Reading Time: < 1 minute That would be exciting thing 10 years back, when I was still a college junkie. It still will be interesting, at least I plan to visit Harvard Square, where Paul Allen met with Bill Gates (in 1976?) and said: “We got to start this (computer business), this thing (computer revolution) is happening without us.” We

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August 16, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the second piece of Portfolio Management series. I started this series, mostly to record what I have learned in last few years, since I wrote Stock Lessons (as a beginner). The stock market since last year is humbling, but I also learned quite a bit in the process, with some real results. For

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August 15, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute I mentioned him a while ago (via. WealthTrack program). Fox Business link here. He is probably one of the best mutual fund managers in the world (from his long term performance). Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com BTW, here is Jean-Marie Eveillard lastest buys (GuruFoucs).

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August 13, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes My wife asked me why there are so many outraged people on those congressmen/senators townhalls (she reads that from WSJ). I used an analogy. Imagine the metro (or buses) during rush hours in Shanghai (I used to take a bus almost every Monday morning in early 1990s, from my brother’s place to my working place,

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August 11, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hmm, interesting. Note Eliot is not licensed financial advisor. But many investing gurus (including Warren Buffett, John Bogle, Yale endowment fund head David Swensen) said index is the way to go for individual investors who don’t have time or don’t want to spend time to do own research.

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August 10, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes Was talking to this to a close friend yesterday. My rationale of “not selling all at once” is because: it’s usually happens a stock (or something else) will go up in price after a person sells it. Very simple. Appearently that’s what happened to some Tongkang Zijin shareholders in recent years (FT article “Woes after

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August 8, 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes I started Financial Times subscription this week. Last week, I took advantage an offer (or a bait) of $49 for 6 months subscription. I have subscribed and read FT in the past (a few years ago when I did not know much about finance). The main reason is my WSJ and Barrons subscription are expiring,

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August 4, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Financial education for the kids of course, learn from the grand master is the best way. Here it is, buffett’s secret millionaire’s club cartoon. This is a more systematic approach, which includes a lot different concept on personal finance and investing, such as saving, rate of return/capital expenditure (modeled after See’s Candy), etc.

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August 1, 2009
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