This first appeared on Money & Markets. Retiring is a little like having children. If you wait for the right time, it will never happen. I say this as I have two children of my own with a third on the way shortly. The middle of a pandemic-related recession isn’t an ideal time to be...Read More

I mentioned earlier this week that Warren Buffett was on the hunt for investments again, dropping $10 billion on Dominion Energy’s pipeline assets. Well, Mr. Buffett was in the news again. MarketWatch reported he had fully 43% in a single stock — Apple (AAPL). There are a couple of caveats. To start, we’re talking about Berkshire...Read More

Well, it finally happened. Warren Buffett put some of his massive cash hoard to work. He spent nearly $10 billion buying Dominion Energy’s natural gas pipelines and storage assets. Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s holding company, agreed to a $4 billion purchase of Dominion’s natural gas assets. It took on another $5.7 billion in the company’s debt....Read More

Comedian and newspaper columnist Will Rogers had the stock market figured out a century ago: “If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.” Alas, not every stock is a winner. Some are going to bomb on you, and knowing when to take a loss on stocks is a critically important part of investing. Take a look...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. It’s rough out there. With much of America still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression. But even many Americans that still have jobs are seeing pay and benefit cuts. 401k matching is often one of...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. I don’t normally like to hear the word “halving” associated with one of my investments. If your investment gets halved, you had better hope that there was a stock split. Otherwise, something went terribly wrong. Of course, “halving” means something very different for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In case you...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. If you’re like most small business owners, your main focus is simply getting business in the door. And with business conditions still extremely difficult in the post-coronavirus world, many small business owners are struggling to keep the lights on. But if your business is stable and cash...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. Having the Fed funds rate back near zero is fantastic if you’re a borrower. It’s not so great if you’re an investor looking for income. T-bills, savings accounts and money market funds all yield essentially zero, and it’s hard to find CDs yielding more than about 1.5%....Read More

This piece originally appeared on Money & Markets. A lot of value investors came out of the woodwork to buy the dip in March and April following the coronavirus rout. One was conspicuously absent from the party: Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett. Buffett is a hero to generations of value investors. In fact, he’s one of...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. Responding to rumors that he had taken ill and died while on a speaking tour in Europe, Mark Twain told The New York Times: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Well, I don’t want to “greatly exaggerate,” but I think it’s fair to say that...Read More