For Warren Buffet and me, giving feels really good, because the truth is, we receive more than the supposed recipient. This thing we call "love of humankind," philanthropy, infuses our whole being with love of self.
For Warren Buffet and me, giving feels really good, because the truth is, we receive more than the supposed recipient. This thing we call "love of humankind," philanthropy, infuses our whole being with love of self.
Too Big To Fail isn't the story of how the Three Musketeers (Paulson, Bernanke, and Geithner) saved the global economy. It's a story of how the three didn't see the financial crisis coming.
The rich get richer for many reasons, but one is that they take a long-term view about their money. You don't hear Warren Buffett yelling, "It's my money and I want it now."
It's easy to like Warren Buffett. No financier has as long a track record or has garnered so much good press for so long as he has. Suddenly that's changed.
David Sokol's actions have also unfairly impugned the reputation of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.
I just hope tomorrow Warren and Charlie don't have to answer questions about Sokol for 6 hours. I just hope we can learn what they think about the end of QE2, the way to balance the federal budget, and some of their concepts for the future of Berkshire.
Pamela Shifman, Director of Initiatives for Women and Girls at the NoVo Foundation, discusses the status of women, philanthropic investment, her advice to President Obama, and much more.
Why are we only celebrating the "big dogs" as philanthropists? Does it always come down to money?
I've spent nearly 30 years around the financial business. I've known a lot of "paper gurus" who can talk a decent game but really don't practice what they preach.
Every young person should have the benefit of learning what is involved in the business basics of buying, selling and working with customers.
New rule: When the media reports on a screwup at Berkshire Hathaway, it can no longer call it a "rare mark" on Warren Buffett's sterling reputation. A...
Warren Buffett may be more diligent when he plays cards than in enforcing the policies he wrote for Berkshire Hathaway. Principles only matter when they are inconvenient. A policy that isn't enforced isn't a policy.
Berkshire Hathaway's reputation has revolved around the lip-service paid by Warren Buffett to a high standard of corporate governance. Now, the moral tone set at the top is now being publicly questioned.
A review of past stock performance suggests that the stock price for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway corporation goes up whenever movie star Anne Hathaway is in the news.
The David Sokol case reveals much of what has gone wrong on Wall Street. Employees of publicly traded firms get very confused as to what their responsibilities are to their shareholders, other firms' shareholders, and to society in general.
My favorite legal guru on white collar legal offenses tells me this morning that David Sokol's purchase of 96,000 shares of Lubrizol "appears legal, but stupid and arguably confusing his personal interest with his business loyalty."
Energy analysts are still staggering around for an answer to the Obama administration's news in Wyoming's coalfields to greenlight the mining of an estimated 750 million-2.4 billion tons of coal on public lands.
What opponents of the CFPB really fear is that we now have a regulator that will put consumer interests first and hold Wall Street accountable. Wall Street plain and simple doesn't want a consumer cop on the beat. But consumers do.
Come next Oscar season, will Warren Buffet be the next Harry Winston, decking out Hathaway and other Hollywood starlets in million-dollar jewels?
The challenge to the nation's greatest investment genius has become more difficult; "to increase per-share intrinsic value at a rate greater than the increase (including dividends) of the S&P; 500."
It is for many of us a huge disappointment to see Rajat Gupta involved in one of the dumbest things one could do on Wall Street.