Buffett Gets a Bullseye

I have written about the benefits of boring businesses in previous posts. I thought Buffett summarized some of the arguments quite well in his latest letter to shareholders:
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Weekend Reading Links

For your weekend reading pleasure a few interesting articles from around the globe about dividends, stocks, the market and other just plain interesting finance or economic oriented articles.
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• GlobalEconomicAnalysis: Short Canada
• Gothamist: Stock for Steak
• Barelkarsan: Figure Out who is with you

A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame For Buffett

Don’t get me wrong I am a huge fan of Warren Buffett and both his personal and Berkshire Hathaway investing track records speak for themselves as one of the most solid and consistent in recent investing history.  I can’t help but wonder though if Buffett’s rising celebrity status doesn’t have a negative effect for true long term Berkshire Hathaway investors.  Hardly a day goes by without some sighting, comment, or mention of Buffett in the news.  Over the past year I have seen:
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Buffett and Understandable Businesses

In a previous post we discussed the Four filters of Invention of Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger by Bud Labitan. I felt that some of the material needed a more thorough description than I could provide in my overview so I would like to look exclusively at the first of the four filters, namely finding understandable companies and contribute some of my own thoughts.
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