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How Warren Buffett Changed Investing Forever
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-05 09:00
If investors had a Hall of Fame, Warren Buffett would occupy his own wing People from all over the planet, look up to him, read his biography, hop on a plane to go see him talk. He took a failing textile mill and turned it into a trillion dollar conglomerate. It has insurance companies, Dairy Queen, railroads and energy businesses.For decades, Buffett's investment savvy has led Berkshire Hathaway to beat benchmarks. One of the biggest asset managers today, which is Vanguard. The entire philosophy is: no one ...
Their Home Was Sold In a Foreclosure Sale Without Them Knowing
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-04 16:30
Well, ultimately without working with us or giving us a chance in any way, they auctioned the second mortgage. A gentleman ended up purchasing it and showing up on our doorstep on a Saturday to tell us that he had purchased our home and that we needed to vacate. So, that's when we ended up here.I'm just not looking back and [music] trying to just look project forward. [snorts] It's not something we've talked about in a while. At some point, we just kind of we fought and we fought and we fought and we [music ...
The Importance of Family in Vietnam
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-03 16:46
It's all very well looking at buildings, but if I'm going to test out my theory that family is key to Vietnam's transformation, I'm going to need to find one I can befriend. Luckily, I just so happen to be here for Tate, Vietnam's most important holiday. It's a 3-day celebration, usually in January or February, that marks the Luna New Year and the start of spring.There is a strong emphasis on family reunion. So, everyone is heading home with blossoms and kumquats thought to bring luck and prosperity in the ...
The Zombie Debts Making Wall Street Rich | Exclusive Preview
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-02 17:01
The majority of people in the United States build their wealth and their financial future with the equity of their home. >> A consumer horror story that's becoming all too real for thousands of homeowners. >> And these zombie mortgages are robbing people of the equity.Mortgages that they thought were paid off a long time ago are actually coming back to haunt them, putting some at risk of ending up on the street. >> We know it's tens, if not hundreds of thousands of these loans are still out there on the boo ...
How the Vietnam War Shaped Modern-Day Vietnam
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-02 16:07
Điện phở đóng cửa thì ém trong căn nhà này gần 100 cán bộ chiến sĩ. >> Oh wow. [âm nhạc] >> Bắt đầu nó vào đây là dí súng ngay đầu.>> Mày nói nữa tao bắn mày không bắn đó. >> Bắn chết tại đây hai người. >> Wow.Dạ ông cụ bắt tra tấn chết đi sống lại bao nhiêu lần rồi cuối cùng nó mấy tháng sau nó đưa ra tòa nó xử 20 năm khổ sai biệt đi cung đảo >> thì mấy tháng sau ba 4 tháng sau thì gặp mẹ >> thế xong sau đó thì I'm sorry I'm sorry know story know I mean this is your history to right and the thing is there ...
A Ponzi Schemer Released by Trump Strikes Again | Exclusive Preview
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-02 01:01
I never expected I'd be part of a Ponzi. I never expected to lose money. You fantasize, you know, you fantasize about, well, maybe I can buy a bigger house or or maybe I can send my kids to private school, do things that, you know, you normally wouldn't do.But that made the pain more hard at the end. He said, "Safe, safe, safe. We are going gang buster. This is all fake." The thing like everything is fictitious. >> This is a story about a series of crimes that could have easily been prevented.>> When I foun ...
How Climate Change Affects Vietnam's Rice Fields
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-12-01 18:33
Climate change has hit hard here. Rice has dropped from three harvests a year to just one during the rainy season when there's enough fresh water to flush out the sea. So the rest of the year, the family have come up with an ingenious idea with what to do with those salty flooded fields.Fewer rice crops might sound counterintuitive, but putting both rice and prawns in together means that Hong can still use her fields all year round rather than just the rainy season. And even better, the waste from the prawn ...
Why China’s Ports Empire Has the US Worried
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-28 09:00
Every year, China imports about 66,000 metric tons of these. That's the weight of about 6.5% Parisian landmarks. Or if you like, 440 blue whales.And most of these avocados come all the way from Peru. This journey used to take over a month. Now it's a straight shot.Cutting it by ten days. Why. One word: megaport.And it's paid for by China. Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a week-long South America tour, opening a China funded megaport in Peru. This is a huge investment not only for Peru but in Latin Ameri ...
What’s Next for The World? | An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-26 23:00
- How painful is a bite from this guy. - Painful enough. I'm a father to two beautiful daughters. I'm also a husband, a son, a cyclist, a citizen.Here you go. Oh, the future, by definition is uncertain. Who's going to protect the forest.The mountains. Gimme some walking space. Wow.He's angry. We have a natural instinct to fear the unknown. What could possibly go wrong.- This glacier has shrunk almost by half. - Sometimes we need each other to challenge our prejudice. If we don't cooperate, we are not gonna ...
Reese Witherspoon on Picking the Perfect Part
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-26 20:08
Hello sunshine. I'm here in LA and I'm about to go meet someone who's at the top of the A-list. It's kind of a dream come true.We are going to meet Ree Witherspoon. Her empire now is called Hello Sunshine and it includes her production company, a massive book club. She's got a Gen Z studio.She's huge on social media. I can't wait to see what happens at Shine Away. I mean, Reese has built this amazing community, and it's really meant to showcase and feature the power that women can have when you unlock their ...