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What's in a Berkshire Hathaway Share, Anyway?

Analytical Chemist submits:

Warren Buffett is an avid customer of NetJets, a Berkshire Hathway subsidiary (BRK.A). We can only speculate whether he is as avid a customer of Fruit of the Loom. We are, however, aware that Warren Buffett is a tremendously successful investor. He turned a purchase of then-textile manufacturer Berkshire Hathaway in 1964 into what is today a large conglomerate; owning businesses from insurance companies to a railroad. Berkshire is currently the 8th most valuable company in the United States (nestled just behind Google (GOOG) and ahead of Wal-Mart (WMT)).

Berkshire is no longer a textile manufacturer, it completely exited that business in 1985. Starting in 1967 with the purchase of National Indemnity, Berkshire began a series of acquisitions. Many have been insurance companies, and many people think of Berkshire primarily as an insurer. But Warren Buffett has shown a wide and varying array of corporate interests, to the point that

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4 Reasons Investors Are Buying Stocks Now

Investment Directions submits:

This year investors' interest in stocks is charged up. The question being debated is "Why?"

Here are four drivers of investors' stock buying.

1. A desire to resume normal stock buying

Individuals, as a whole, build assets over their working lives, and make withdrawals during retirement.

Because accumulation inflows are larger than distribution outflows, investors buy more than they sell. Historically, stocks represent a large portion of that buying. However, bond buying and even stock selling was the norm from 2008 through 2010.

The best way to view the change in investors' actions is to examine mutual fund flows. Here is the latest picture:

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Over the past seven weeks, $49 billion went into long-term funds, of which $23 billion (47%) went into U.S. stock funds and $10 billion (20%) went into international stock funds, for a total of $33 billion (67%).

This 67% is within a "normal"

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Estratégias arriscadas com ações são alternativa para obter ganhos neste ano

Day trade é uma estratégia de negociação de ações. Na tradução livre, quer dizer negociar no dia. Indicada só para quem está disposto a correr (muito) risco, essa é uma das saídas apontadas por especialistas para aqueles que querem - em ano de inflação, alta no juro e boa rentabilidade na renda