Top 3 Famous Investors

August 14, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) To allocate money means to invest in general. An investment is an asset which is acquired with the goal of regaining more income or appreciation. It is such a purchase of goods which can be used more affectively in future to create wealth. It includes purchase of bonds, stocks or real estate. The safest investments are usually found in money market which includes treasury bills (T-bills), commercial paper, banker's acceptance slips, certificates of deposit (CD) or in form of fixed income (bond) market or municipal and other government bonds.

Mainly stock directories are as follows

• Auto stocks
• Beverage stocks
• Biodefense stocks
• Biotech stocks
• Bit coin stocks
• Block chain stocks
• Cannabis stocks
• Defense stocks
• Energy stocks
• Environment stocks
• Gaming stocks
• Gold and mining stocks
• Homebuilder stocks
• Water stocks
• entertainment stocks

Warren Buffett

August 30, 1930(87years old) was born in Omaha, United states. He is an American business magnate, philanthropist and speaker. He serves as a CEO and chairman at Berkshire Hathaway.

"Price is what you pay, Value is what you get."

He is one of the most successful investor in the world. He had a worth of US$84billion as of June 3, 2018 making him the third wealthiest person in the world. He paid the second highest charity amount ($30.80billion) among the greatest philanthropists. There are several ways to make your investment decisions pragmatic: by initiating the business of stocks, reducing the portfolio turnover, developing alternatives for benchmarks and so on.

Investments

1. Petro China

2002, It gave an annual average compounded return 52% and a total of 721%. Buffett is known for his "Buy what you know" thing. Petro china has a market cap of $37billion. The company has over 400,000 employees.

2. BYD

2008, it gave an annual average compound return of 41% and a total return of 671%. It is one of the best recent investments. Berkshire bought BYD for $230 million now it's worth is $1.8billion.

3. Freddie Mac

1988, it gave an annual average compound return of 24% and a total return of 1525%.

Edward Oakley Thorp

August 14, 1932(85years) was born in Chicago, United states. Thorp is an American mathematics professor, Hedge fund manager, author and a Blackjack player who pioneered the modern applications of theory of probability which includes harnessing of small correlations for a reliable financial gain.

He collaborated with Claude Shannon in creating the first wearable computer. He used IBM70 as a research tool.

Investments

1. Strategic Redirection
2. Industry consolidation
3. Operational restructuring
4. Financial restructuring
5. Human capital management

Peter Lynch

January 19, 1944 was born in Massachusetts, US. An American investor, Philanthropist and a mutual fund manager who averaged an annual return of 29.2% between 1977 to 1990 at Fidelity Investments. He created a hoverwatch. Assets under management increased from $18million to $14billion during his tenure.

He was called "Legendary" by Jason Zweig as he wrote a book on him called the "intelligent investor".

"There's always something to worry about".

Noteworthy publications

• One up on wall street, 1989
• Beating the street, 1993
• Learn to earn, 1996

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