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The 1929 Stock Market Crash

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”- George Santayana With the market’s run up from its March lows, I have become a bit nervous about where the market is headed. You have to be. While the upside is nice, the downside is equally as brutal. The really bad part about today’s market [...]

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Warren Buffett On Ben Graham

Monday, October 5, 2009

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“If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants.” –Isaac Newton In The Intelligent Investor and Security Analysis, Warren Buffett contributes to the titles by writing a foreword or giving permission to republish the letter he wrote on Ben Graham shortly after he passed away.While the influence is obvious on [...]

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