A very good bad thing. Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? It’s well known that red wine in moderation helps protect against heart disease, but does that mean drinking a lot of wine is a good thing? Of course not. And so it goes with some of the recent headlines about bank balances growing in […]

American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once set the standard for giving back: “No man can become rich without himself enriching others,” he said. “The man who dies rich dies disgraced.” Scores of the world’s wealthiest people have taken to his philosophy, donating their riches to hundreds of causes. Indeed, if you were to list the most […]

Have you ever wished someone would just give you a different life? A new identity. One where you could bag up all the rubbish. Bin it. And then change your neighborhood entirely with none of the financial baggage you created this side of the fence? How easy that would be. Pick up sticks and leave. […]

Living life gets a new meaning only when you can exist by being who you are. To be free is and certainly will forever be one of the most desired needs of mankind. History has taught us a lot of what we know today about the word freedom. The word freedom has nearly become an […]

Welcome back! We left off on the importance of practicing humility in order to become better at rational thinking, the very skill that Warren Buffett said was key to his success! Before we get into the second component of rational thinking, I want to revisit the first component – humility. There’s a reason I listed […]

In 1998, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates participated in a question and answer session on the campus of the University of Washington. The billionaire friends came up with the idea for the event, to coincide with Buffett’s weekend visit to Gates’ home, following Microsoft’s annual summit meeting for CEOs. While all the questions and subsequent […]

The most common question I get about investing in Berkshire Hathaway shares is this – “Buffett will retire soon! What are you going to do with all your Berkshire Hathaway shares when he steps down?” To which I always reply, “Sell them all in a panic-induced frenzy!” Just kidding. That question, of what I will […]

If I were to ask you what the opposite of love is, would you guess that it is hate? That would be a good guess, but it would be wrong. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s apathy – a lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern. Similarly, if I were to ask you what […]

A reporter known for getting the scoop raced to the street corner where an angry mob had gathered. Determined to be the first to report the event, the reporter asked one of the protesters, “What are you protesting about?” To which the protester replied “What do you have?”. As we near the 6th anniversary of […]

“The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets.” – Nathan Mayer Rothschild In medieval Europe, citizens stored their weapons in a wooden box in their home to be made ready at a moment’s notice. They swore an oath to take up arms whenever the king called upon them in times of need. […]

Before we get into today’s essay, I wanted to pen a note about the type of content I have here on the blog, especially for readers coming here for the first time. If you’ve recently subscribed to my newsletter or have just started coming to the blog, you may be wondering why there’s so much […]