Archive: Warren Buffett
How to Take a Value Investing Approach to Crypto
By Vin Narayanan on October 14, 2022
This week’s inflation news was not good. Inflation, unsurprisingly, has risen faster than expected despite the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is up 0.4% from last month, and the core CPI (which excludes highly volatile food and energy costs) is up 0.6%. Predictably, the crypto markets tanked on the news. I don’t expect inflation to disappear anytime soon. In fact, it might take some time…
Angel Insider: Invest in What You Know… or Not
By Early Investing on September 20, 2022
“Invest in what you know.” It’s a simple concept. It seems safe. And hey, Warren Buffett stands by it. So it must be good advice, right? But there are no guarantees in investing — even when you stick to products and business models that…
Market Inefficiencies Are an Investor’s Best Friend
By Vin Narayanan on July 19, 2022
There are many different ways to think about which startups to invest in. Some prefer investing in highly disruptive technologies or businesses — like Uber, Tesla or Impossible Foods. Others prefer startups with large or rapidly growing markets. Others like to focus on strong…
Mailbag: Tron Won’t Change Warren Buffett’s Mind on Crypto
By Early Investing on June 9, 2019
This week, the Early Investing team explains the upside of crowd SAFEs and the potential impact of Tron founder Justin Sun’s lunch with Warren Buffett.
Crypto Monitor: South America Turns to Bitcoin; Crypto Befuddles Warren Buffett
By Early Investing on March 1, 2019
In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Warren Buffett still doesn’t understand bitcoin. Meanwhile, countries in South America are increasingly reliant on bitcoin.
The Best and Worst Cryptocurrency Quotes to Come
By Andy Gordon on January 7, 2019
Andy “Maybe I Am an Oracle” Gordon predicts the most insightful and most tone-deaf crypto quotes to come this year.
Banks Are in the Depression Stage of Grief
By Andy Gordon on January 2, 2019
The big banks are going through the five stages of grief. Whether they know it or not, they’re on the chopping block.
News Fix: New York Stock Exchange Parent Company and Facebook Make Big Moves into Bitcoin and Blockchain
By Vin Narayanan on May 11, 2018
It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. Between CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Facebook and Twitter – just to name a few – there’s so much information flying around that it’s become hard to tell what’s really important… and what’s just noise. The cryptocurrency news…
Why Is Buffett Lashing Out at Bitcoin?
By Adam Sharp on May 11, 2018
Warren Buffett recently called bitcoin “rat poison squared.” What’s driving his hatred of cryptocurrency?