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Warren Buffett gives up on newspapers; Berkshire sells unit to Lee Enterprises

The transaction includes 31 daily newspapers and 49 weeklies including the daily Omaha World-Herald in Berkshire’s hometown in Nebraska, Buffalo News in New York, Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Tulsa World in Oklahoma. Lee owns 50 daily newspapers including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and has since July 2018 managed Berkshire’s papers other than the Buffalo News, which Berkshire bought in 1977. …read more […]

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Why the Hot Hand of Investing Never Lasts

Why can’t the market’s top hedge fund managers stay on top for very long?
Mark Skousen explains the reasons why, and they’re important to understand if you want to grow your wealth.

“Funds don’t have track records, but fund managers do.”
– Alexander Green
“There’s no such thing as the goose that lays the golden egg forever.”
– Jim Simons, manager of Renaissance Technologies hedge fund
For years, I followed the Forbes Honor Roll rankings of the best mutual fund managers in both bull and bear markets.
But after a while, I noticed that only a handful of funds consistently make the list year after year. …read more […]