Hi Barefoot, I remember you saying in a column once that people should invest in companies they understand. Well, my partner and I are pregnant and have been spending a lot of time, and money, at Baby Bunting.

“If you stick around till lunch, I’ll share with you what I believe is the most important investment lesson in the world”, Warren Buffett told me (okay, and 40,000 others) in Omaha last weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. At which point my old man, an Omaha virgin, elbowed me in the ribs and said with a grin, “This is what we came here for”.

It was  International Women’s Day last week, so I’d like to talk to you about a Q&A session I’m doing next week at a high school with a bunch of teenagers.I’ve done a lot of work in schools over the years, and here’s what I can tell you: if you push them for an answer, most teenage girls will tell you that they see themselves getting married, buying a house, and having kids.

The Lord moves in mysterious ways. An interview I’d hoped to bring you this week fell over at the very last minute - leaving me staring at a blank screen.