As part of his decision to step down as chief executive at the end of the year, Buffett will pass the authorship of the Berkshire letter to his successor, Greg Abel. It is the end of an era, and a time to reflect on Buffett’s accomplishments.

A new model for business resilience in a politically turbulent era. By Christopher Marquis in Harvard Business Review.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says US has remained the primary destination for investments despite some outflows from “overweighted US assets” earlier in the year. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia, Fink says most global investors think the US is “going to be the place to have your overweighting for at least the next 18 months."

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” When Samuel Taylor Coleridge penned these famous words in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, he described a sailor surrounded by an ocean of useless saltwater. Today’s investors face a similar paradox: an endless sea of investment information with precious little useful guidance to be found.