Warren Buffett

As advances in technology and medicine lead to longer lifespans and lowered mortality from disease, some people worry about overpopulating the earth. These people also argue that aid work will fuel the population growth and demolish one of the only forms of population control. Melinda Gates explains that as people work to provide more education and contraceptives to women in third-world countries, the birth rate will naturally decrease, especially as they worry less about having a child survive into

ISSUES Warren Buffet invoked the substance-over-form concept to justify accounting for the GEICO and General Foods transactions as dividends distributions rather than sales of stock. Do you agree with Buffet that the substance of each of the proportionate redemptions was a dividend and not a sale of stock? In deciding how to account for an unusual or unique transaction for financial reporting purposes, should one consider the tax treatment applied to the transaction? Did Peat Marwick have a right

Billionaires: We are all the same Billionaires: We are all the same The number of billionaires has risen to a record 1,645 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $6.4 trillion according to Forbes Magazine (“Forbes Billionaires”). The year the United States is back at the top with Bill Gates as the richest man in the world, worth about $76 billion (“Forbes Billionaires”). It seems that even though the amount of billionaires has increased, there are people who still live in poverty.

Introduction The aim of this report is to analyse why self -made American billionaire Warren Buffet the Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway has consistently outperformed the market over a long time horizon. It will be tried to be proved whether his stellar performance is just a black Swan event or it is an event inherent in Efficient Market Hypothesis theorem. It is thus important to briefly understand who Warren Buffet is, also who the proponents and what EMH really is. Nobel Prize committee awarded

The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a rich English gentleman and bachelor living in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens. Despite his wealth, which is £40,000 (equal to £2,648,577 today[when?]), Mr. Fogg, whose countenance is described as "repose in action", lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about Mr. Fogg's social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former

George Soros is a Hungarian-American billionaire and philanthropist. He writes extensively, supports a number of progressive-liberal causes and between 1979-2011 gave over $8 billion to public health, human rights and education causes. He was also very active in helping his native Hungary transition from Soviet backed socialism to capitalism (Murphy, 1993). Soros amassed his huge fortune through speculating in currency markets for instance, in 1992 he invested heavily against the Pound and made $1

volume. Two prime example users of either method with immense notoriety and success are Warren Buffet and George Soros. Two of the greatest investors to have walked the earth. While, George Soros made his wealth betting on short term trends in forex markets world famous investor Warren Buffett’s wealth has been a result of his beliefs in the fundamentals of a company. Soros uses the technical method while Warren buffet has been raking in billions for 60 years now depending on the fundamental method

Can Discover Your True North Truly Develop an Authentic Leader? Most people, at some point in time, have desired to assume a position of leadership, in any form or capacity; however, few truly know how to go about it. There are many resources and books to educate someone about leadership, but this evaluation will be on a specific book, Discover Your True North, which is considered by many to be the ultimate book for learning to lead authentically. Bill George, author of Discover Your True North

The Republican Nominee, Donald John Trump, was born on June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York. Trump attended the New York Military Academy at 13 years old and would go on to attend the University of Pennsylvania and Fordham University. While attending college, he worked alongside his father, Fred Trump, in his real estate and construction business. Trump would later be given control of the business in 1971, when he renamed it “The Trump Organization.” His list of real estate accomplishments with The

Anthony Petrello Anthony Petrello is easily recognized as the CEO, President and Chairman of Board of Nabors Industries ltd. According to an overview published on Zoomifo.com, the company runs the largest fleet of drilling rig in the US. Petrello was appointed as board member of the company in 1991. He was later named Nabors Industries President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2011. Petrello holds a Juris Doctor Degree from Harvard Law School as well as Master and Bachelor degree in Mathematics