Forget about what he says. If you want to learn what Warren Buffett really thinks are money-making bets, look at what the old guru is actually doing.The greatest value investor of our time likes to p

If I buy a single futures contract for ethanol on the Chicago Board of Trade, am I literally buying 29,000 gallons of the stuff?What about picking up a contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for

I know - I'm a guy, so I’m supposed to care about the Super Bowl. But I have to be honest, I really don’t. Even though I played back in school, I can’t help but look at the gam

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