Warren Buffett writes a letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway every year. I read it. You should too. There are so many golden nuggets about life, leadership, and of course investing. Here are a few I really appreciated: Photo courtesy of bloomberg.com Lesson 1: Bonds aren’t as “safe” as conventional teaching says they are. The Oracle of Omaha himself said it perfectly, emphasis my own, “It is a terrible mistake for investors with long-term horizons…to measure their

I joined Beck Bode a little over a year ago as an outsider to the investment industry. I had my skepticisms and predispositions about the financial world like the rest of us. Now that I’m “one of them,” I thought I’d share my observations after my first year in the industry. A financial plan really helps. I grossly underestimated the impact a financial plan can have on achieving my goals. I’ve always been one to set personal and professional goals and then design a roadmap to