http://adamjdavis.com Radical Change = Radical Results. Start Making More Money Now Thu, 07 May 2009 19:53:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I present to you Exhibit 1 titled: "EFFECT" And, now I present to you Exhibit 2 titled: "CAUSE" Sorry in advance for the small font size on the images.  These two news clippings, from Tuesday 5/5/09 of the Wall St. Journal show something that struck me as very funny and very sad.  ... http://adamjdavis.com/2009/05/07/help-where-can-i-plug-in-my-umbilical-cord.html I just got back from the 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.  The meeting was on Saturday, May 2nd.  Over 35,000 shareholders packed into the Qwest Center in Downtown Omaha to hear what Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren E. Buffett (aka the Oracle of Omaha) and Vice Chairman ... http://adamjdavis.com/2009/05/05/words-from-the-oracle-and-experiences-from-the-pilgrimage-to-omaha.html For historical purposes, I would to be on the record for a few musings that I hope will find there way into Google's search indexes so as to be preserved for my children to read one day (kind of like cryogenics for your thoughts). Lately, I have been reflecting on the ... http://adamjdavis.com/2009/04/02/on-the-record.html All apologies for my posting hiatus.  I enjoy writing this blog just about as much as I enjoy grabbing deals...but not quite as much! At times, when I get really busy with  my company, I feel like I don't spend enough time on self-improvement (e.g. reading, listening to podcasts, etc.).  As ... http://adamjdavis.com/2009/03/03/feeding-the-machine.html A few months ago, I wrote a post about how people tend to over-complicate things in all aspects of their lives. The main point I was trying to make in that post was that problem solving in your business/personal life is greatly complicated by the human tendency to make things ... http://adamjdavis.com/2009/02/14/sex-and-the-art-of-over-complicating-part-ii.html Over the holidays of 2008 and for the past three weeks of 2009, I consulted my crystal ball (hey, give me a break, my magic 8 ball is in the shop).   Guess what it came back and told me?"Now is the time to BUY." "Buy what?" I replied? "BUY" the crystal ... http://adamjdavis.com/2009/01/26/the-great-derby.html You got it right.  Party animal I am not.  It's 11:15pm on New Year's Eve and I find myself compelled to write a small piece in effort to put some amount of good karma into the universe to eliminate the lunacy that has increased in the financial, real estate and ... http://adamjdavis.com/2008/12/31/let-it-die-with-2008.html Number cruncher.  Bean Counter.  Captain Spreadsheet. I freely plead guilty to being all of the above - for part of the day at least.  Being a 'dyed in the cloth finance man' as one of my former Indian colleagues labeled me, I cannot help but pass comment on one of the ... http://adamjdavis.com/2008/12/18/proforma-pariahs.html There isn't much more to say than already has been said in the unfolding Madoff scandal (read more here) that has demolished portfolios from Wall St. to Palm Beach. What I, and other people in the world are wondering is: "how?" How could millionaire Palm Beach Florida residents blindly throw money at ... http://adamjdavis.com/2008/12/16/fools-rush-in-not-the-movie-bonus-learn-why-banks-arent-lending-to-you.html If I could impart the most important lesson that I have learned to date in business and investing, it would be: "patience." Warren Buffett has been quoted as follows: "the financial markets involves the transfer of wealth from the impatient to the patient. "  How true this is. What is worth doing ... http://adamjdavis.com/2008/12/15/how-to-get-aheadthe-magic-p-word.html