Warren Buffett just crushed Bill Ackman's dream deal
Warren Buffett — billionaire investor, philanthropist, Bill Ackman dream-crusher.Last week The Wall Street Journal reported that Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square, had taken a $5.5 billion stake in...
View ArticleHow Warren Buffett avoids major bear markets
A year ago, I wrote a post called, “how to time the market like Warren Buffett,” in which I proposed a very simple market timing method inspired by this passage from the Oracle of Omaha’s 1992 letter...
View ArticleWarren Buffett is making a long-term bet with his new mega-deal
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Warren Buffett’s $32.3 billion deal for Precision Castparts Corp <PCP.N> shows his willingness to overlook repeated operational stumbles at the company to place a long-term...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's new acquisition might have a pension problem
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growing pension obligations at Precision Castparts Corp, which Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy for $32 billion, highlight an issue that large U.S. corporations still face,...
View ArticleS&P to Warren Buffett: We're watching you (BRK.A, BRK.B, PCP)
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's is watching Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. In a statement on Tuesday, S&P said that it is placing Berkshire on CreditWatch Negative following its...
View ArticleA trader in Pennsylvania allegedly made millions in a huge insider trading...
More than 30 defendants were today named in criminal and civil cases over alleged hacking and insider trading.Only one appears to have a background on Wall Street — Vitaly Korchevsky.The 49-year old...
View ArticleHow rich Warren Buffett was at your age
Billionaire Warren Buffett is known as one of the richest investors in the world, with a net worth that seems to grow by the day. But the "Oracle of Omaha" wasn't always as filthy rich as he is...
View ArticleThe bond markets are getting stampeded by elephant deals (cvs, brk.a, brk.b,...
This is one of the best years ever for mergers and acquisitions, and Wall Street's biggest firms have been losing market share to tiny upstarts like Centerview Partners and Zaoui & Co.But there's...
View ArticleAlphabet is a 'venture capital firm in Warren Buffett's clothing'
Google’s surprise move this week to restructure under a holding company called Alphabet Inc. has largely been viewed as a positive on Wall Street. But although the tech giant’s new look is drawing...
View ArticleDonald Trump mentioned 'terrific' Warren Buffett when he was asked about...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would want America's "greatest minds" to serve in his administration, the real-estate tycoon explained in an interview that aired Wednesday night.Trump...
View ArticleHow two of history's greatest investors handle losses
It’s been a tough month for investors. As of yesterday, roughly half of the stocks in the S&P 500 have fallen into bear markets, with declines greater than 20%. International stock markets have...
View ArticleA hedge fund likely made a killing investing in a company right before Warren...
Hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners most likely made a killing on an investment in a company that Warren Buffett just acquired in a $37.2 billion megadeal.According to Jana's 13F...
View ArticleWarren Buffett just signaled he's got another big investment in the works
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said it boosted its stake in cable TV operator Charter Communications Corp, and signaled it may have another large investment planned after agreeing...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's favorite valuation measure says stocks are overvalued
After enjoying six years of strong returns from equity markets, increasing numbers of professional investors are becoming more bearish and taking money off the table.Should British investors follow...
View ArticleHere is how Warren Buffett turned a $5 billion dollar investment into $12.2...
At the low point of Bank of America's post-financial crisis struggles, Warren Buffett became its biggest advocate by investing $5 billion of Berkshire Hathaway's money into the nation's second biggest...
View ArticleThese billionaires just made massive bets on gold and airlines
I always advise investors to follow the smart money, and two people high on the list are Stanley Druckenmiller and Warren Buffett.Second-quarter regulatory filings show that Stanley Druckenmiller, the...
View Article31 years ago, Warren Buffett revealed the secret to investing and correctly...
In May 1984, Warren Buffett laid out everything you need to know about his investing philosophy.In a speech at Columbia Business School, later adapted into an essay, Buffett introduced what he called,...
View ArticleThe most successful investors leave their money alone
Legendary investor Warren Buffett is known for advising others to hold a conservative portfolio."My advice to the trustee could not be more simple: Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds...
View ArticleIf Donald Trump were a stock ...
Two months ago, when Donald Trump rode the Trump Tower escalator to the podium where he announced his presidential candidacy, he insulted American politicians in language a 5-year-old would understand....
View ArticleWarren Buffett just disclosed his newest $4.5 billion investment pick (PSX)
On Friday evening, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the founder of Berkshire Hathaway, disclosed that he had purchased a massive stake in oil refinery Phillips 66 (PSX).Buffett now owns 57,975,456...
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