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A very basic guide to valuing individual companies
Tutorials If you’re tempted to pick stocks for yourself, you’ll have to learn how to value companies. Here, John Stepek outlines a very rough guide to the things you'll need to consider.
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The charts that matter: gold dips after Buffett buys in
Charts Warren Buffett bought into gold's bull market just as the price slipped again. Here's how the charts that matter most to the global economy reacted.
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Why Warren Buffett now likes gold
News Warren Buffett, who has has long ridiculed gold as a non-productive asset, now thinks it is set to shine, after buying shares in miner Barrick Gold.
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Why Warren Buffett’s purchase of Barrick shares is such a big deal for gold-mining stocks
News Warren Buffett has bought half a billion dollars’ worth of shares in gold miner Barrick. That’s a big deal, says Dominic Frisby. We could be at the beginning of a bull market in gold-mining stocks.
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Warren Buffett, hater of pet rocks, buys his first gold mine
News Legendary investor Warren Buffett has always displayed contempt for gold as an investment. So why has he bought a gold mine? John Stepek looks at what we can learn from his purchase.
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The making of Warren Buffett
Profiles The man who “triumphed in the long game by practising a simpler, purer version of capitalism” is widely hailed as the world’s greatest living investor. How did he get to where he is today?
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Why cash is the most undervalued asset in your portfolio
Advice Cash normally seems like the dullest part of a portfolio – but times like these remind us why it’s worth paying the price to keep some in reserve.
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Warren Buffett: investors should ignore scary headlines
Opinion You wouldn’t buy or sell your own business on the back of today's headlines, sasy Warren Buffett, so why sell shares in good firms?
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How to find a contrarian fund manager
Tutorials Contrarian investing – profiting from out-of-favour assets – isn’t easy. In an extract from his book, The Sceptical Investor, John Stepek looks at how to find fund managers who can do it.
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