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Warren Buffett: The 15-Point Checklist He Used Before Buying Any Stock

Investing, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett didn’t build Berkshire Hathaway into one of the world’s most valuable companies by guessing. He applied a disciplined, repeatable framework to every business evaluation. The fifteen principles below, drawn from his shareholder letters, speeches, and interviews, form the checklist behind nearly every major investment decision he ever made. 1. Know Your Circle of […]

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5 Ways to Build Wealth That No One Taught You In School

Investing, Real Estate, Stocks, Wealth / Steve Burns

Traditional education prepares you to become an employee, not a wealth builder. You learned algebra, history, and perhaps even basic budgeting, but the fundamental strategies that separate the wealthy from the working class were never included in the curriculum. The middle class follows a predictable path of earning, saving, and hoping their 401(k) grows enough

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Warren Buffett’s Portfolio Is Invested in these 5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks

AI, Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett, the legendary investor known as the Oracle of Omaha, has built his fortune by identifying undervalued companies with substantial competitive advantages. While he’s traditionally been cautious about technology investments, Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 2025 portfolio reveals significant exposure to artificial intelligence through five major holdings. These investments demonstrate how Buffett applies his time-tested value

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5 Reasons Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Is A Value Stock Now

Stock Market, Stocks, Value Investing, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stands at a fascinating crossroads. As the legendary investor approaches his 95th birthday and prepares for a leadership transition, his corporate conglomerate has amassed an unprecedented cash position while trading at what analysts consider significantly undervalued levels. For value investors seeking quality companies at attractive prices, Berkshire presents a compelling opportunity

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The 10 Best Stocks that Meet Warren Buffett’s Buying Criteria Right Now

Growth stocks, Stock Market, Stocks, Value Investing, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett’s legendary investment success stems from a disciplined approach that has created tremendous wealth for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the decades. While many investors attempt to replicate his strategy, few truly understand the fundamental principles that guide the Oracle of Omaha’s stock selection process. Let’s look at how to identify Buffett-style stocks and ten

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Warren Buffett’s Top Current Stock Picks in 2025

Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett’s latest Berkshire Hathaway portfolio update for Q2 2025 offers investors a rare look into where the legendary investor and his team are putting fresh capital to work. The June 30, 2025, filing covers 41 holdings worth $257.52 billion. While Berkshire’s long-term core positions remain unchanged in many cases, the latest report shows a

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Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio: His Top 10 Current Stock Picks

Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett, the legendary chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is known for his disciplined, long-term approach to investing. His portfolio, built over decades, reflects a mix of iconic brands, financial powerhouses, and strategically selected businesses with durable competitive advantages. While Berkshire owns dozens of stocks, its value is concentrated in just ten holdings. As

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Warren Buffett’s 20-Punch Card Rule: Why Concentration Beats Diversification

Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Warren Buffett, Wealth / Steve Burns

“I could improve your ultimate financial welfare by giving you a ticket with only 20 slots in it so that you had 20 punches—representing all the investments that you got to make in a lifetime. And once you’d punched through the card, you couldn’t make any more investments. Under those rules, you’d think carefully about

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Warren Buffett’s 10 Rules for Stock Picking

Investing, stock investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Value Investing, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy has generated extraordinary returns for the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio over the decades. His approach combines quantitative analysis with qualitative judgment, focusing on long-term value creation rather than short-term market movements. The following ten rules distill his documented principles into actionable guidelines for stock selection: 1. Stay Within Your Circle of Competence

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Warren Buffett: How Many Stocks Should You Own In Your Portfolio?

Investing, Stock Market, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Concerning portfolio diversification, conventional wisdom clashes dramatically with Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy. While financial advisors typically recommend holding 20 to 30 different stocks, the Oracle of Omaha suggests a radically different approach that has made him one of the world’s wealthiest investors. 1. Buffett’s Philosophy: Diversification is Protection Against Ignorance “Diversification is protection against ignorance.

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Warren Buffett’s 10 Step Stock-Picking Formula: What to Look for in 2025

Investing, Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy has created extraordinary wealth over decades, transforming Berkshire Hathaway from a struggling textile company into one of the world’s most valuable corporations. While Buffett has never formally outlined a rigid “10-step formula,” his consistent principles and methodologies reveal a clear framework investors can follow. This comprehensive guide breaks down Buffett’s approach

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Warren Buffett: When to Sell a Stock

Stocks, Warren Buffett / Steve Burns

Even though Warren Buffett’s favorite holding period is forever, even the Oracle of Omaha has reasons to exit his investment positions when he sees a reason to based on many different factors. Let’s look at some things that makes him sell a stock. Warren Buffett: When To Sell Buffett advises not to be anchored to

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What is a Parabolic Curve in Stocks?

Chart Patterns, Stocks / Steve Burns

Chart courtesy of ChartPattern.com A parabolic curve in stocks is when a chart makes an upward price move that looks like the right side of a parabolic curve on the chart. A parabolic move happens when the buying pressure on a stock creates an exponential move in the price due to the speed and magnitude

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Trading Options vs Stocks

options, Stocks / Steve Burns

Trading options versus stocks can be a very different experience as options are contracts and stocks are equity ownership in a company. Options are derivatives written on an underlying stock with an expiration date and a pricing model based on the probability that the option expires in-the-money. A stock is a small piece of ownership

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Low Float Stocks

Stocks, Volume / Steve Burns

Low float stocks have a low number of shares issued in relation to high float stocks. Low float stocks usually have more volatile price action than larger float stocks. With fewer shares in the market buying and selling has a higher impact on price movement. Low float stocks tend to have larger bid/ask spreads and

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What Is Float In Stocks?

Stock Market, Stocks / Steve Burns

Float in a stock is the number of shares of a company that is currently trading publicly on the exchange and is available for traders and investors to buy and sell. The stock float is calculated by taking a company’s total issue of outstanding shares and subtracting any restricted stock. Pre IPO investors, employees and

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Wall Street Cheat Sheet

Psychology, Stock Market, Stock Trading, Stocks / Steve Burns

Wall Street goes through cycles based on the primary human emotions of greed and fear. There is a wide spectrum and phases of emotional behavior inside these two main drivers of investor behavior. The below Wall Street cheat sheet shows the impulses that drive each phase of a market cycle. The best solution to managing

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Growth vs Value Stocks

Growth stocks, Stock Market, Stocks, Value Investing / Steve Burns

There are two primary types of stocks in the market, growth stocks and value stocks and each have specific characteristics for investors. Here is a summary of the differences between the two types. Value stocks allow the investor to buy a business at a great price, growth stocks allow an investor to buy the future

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Trending Stocks Checklist

Stock Market, Stock Trading, Stocks / Steve Burns

Trending stocks are ones that are moving strongly in one direction whether up or down. Here are trending stock checklists: Stocks in an uptrend: Making higher highs and higher lows. Price is above key moving averages. The chart has moving average crossover signals. Price is near all time highs. Price is near 52-week highs. Volume

How Many People Play Roblox?

Growth stocks, Stock Market, Stocks / Steve Burns

When was Roblox made? The beta version of what would become known as Roblox was created by the co-founders David Baszucki and Erik Cassel and was originally called DynaBlocks. Mr. Baszucki started the testing of the first demos for the game in 2004. In 2005, the company then changed its name to Roblox before it

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