Author: Saj Karsan

You will often see articles on business news sites offering brief snippets of what Buffett or other popular managers have been buying. Of course, these articles won’t give you the details you’re looking for if...

Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS):In 1983, WPPSS was in default of $2.25 billion of municipal bonds. The state had made a ruling that the local power authorities did not have to pay WPPSS for power they had...

Most investors don’t have the time to perform the due diligence on stocks that we often advocate. After all, most people’s real jobs are outside of the investment world. As such, they leave most of the individual...

RJR Nabisco Bonds:High-yield bonds were introduced as a financial product innovation in the 1980’s. Buffett makes an important distinction between “fallen angel” bonds and high-yield “junk” bonds....

Value investors like to take advantage of markets like these, where cyclical dips allow investors to buy companies on the cheap. One particularly hard hit sector is the auto industry, where monthly new light vehicle sales...

Warren Buffett is perhaps best known for his stock picking success. However, he also buys fixed-income securities. With fixed-income investments, Buffett selects between short term cash equivalents, medium-term fixed-income...