I caught a nice mention from Kopin Tan, who writes the Streetwise column at Barron’s each weekend, in reference to the buyback bonzanza that’s been so important to the rally in equities this past year… Confetti wasn’t the only thing to rain down from the skies as 2013 came to a close. Cash—gobs of it!—came…
This Week on TRB
Here were the most read posts on TRB this week, in case you missed them: That time Buffett smashed the Efficient Market Hypothesis My ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Review My Three Goals for 2014 Grow Up, Change Your Mind In 2013 I Learned That…
Clips From Tonight’s Fast Money
Soros: China is the Real Risk to the Global Economy
The smartest global macro investor in world history has something he wants you to understand about the year ahead. I suggest you pay attention. “The major uncertainty facing the world today is not the euro but the future direction of China. The growth model responsible for its rapid rise has run out of steam.” Source:…
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Cartoon by Jimmy Margulies
Clips From Today’s Halftime Report
That time Buffett smashed the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Warren Buffett’s hero was Ben Graham and with good reason – the lessons of Graham and his writing partner Dodd made Buffett an extraordinarily good investor and a billionaire many times over. Although, to a believer in the Efficient Market Hypothesis, Buffett’s not supposed to even exist – a fact which both Buffett and Charlie…
ETFdb’s 2013 Periodic Table of Returns
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Clips From Tonight’s Fast Money
And now, a message from Jordan Belfort
via Facebook: As you can imagine, I am very busy right now, but I owe this post to all my loyal friends and fans who have supported me since the beginning: For the record, I am not turning over 50% of the profits of the books and the movie, which was what the government had…