Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway was holding 38 different company stocks in its portfolio on December 31st 2020, according to the most recent regulatory filing with the SEC in the 4th quarter of 2020. The five biggest positions account for over 67% of the portfolio’s value: $AAPL $BAC $KO $AXP and $KHC. The top ten […]
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Here are 65 lessons I learned after spending thirty years trading and investing in the stock market from 1991-2021. A trend can go farther and longer than I ever expect. The best traders are open-minded and flexible in their trades. For most traders less trades is better than more trades, focus only on the best
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The high wave spinning top candlestick pattern consists of a candle with both a large body and also long wicks above and below sandwiched between small candles both before and after it forms. This candle pattern looks like the combination of a large spinning top and a long legged doji candle put together. The wide
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The Judas candle pattern consists of a large red bearish candle followed by a long bullish white reversal candle with a long lower tail which is approximately equal to the bearish candle in length. It can be a powerful bullish signal when it appears after a downswing or downtrend in price action. This bullish candlestick
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The risk of ruin formula shows the probability a trader could lose enough of their trading capital that the return to even or being profitable is near zero for that account. The concept of the risk of ruin came from the world of gambling, but evolved to also show the risk to both traders in
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Seth Klarman is a billionaire hedge fund manager, and author. His primary method in the markets is value investing like Benjamin Graham. His focus is on finding unpopular assets that are undervalued and he buys them looking for a price rise back to true value over time. He is the portfolio manager of the Baupost
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Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in 1975. He grew it into one of the world’s largest hedge funds by 2005. As of 2021 his hedge fund has over $160 billion in total assets under management. Ray Dalio is the 85th richest person in the world according to Forbes with a net worth of approximately $20.3
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To make money in the markets you need to be trading as a business. Hobbies cost money, businesses make money. A business has a plan, a process, and a system. A business has customers that it sells products to for more than their cost. How a new trader approaches trading and the markets will determine
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A fixed mindset is the belief that the current abilities of intelligence and talent are fixed just the way they will always be for a person. It is the belief that people are born and destined to be at a certain ability level. A fixed mindset accepts their current performance and intelligence as fixed and
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First principles thinking inverts complex problems to look at each step in a process or system. It seeks to find errors as places for improvements by looking at the most basic principles that lead to success or failure. You must remove opinions, beliefs, assumptions, traditions, and predictions to see the essential core principles of a model
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