Weekend Reading at VIN

Buffett’s municipal bond insurer, Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp., gains AAA rating from Moody’s. The competition is acting like there is nothing to worry about by this new entrant, but Buffett and Ajit Jain are not newbies in risk pricing.

Notes from two speeches given by Francis Chou at the Ben Graham Center for Value Investing

How effective has the Federal Reserve been in heading off a financial and economic crisis? What’s left in its arsenal? We’ll ask NYU economist Mark Gertler, a close friend and collaborator of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. What role have the regulators played and what can investors do to protect their assets?

We all make mistakes, even if our names are Buffett or Soros. But when great investors such as Warren Buffett and George Soros make a mistake, the lessons for the rest of us are so much more interesting.

The Ten Commandments of Growth Investing

Bud Labitan’s self published new book, The Four Filters: Invention of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, is now on sale.

Peter Bernstein has witnessed just about every financial crisis of the past century.

Despite attractive economics and the potential for lasting competitive advantages, the Software sector is not a favorite of the Magic Formula screen. I examine why in this article, as well as providing some attributes to look for when picking a Software company from the screen.

Warren Buffett spoke live this morning (Monday) with CNBC’s Squawk Box about his role in today’s $23 billion Mars acquisition of Wrigley.

Mars Inc. and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. were close to a pact to acquire Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for more than $22 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, in a deal that would remake the global confectionery landscape…