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33 things I learned from Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting 2016 - Rusmin Ang Author: Tan KW   |   Publish date: Tue, 10 May 2016, 10:09 AM By Rusmin Ang on May 10, 2016 I always hesitated to attend Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders...

Performance Update (The Vilas Fund, LP; www.vilascapital.com): 14 Oct, 2015 – The third quarter of 2015 was one of the most challenging since we started the Vilas Fund.  In a nutshell, the US market fell over 7% overall (foreign markets sold off more...

In June 2015, I published an article entitled “A capital guarantee: but at what price?” in which I explained that in an environment of ultra-low interest rates capital-guaranteed products had lost their ‘raison d’être’. At the time the 10-year OAT (French...

By Leigh Thomas and Jim Finkle PARIS/BOSTON (Reuters) – Insurers are eagerly eyeing exponential growth in the tiny cyber coverage market but their lack of experience and skills handling hackers and data breaches may keep their ambitions in check. High...

Privately, Saudis tell oil market: get used to lower prices (Reuters) OPEC Members’ Rift Deepens Amid Falling Oil Prices (WSJ) Russia Spending $6 Billion Not Enough to Stop Ruble Rout on Oil (BBG) Deutsche clampdown on bad behaviour prompts exodus of...