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Top ideas from Buffett’s Annual Letter
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Mar 01 2021 @ 11:12
There is no need to present one of the most iconic characters in the financial industry. What should be mentioned is that Warren Buffett doesn’t have a crystal ball, thus investors shouldn’t blindly follow his suggestions or positions. For example, in 2008, Buffett bought a large stake in the stock of ConocoPhillips as a play […]
How to run an insurance company - the Berkshire Hathaway way
Mar 01 2021 @ 07:01
Berkshire Hathaway insurance business has always been run with an iron discipline approach. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger would rather shrink the business than take on poorly priced insurance risk. Thus, in the years preceding 1985 Berkshire was the slowest-growing large US insurer. In fact, it shrank. It wasn’t that it withdrew from the market. […]
How to Make Money From Online Casino Bonuses
Mar 01 2021 @ 06:45
How can you turn the generous welcome bonus you get into withdrawable cash? Nowadays, welcome bonuses up to $1,500 are common. But there is a catch in accessing this money as hard cash. Casinos restrict withdrawing bonuses using wagering requirements. The casino will require you to play a certain number of times before the money […]
ADVFN Morning London Market Report: Monday 1 March February 2021
Mar 01 2021 @ 06:05
London open: Stocks rise as bond markets stabilise; housebuilders rally London stocks rose in early trade on Monday as bond markets recovered, with housebuilders pacing the advance. At 0835 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 1.3% at 6,569.32. Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, said: “There has been a pause for breath after the […]
LetsExchange Launches Its Multicurrency Service to Facilitate Instant, Hassle-Free Crypto Swaps
Mar 01 2021 @ 05:38
The new service is designed to help traders capitalize on cryptocurrency price fluctuations without wasting their time signing up, logging in, and comparing exchange rates on different platforms. Since the cryptocurrency market is extremely volatile, time is literally money for crypto traders. Even a slight delay in processing a trade may substantially change its outcome. […]
From Poker to SaaS: The Forces Driving Gaming Forecasts Higher This Year
Mar 01 2021 @ 05:37
By many other industry’s standards, the success experienced by the gaming world in 2020 would have meant that it would go down in history as a landmark year – a pivotal, defining moment that elevated game developers and their massive user base to new heights. By the industry’s own standards, however, 2020 was just the […]
Guardian Stockbrokers Key Economic News Monday 1 March February 2021
Mar 01 2021 @ 03:05
The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. US consumer sentiment index dropped in February In the US, the consumer sentiment index dropped to a level of 76.80 in February, compared to a level of 79.00 in the previous month. Markets were expecting the consumer sentiment index to record a […]
Annual forecast for FTSE 100 (2021)
Feb 28 2021 @ 09:09
FTSE 100 price (FTSE:UKX) has suffered a sudden plunge, but that is not serious enough to bring about a bearish bias on the market, unless the plunge becomes protracted. Price has already violently broken below the EMA 21, and once it closes below it, enabling another candle to open below the EMA, that would be […]
What Warren Buffett learned from his mistakes in insurance
Feb 27 2021 @ 03:40
Until 1982 Buffett took on personal responsibility for Berkshire’s insurance business strategy, senior appointments, and monitoring. As the business grew he realised the need to take more of a back seat, freeing time to concentrate on investments. He looked around for a talented manager to take over as head of all Berkshire’s insurance operations, and […]
Building Berkshire Hathaway insurance - lessons for investors in evaluating insurance companies
Feb 26 2021 @ 07:49
Insurance is at the heart of Berkshire Hathaway. The first significant act after Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire was the 1967 purchase of National Indemnity for £8.6m. There are two main attractions to holding a well-run insurance company within the Berkshire fold. First, it might – although most insurance firms don’t – make a […]
MINING, OIL AND GAS
Silver Price: XAGUSD Stays Optimistic Under $28.00 As Bulls Gather Traction
Feb 18 2021 @ 04:18
XAGUSD Price Analysis – February 18 Silver (XAGUSD) price continues to range within the $27.00 to $28.00 region as buyers support the prospect for a move beyond the $28.00 and on the other hand, sellers need to refresh monthly low for entries. Silver is currently trading at $27.05 per ounce, representing a 0.50% loss on […]
Gold Price Analysis — January 30
Jan 30 2021 @ 02:02
Gold Price Analysis — January 30 Gold (XAU/USD) maintained its bearish tone through the early European session on Wednesday and was last spotted trading around the $1845 area. The bearish momentum was solely sponsored by a goodish uptick in the US dollar, which tends to undermine demand for the dollar-denominated commodity. The greenback saw a fresh […]
Gold Price Analysis — January 6
Jan 06 2021 @ 16:54
Gold (XAU/USD) traded on a sideways pattern in the early European session on Tuesday, as the commodity struggled to capitalize on its bullish momentum from the previous two sessions. It appears that the market has begun pricing in the possibility of a Democratic win in the crucial US Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The final […]
Silver Price: XAGUSD in a Run Towards $27.50 As the Dollar Becomes Weaker
Jan 06 2021 @ 16:43
XAGUSD Price Analysis – January 6 Spot silver (XAGUSD) is looking to break the $27.50 level as the white metal breaks out of its recent high of $26.77 during Monday’s early European session. Overall, the market remains patchy, but the dollar as a whole is weakening as markets wait to see what happens with US […]
GLOBAL NEWS
Annual forecast for eBay (2021)
Feb 28 2021 @ 09:27
EBay shares (NASDAQ:EBAY) have been plummeting in this month, thus erasing the recent bullish gains that were made, especially from November 2020 to January 2021. Further short selling is anticipated this year. ADX period 14, is somewhere around the level 30, meaning that momentum remains strong in the market. DM- is almost crossing DM+ to […]
Have you invested in an extremely rare opportunity of a lifetime?
Feb 22 2021 @ 21:46
The Next “Buzz Word” Altcoins Last month, the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index was at 1414.37, following a low of 217.82 in early March. BTC had made a new high yesterday at $51,630.86. Today (February 17) and the index was at 2,295.61. That’s a huge gain for one month. Let me put this into perspective. In […]
GBP/USD Sustains Upside Momentum, Reaches the High of 1.4025
Feb 22 2021 @ 21:34
Key Resistance Levels:1.4200,1.4400,1.4600 Key Support Levels: 1.3200, 1.3000, 1.2800 GBP/USD Price Long-term Trend: Bullish GBP/USD had been in an uptrend since September 2020. The price has been making a series of higher highs and higher lows. Today, the pair is trading at level 1.4025 at the time of writing. The RSI has indicated that price […]
USD/CAD Retests Level 1.2740, Resumes Downward
Feb 18 2021 @ 04:35
Key Resistance Levels: 1.4200, 1.4400, 1.4600 Key Support Levels: 1.3400, 1.3200, 1.3000 USD/CAD Price Long-term Trend: Bearish The Loonie is on a downward move. The downtrend was a result of the rejection at 1.2850 High. The pair fell to level 1.263 and corrected upward. The upward correction also faced another rejection at 1.2750. Nonetheless, the selling […]
