkshire Annual Letter on Oct 19th, 2007
Berkshire Annual Letter 2000 (Part 3)
At Berkshire, full reporting means giving all the important facts about current operations as well as the CEO’s frank view of the long-term economic characteristics of the business.
There is neither vague accounting methodolody, nor messages prepared by the public relations department.
