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Rate Comfort Zone Investing: Buffett buys Burlington

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Sat, Nov 7

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By Ted Allrich First, because it's Warren Buffett. While he's made one or two bad investments (see Eastern Airlines (who?) as an example), most of what Mr. Buffett buys increases in value. He's not the second richest man in America because he's lucky. When he buys into an industry, it may be one that most inve...

Rate Fortune's Stanley Bing: Has Warren Gone Off the Rails?

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Nov 5

By Fortune's Stanley Bing Other than that, you have to like the way Warren is thinking. It says that you don't have to be nuts or smoking something in order to put your money on the home team, which is not Wall Street -- it's America. It's a bet FOR something, not against.

Rate Serious Money: Questions as Buffett's money & mouth converge on BNI

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By Sheldon Liber Yesterday it was announced very loudly that "my pal Warren" was going to acquire the 77.4% of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) railroad, that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) does not already own, for $100 per share, offering about a $24 premium to Mondays closing price.

Rate Alan Schram: Buffett Buys a Railroad: What Does It Mean for Investors?

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Nov 3

By Alan Schram Berkshire Hathaway just made its largest acquisition ever, buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a railroad company, for over $35 billion. This is a large... Berkshire Hathaway just made its largest acquisition ever, buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a railr...

Rate Berkshire Hathaway buying Burlinton Northern Santa Fe

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Tue, Nov 3

By Mark Fightmaster The acquisition gives us a glimpse into the mind of the Oracle of Omaha, BRK's CEO Warren Buffett. He feels that the "country's future prosperity depends on it having an efficient and well-maintained rail system." Buffett is betting that railroads are going to do well, which would stem fro...

Rate Warren Buffett Buys A RAILROAD? Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Burlington Northern Railroad

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Nov 3

By The Huffington Post News Team NEW YORK � Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday said it agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. in a deal valuing the... NEW YORK � Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday said it agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. in a deal valuing the railroad at...

Rate Butch Buffett and the Obamadance Kid

Original at Lame Cherry external link    Mon, Nov 2

By Lame Cherry(noreply@blogger.com) It really would assist the experts if they invested more time in stealing articles posted here as it would explain to them why nation rapist Warren Buffett just sank 34 billion more dollars (ah American investors this is part of your 34 billion which was raped from your savings by Buffett,...

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Rate Alice Schroeder: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life: Part 1 of 7

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Oct 29

By Alice Schroeder In the trial, the defendants invoked a "Buffett defense," saying that Buffett had approved the outlines of the structured transaction and was involved in setting the fee. The question, however, was not whether Buffett knew about the transaction--he did--but whether he knew it was frau...

Rate Buffett's star shines brightest among world's financial gurus, poll shows

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Wed, Oct 28

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By David Schepp The housing bubble and subsequent "Great Recession" have tarnished the stars of a good many of the world's financial wizards, such as the former heads at Lehman Bros. and Merrill Lynch. But one respected image remains -- perhaps unsurprisingly -- on top: Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO a...

Rate Dan Dorfman: Watch Out for the Turkeys!

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Dan Dorfman They're the ones operating on the delusional premise that the recession is history and that by mid-2010 the economic downturn, the real estate mess, rising unemployment, falling incomes and bashed banks will begin to become fleeting memories.

Year 2009

 

Rate Warren Buffet loses crazy money, keeps second rank on Forbes 400

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Wed, Sep 30

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By Mark Fightmaster So, you think you had a rough year? Check out what happened to Warren Buffett, who is ranked the second-richest man in America despite a drop of $10 billion in his personal wealth during the past year. The culprit for Buffet's loss is the 20% decline in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) stock d...

Rate Meeting Gideon

Original at Lame Cherry external link    Mon, Sep 28

By Lame Cherry(noreply@blogger.com) After awhile, you would start thinking the entire world was screwed up wouldn't you in labeling you as a Nebraskan and just like Warren Buffett? So as you see, Americans have always held this buffer position in Israel and among the nations.

Rate Myriam Miedzian: Is Ralph Nader On To Something?

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Sep 25

By Myriam Miedzian It is standard for industries to shift a majority of their contributions to whatever party is in power, so right now Democrats are getting more than Republicans. Is it surprising that it's looking more and more like we won't get a public option, that the major winner in the most recent Senat...

Rate on the economy

Original at cnn.com external link    Tue, Sep 15

Warren Buffett talks about economic recovery during the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference. cnn.com

Rate Les Leopold: Why Warren Buffett Must Take Aim on Our Obscene Distribution of Wealth

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Aug 20

By Les Leopold As Wall Street gears up to pay itself outrageous sums again, even as we're bailing them out, it's possible that a majority of Americans would see the justice of having the super-wealthy pay their fair share. In a recent New York Times op-ed, Warren Buffet points out the dangers of the rising...

Rate Les Leopold: Why Warren Buffett must come out of the closet on Taxes

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Aug 19

By Les Leopold In a recent New York Times op-ed, Warren Buffet points out the dangers of the rising U.S. deficit. But in doing so he refuses... In a recent New York Times op-ed, Warren Buffet points out the dangers of the rising U.S. deficit. But in doing so he refuses to point the finger at the obvious cause: the incre...

Rate Opinion: Robert Teitelman: Michael Lewis on Warren Buffett

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, May 19

By Robert Teitelman Michael Lewis has up at the New Republic a book review of Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business... Michael Lewis has up at the New Republic a book review of Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett...

Rate Opinion: Jimmy Buffett Pleases Parrotheads in Parodise

Original at blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com external link    Sat, May 16

 AZ By Stephen Chilton in Concert Review Jimmy Buffet is a bizarre cultural force. His had-to-be-damn-close to sold out show at Cricket Wireless Pavilion was quite a spectacle to be seen. While it is hard not to be aware of the phenomenon that is Buffett ...

Rate Thomas A. Bass: Derivatives: The Crystal Meth of Finance

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, May 5

By Thomas A. Bass The gross domestic product of the United States is $15 trillion. The money supply of the United States--all the greenbacks currently in circulation--is also about $15 trillion. The gross domestic product of the entire world is $50 trillion. The total value of the world's real estate is $75...

Rate Opinion: Now In Office, Obama Strangely Less Attentive To Warren Buffett

Original at National Review Online external link    Mon, May 4

 NY - Barack Obama, Barack Obama In his speeches, he referred to "my friend Warren Buffett" and said, "Warren Buffett is one of those people that I listen to." In the third presidential debate, Obama agreed with McCain's suggestion that "Warren would make a pretty good choice" for ...

Rate Ellen Sledge: Berkshire Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's Weekend: A First-Hand Account

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, May 4

By Ellen Sledge Warren Buffett is here. Warren Buffett is everywhere. He greets you on an airport billboard, stressing the importance of college education. There he is again, on the cover of every book in the bookstore window display. The hotel signs say "welcome Berkshire shareholders." Next to the colleg...

Rate Mike Hegedus: Bonanza of Buffett is Baloney

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, May 4

By Mike Hegedus Ah yes, Omaha in the Spring. While the swallows are returning to Capistrano, the Berkshire Hathaway investors, 35,000 of them, are returning to hear the 'Oracle of Omaha' wax about the economy. Warren Buffett is holding court, ice cream cone in hand.

Rate Alan Schram: Warren Buffett Defends Obama's Economic Policy: Dispatch from Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's Meeting

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, May 3

By Alan Schram For example, Buffett estimates that in the event of a major catastrophe, Berkshire would suffer between 3% and 4% of the total, nationwide losses. Even if such catastrophe amounts to $100 billion in total damage (for reference, Hurricane Katrina leveled about $60 billion of losses), Be...

Rate Final Day: Submit Questions for the Buffett Top Ten List!

Original at Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up external link    Tue, Mar 31

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) As John Lennon might have written, Warren Buffett was in the news today, oh boy. Two weeks ago came the first ratings downgrade in Berkshire’s modern era, with Fitch unceremoniously replacing Buffett’s cherished Triple-A with a mere Double-A.

Rate Opinion: Warren Buffett to Gates - money in today's market

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Mar 16

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On Thursday, S&P announced that it had cut General Electric's debt rating from AAA to AA+, and on Friday Warren Buffett got slapped by Fitch, which cut its issuer default ratting to AA+ and senior unsecured debt to AA. The insurance and reinsurance ...

Rate Diane Francis: Warren Buffett wrong again

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Mar 10

By Diane Francis On Sunday, Buffett gave a very scary interview on U.S. television about how the economy nearly collapsed in September. He said that the world is going through an "economic Pearl Harbor" that will take years to turn around only to end in serious inflation problems. Printing money to stimulate...

Rate Top Ten Questions We’d Like to Hear Warren Buffett Asked at the Berkshire Annual Meeting

Original at Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up external link    Fri, Feb 27

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Well, Warren agrees with us! In our book, “Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha,” we pointed out that Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting is no longer mainly about Berkshire Hathaway. And Buffett, it turns out, agrees.

Rate Should Buffett & Roubini "Face the Nation"?

Original at Untitled external link    Fri, Feb 20

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By Sheldon Liber Filed under: International markets, Forecasts, Rants and raves, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Market matters, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Recession, Financial Crisis Would you be interested in seeing Buffett and Roubini appear together on a news show?

Rate Cramer on BloggingStocks: Buffett sells America

Original at Untitled external link    Wed, Feb 18

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By Jim Cramer Filed under: General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Market matters, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Tiffany and Co (TIF), ConocoPhillips (COP), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Cramer on BloggingStocks, U.S. Bancorp (USB)

Rate Buffett says buy, then sells, Roubini says wait -- what's an investor to do?

Original at Untitled external link    Tue, Feb 17

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By Sheldon Liber Filed under: Forecasts, Other issues, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, General Electric (GE), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Tiffany and Co (TIF), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Recession, Financial Crisi...

Rate 6 Companies Buffett & Gates are Betting On, most expensive colleges & new mortgage rules - Today in Money 2/5

Original at Untitled external link    Thu, Feb 5

By Allan Halprin Filed under: Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Money and Finance Today, AutoNation Inc (AN), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Harley-Davidson (HOG), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)

Rate Stimulus Plan Part I: What Would Sears Do?

Original at Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up external link    Tue, Feb 3

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) We have written on these virtual pages, and in a chapter titled “What Would Warren Do?” in “Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha,” about the fact that most of the questions asked by shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway’s famous shareholder meeting—the “Woodstock for Capitalists” of wh...

Rate On Buffett and Derivatives: A Review of Janet Tavakoli’s 'Dear Mr ...

Original at Seeking Alpha external link    Mon, Feb 2

 NY - But readers will find much more than another book on Warren Buffett. The real story begins in 1998. That’s when Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought General ... Dear Mr. Buffett: A Book Review with a Little 'Extra' Seeking Alpha all 2 news articles

Rate Is Buffett Worried? Part II: “It’s Not Personal, Sonny.”

Original at Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up external link    Sat, Nov 22

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Finally, Berkshire Looks Undervalued By ANDREW BARY The culprit in Berkshire Hathaway’s recent fall from grace—at least in the credit default swap market—may just be the very firm Warren Buffett himself invested in just two months ago. That firm would be Goldman Sachs.

Rate Is Buffett Worried? No, but Somebody Is

Original at Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up external link    Thu, Nov 20

By Jeff Matthews(noreply@blogger.com) Warren Buffett professes never to worry about a position, even if it’s down 50%. After all, who knows more about Berkshire than Warren Buffett? Which begs the question, who is buying credit default swaps in Berkshire Hathaway, and why?

Rate Diane Francis: Buffett's wrong: stay out of stocks

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Oct 27

By Diane Francis Wrong and here's why: The Omaha Oracle is wrong for you and me Warren Buffett's recent op-ed piece in the New York Times made a brilliant point, but was straight from the value-investor, long-term viewpoint: Buy bargains now when everyone flees and hang on for awhile. Far be it from me to con...

Rate Giz Explains: How to Buy an HDTV Like a Pro [Giz Explains]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Oct 22

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By matt buchanan The economy sucks. But like Warren Buffett, you should be greedy when everyone else is skurred. If you've got the extra scratch, this is probably the best holiday season ever to buy an HDTV, since retailers don't want a pile of them going obsolete in their warehouse. But what should you look fo...

Rate Mustard Seeds of Hope

Original at National Review Online Blogs external link    Fri, Oct 17

By Larry Kudlow Fear and volatility continue to dominate stock markets as the economy sinks into recession and profits estimates suffer from deeper downgrades. But how bearish should investors really be? Warren Buffett writes in today's New York Times that now's the time to buy. He writes, "Be fearful w...

Rate Mustard Seeds of Hope

Original at Kudlow's Money Politics external link    Fri, Oct 17

Fear and volatility continue to dominate stock markets as the economy sinks into recession and profits estimates suffer from deeper downgrades. But how bearish should investors really be? Warren Buffett writes in today’s New York Times that now’s the time to buy. He writes, “Be fearful w...

Rate Podcast: Behind the Money Crash

Original at Bay Area Indymedia external link    Thu, Oct 16

By Mumia Abu-Jamal In a 2002 open letter from U.S. financier, Warren Buffett to his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett, one of the richest people in the U.S., warned his shareholders to avoid 'derivatives'. which he described as "time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them, and the economic system....

Rate Opinion: Dr. Judith Rich: From Worrier to Warrior: Making Friends With Fear

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Oct 14

By Dr. Judith Rich Lessons in Living: Part 2 The Wisdom of Eckhart Tolle and Warren Buffett I don't look for 7-foot bars to jump over, I look around... Lessons in Living: Part 2 I don't look for 7-foot bars to jump over, I look around for 1-foot bars I can step over. -- Warren Buffett

Rate David Paul: Credit default swaps, the collapse of AIG and addressing the crisis of confidence

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sat, Oct 11

By David Paul Five years ago, billionaire investor and American icon Warren Buffett suggested that financial derivative products were "financial weapons of mass destruction, carrying dangers that, while... Five years ago, billionaire investor and American icon Warren Buffett suggested that fin...

Rate Opinion: Why Is This Boy Smiling? Janet Maslin Conveniently Confused By Baby Picture of Warren Buffett

Original at New York Observer external link    Mon, Sep 29

By Leon Neyfakh From Janet Maslin's review of Alice Schroeder's new Warren Buffett biography The Snowball: A photo of Mr. Buffett at age 2 shows him grinning cryptically while clutching a toy tightly to his chest. It goes without saying that he was an unusual child.

Rate Podcast: Petri doesn't like bailout terms

Original at Wisconsin Radio Network external link    Fri, Sep 26

By Damon Ryan, WOMT What would Petri do, if it was HIS decision? "(What) I personally would like to see them consider is trying to do something more on the order of what Warren Buffett did when he invested in Goldman Sacs," said Petri. "For the taxpayers putting money into these things, put it in on a preferred ba...

Year 2007

 

Rate According to Neil Cavuto's Logic, Rupert Murdoch is Drunk

Original at News Hounds external link    Tue, Jun 26

By Melanie Cheryl Casone of Fox Business Now said Clinton, "does have experience with health care," and, "the one place that she would benefit business would be the health care sector." She isn't, "going to blow-up the private insurance industry and the health industry as a whole."

Rate Would Buffett buy The Home Depot?

Original at Blogging Stocks external link    Mon, Jun 11

By Sheldon Liber There has been a lot of speculation about what BRK might do next. Warren Buffett himself has said a large acquisition is in the cards, not surprising given Berkshire's huge cash reserves. Could it be that Buffett would make this large an acquisition?

Rate Is it better to join Warren Buffett or imitate him?

Original at Blogging Stocks external link    Mon, May 28

By Zac Bissonnette A piece in Saturday's New York Times ponders the question, "Is it better to learn about Warren Buffett's investing methods and apply them to your own stock-picking or just buy shares of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)?" Robert Hagstrom, one of the world's foremost investing experts an...

Rate Book Review: The Dhandho Investor by Monish Pabrai

Original at Blogging Stocks external link    Wed, May 9

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By Zac Bissonnette Dhandho, a Gujarati word derived from Sanskrit, is literally translated as "endeavors that create wealth" and Pabrai encourages investors to invest like the Patels (Asian Indians from southern Gujarat -- 1 in 500 Americans is a Patel) did to gain ownership of more than half of the hotel...

Rate Serious Money: GE, JNJ, PG, PEP or index funds?

Original at BloggingStocks external link    Thu, Mar 22

By Sheldon Liber The question is whether investors are better off buying into a few broadly held index funds or better off holding a few dividend paying large cap stocks? I am a firm believer in keeping at least half of the money you save, invested in the stock market, placed in indexed mutual funds, or excha...

Year 2006

 

Rate Tony Dokoupil: The Buffett Bequest: Pressing The $30 Billion Issue

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sat, Jul 8

News coverage of Warren Buffett's $30 billion gift to the Gates Foundation left the impression that the record-setting donation was an open-shut feel-good story. After all, what evil could come from the world's second richest man pledging over three-quarters of his wealth to fight pre...

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