Walter Schloss introduced to my son

Among the “Superinvestor” of Graham and DoddsVille one of the most interesting one was Walter Schloss. Schloss passed away in 2012 and he has to be introduced and known by young kids and young adults because of his old-fashioned style of investing that really intrigues me a lot. His adversion to lose money and his…

Generosity of immigrants and Focus

The story of Mrs. B from Nebraska Furniture Market is a story known very well to every Buffett student and Berkshire shareholder. Starting from scratch and becoming the greatest furniture mall of the Country is a perfect example of how big can be the generosity of an immigrant determined to establish herself in a new…

Don’t worry, be honest

The most important thing I always looked for in great investors and great business minds is integrity. From there I started to evaluate my relationships with the others in every field under a new light. It improved my life a big deal. Ethics improves your skills in business teaching you that everyday you advertise yourself…

Buy the unpopular

Year 2000 is approaching: at 70 years old Buffett was considered obsolete and old. His time over, his gold touch gone in the face of the new tech wave of companies which prices had sky-rocketed as much as their popularity. Berkshire had not a single tech stock in portfolio.The price of BRK at his lowest.…

90 years and still rockin’

It’s 90 years and the best is yet to come. Many people, individual investors and business entities of all kinds in America and all over the world thank you today Mr. Buffett.  They will do it in many ways. My personal tribute today is celebrating 1 year of this little blog that would be an…

Blogs

Il primo suggerimento sono due blogs: “Rational Walk” ha bisogno di poche presentazioni. Se avete lo spirito giusto e siete appassionati di tutto cio’ che Buffett ha da dire non potrete che trovare fantastica questa fonte di ispirazione. Non solo, ma suggerimenti di letture, analisi di come Berkshire si muove sul mercato e su acquisizioni,…

Don’t bet against Buffett

And at last I felt to write down my “no surprise” feelings about what happened in March at Berkshire, and about what has been said at the Sharholders meeting last May the 2nd. “We didn’t find anything attractive”. In his own words continues: “That could change very quickly or it may not change”. It’s the…