Showing posts with label Warren Buffet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warren Buffet. Show all posts

Monday, October 13, 2008

Morning Reading 10.13.08 : On (government-observed) Columbus Day

ESSENTIAL READING - From the cover of Newsweek - There Is A Silver Lining

All the more reason to pick up The Snowball

Playbook Monday : 22 Days

DRIVING THE DAY – John McCain will unveil a new, Salteresque stump speech today designed to get voters and reporters to give him one more look. The campaign provided this excerpt: 'Let me give you the state of the race today. We have 22 days to go. We're six points down. The national media has written us off. Senator Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we've got them just where we want them.

'What America needs in this hour is a fighter; someone who puts all his cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people. I come from a long line of McCains who believed that to love America is to fight for her. I have fought for you most of my life. There are other ways to love this country, but I've never been the kind to do it from the sidelines.'

Maybe 3 weeks too late...

Kristol in yesterday's NY Times with what might be the best advice for John McCain: be yourself...again.

Freidman on A Post-Binge World:

“I have no idea what the stock market is going to do next month or six months from now,” Warren Buffett told CNBC on Friday. “I do know that the American economy, over a period of time, will do very well, and people who own a piece of it will do well.”

And another recommendation for David Smick's The World is Curved.

Brought to you by theYreport at y-report.com

Monday, September 29, 2008

Swimming Naked


Bailout Fails. Stocks Plunge. Dow Loses 777 Points.

"As house prices fall, a huge amount of financial folly is being exposed. You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out – and what we are witnessing at some of our largest financial institutions is an ugly sight." -- Warren Buffett, 2007 Letter to the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway

1. If you haven't read his letters, you should. 31 years of them, right here: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html

2. More on Snowball: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/books/29masl.html?th&emc=th

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Morning Reading 09.24.08


Always start with Mikey:

http://www.politico.com/playbook/

Michael Gerson, the full column, begging for a debate of ideas:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092302323.html

Right, Left or Center? - people of faith - major props for using "seeking the welfare of the city":

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life_article.php?id=7624

While working in DC, I had a boss on the Hill who never missed a Friedman column - today proves the rule:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/opinion/24friedman.html?th&emc=th

PermanentlyAffixed may have some thoughts on this one...Free Market Jesus:

http://www.bluefishtv.com/Store/Adult_Small_Groups/2211/_Free_Market_Jesus_with_Don_Miller

Ryan is a VP at Dunder-Mifflin, but B.J. Novak might have the best job:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/arts/television/24offi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th&adxnnlx=1222262187-OBmYPXkvxHrZQbX4XCiGFg

Recommended reading- especially given Mark Twaing's recent post (pay attention Bobby!):

Amazon - "Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life"

One reason we might be thankful for global warming:

No More Bette Midler

Tom Brokaw, proving he should stick to broadcasting rather than writing (not sure how much is free on WSJ):

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122221482913069373.html

Clay Aiken in a worldwide shocker:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20228488,00.html

And finally, the best of last night's political late night, courtesy of Politico.com:

Buffet to invest $5B in Goldman Sachs

The kind of bailout the markets really need. Free market capitalism. Thanks Warren!

Sidenote: Albeit that some of his confidence is coming from the fact that the bailout is in motion....