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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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Gold is a bargain
Features The price of gold has fallen by 11.2% since 22 January to just under $1,200 an ounce – that’s more than 35% below its peak of $1,900 in 2011. Now may prove a good time to top up your holdings.
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Atul Gawande: the writer shaking up US medicine
Profiles Atul Gawande doesn’t have the sort of CV you’d expect for someone running a healthcare joint venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan. That’s exactly why he was chosen. Jane Lewis reports.
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Economic moat
Glossary Warren Buffett first coined the phrase ‘economic moat’ as a way of summing up how robust a firm is in the long term.
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