BILL AND MELINDA GATES: PHILANTHROPY WITH AN IMPACT “The best investment any of us can ever make is in the lives of others.” Bill and Melinda Gates wrote a message worth sharing with WealthTrack viewers in their annual Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation letter. It is the answer to a letter they received from Warren […]
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DREIFUS: SLEEPING COMFORT
SLEEPING COMFORT Great value investor Charlie Dreifus follows an investment rule for himself and recommends the same to others. He calls it: “Investing to your sleeping comfort.” Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
HARTNETT: UNDER THE RADAR
UNDER THE RADAR Financial thought leader Michael Hartnett and his top ranked research team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch have a knack for spotting developing trends before they surface. He shared a couple they are monitoring now. Watch the related WEALTHTRACK episode.
GRANT: LASTING INFLUENCE
LASTING INFLUENCE Jim Grant is not only a financial thought leader, with his erudite, insightful and entertaining newsletter, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, he is also a highly regarded and prolific financial historian who has penned several biographies, John Adams’ and Bernard Baruch’s among them. His latest subject, while less known, was one of the most […]
DE VAULX: EXTREME DISRUPTION
EXTREME DISRUPTION International Value Advisers’ is holding nearly 40% of its portfolios in cash. Why are they taking such an extreme position in both their IVA Worldwide and IVA International Funds? Portfolio manager Charles de Vaulx says in his more than 30 year investment career he has never seen so much disruption in so many […]
HYMAN & MCLENNAN: VORACIOUS READERS’ FAVORITE BOOKS
VORACIOUS READERS’ FAVORITE BOOKS A key contributor to the professional success of economist Ed Hyman and portfolio manager Matt McLennan is their voracious reading habit. They both have eclectic interests and don’t limit their lists to finance. We asked them to recommend some recent favorites. ED HYMAN Shoe Dog: […]