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Three brief company updates from our Boyles portfolio (LINK)
Andrew Smithers: Bad information is bad for the economy (LINK)
Chinese Solar Maker Plunges, Losing Nearly $19 Billion in 24 Minutes (LINK)
The decline of Hanergy Thin Film Solar Group Ltd. was as spectacular and inexplicable as its ascent.
Just 24 minutes of Hong Kong trading erased $18.6 billion of market value and wiped out almost four months of gains that made it more valuable than Sony Corp. of Japan. Those increases came as analysts and investors questioned why, exactly, this stock was increasing in the first place.
The maker of solar equipment controlled by Li Hejun suspended trading after the stock plummeted 47 percent in the morning.
Tuesdays with Zinsser (LINK)
Related link: 10 Writing Tips from Legendary Writing Teacher William Zinsser, May He Rest in Peace
Related book: On Writing Well
Scott Adams talks to James Altucher (LINK)
Related book: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
PBS FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in meat - particularly poultry (video) (LINK)
Audiobook of the day (currently only $0.95):
The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your LifeBill Gates: Beach Reading (and More) (LINK)
The books:
Hyperbole and a Half
The Magic of Reality
What If?
xkcd
On Immunity
How to Lie With Statistics
Should We Eat Meat?
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Bill Gates: 50 Years of Warren’s Wisdom (LINK) University Of Auckland Investment Club Q&A With Mohnish Pabrai (LINK) Latticework of Mental Models: Mean Reversion (LINK) The Brooklyn Investor comments on Berkshire Hathaway and the annual meeting...
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I'm probably going to wait for some extensive notes--like those from Shane Parrish last year--before reading much on yesterday's Daily Journal Meeting, but if you're interested now, there are some excerpts and articles HERE, HERE, HERE,...
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3G Capital, Berkshire to Buy Kraft, Merge It With Heinz (video) (LINK) Warren Buffett was also on CNBC discussing the deal, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. ValueWalk with more excerpts from the Baupost Group 2014 Letter (LINK) Farnam Street - Mental...
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Loyal3 $500 Buy
In the past week I bought the following stocks in my Loyal3 account. Ticker $ invested Cost WalMart ...
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November Dividend
Hello Reader(s), Time to report my November Dividend since everybody else is doing it. DE 10.20T 13.34AAPL 1.41ARCP 12.58KMI 9.24TIS 5.25LTC 3.57CORR 15.21Total:...
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