Hedge Fund Legend Seth Klarman Follows The 'Football Field' And 'Wall Street...
Some wonderful individual just posted a video of an old Seth Klarman talk at Harvard Business School, and its chock full of wisdom (h/t @vitaliyk). Klarman told the (likely) eager students that he...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Was On CNBC This Morning (BRK)
Warren Buffett is appearing on CNBC. We'll be following him live. If nothing else, just because of the breadth of his holdings, he has a great perch from which to view the global economy. Click here...
View ArticleHere's Why Billionaire Philanthropy Won't Always Serve Consumers' Best...
What would you do with $1 billion dollars? Aside from upgrading your home and car and finally paying off those debts, you could make a huge effect on many of the world’s problems. From addressing...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Just Made A Huge Bet On The US Housing Market (BRK, A, BRK, B)
Perhaps the most bullish indicator for U.S. housing is Warren Buffett.The legendary investor has been buying up real-estate brokerages around the country as he bets on a housing turnaround. Now, he is...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway Announces Earnings Today — Here's What To Expect
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is poised to report its biggest year-over-year increase in book value per share since 2010 on gains from investments, operating-business earnings and...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Lost $534 Million On His Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction...
UPDATE: A third paragraph has been added to explain how the options work.Berkshire Hathaway's Q3 earnings are out. The company run by Warren Buffett earned $3.92 billion or $2,373 per share, up from...
View ArticleWarren Buffett And Jack Welch Just Had A Bizarre Exchange On CNBC
Warren Buffett just saw Jack Welch on CNBC and decided to call in to the show.He and Welch had an odd exchange on the phone:BUFFETT: Jack, our shoe companies – sales have been a little slow – and I...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Just Revealed A Big Stake In Farm Equipment Maker Deere (DE)
(Updates with additions of Wabco, Precision Castparts stakes in the fifth paragraph.)Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a stake in Deere & Co. as billionaire Chairman Warren...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Explains Why He Isn't Freaking Out About The Fiscal Cliff
The CBO has issued a report that says the U.S. would go back into a recession if it were to go over the fiscal cliff – over $600 billion in tax and spending provisions set to change on January 1,...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of The Office Warren Buffett's Been Working In For 50 Years
This week, investment firms filed their 13F forms and disclosed their long positions in stocks.And as usual, one of the most anticipated 13F belonged to the Oracle of Omaha, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren...
View ArticleWARREN BUFFETT TELLS GROVER NORQUIST: Here's The Thing You Don't Get About...
Warren Buffett is out with a NYT op-ed calling for a minimum tax on the rich.We'll get to his specifics in a second, but the part that will get the most attention is his intro, where he calls out...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's Plan To Raise Taxes On The Rich Is Smart, Fair, And Reasonable
Ask any non-partisan economist how this country can begin to address its debt and deficit problem, and the answer is "raise taxes and cut spending."Not raise taxes OR cut spending.Raise taxes AND cut...
View ArticleGREG MANKIW: Warren Buffett Doesn't Tell You About How He's A Master Of Tax...
In a NYT Op-Ed today, Warren Buffett argued that the rich should pay a certain minimum tax, and he explained to activist Grover Norquist that it's preposterous to think that businessmen would forgo...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Thinks Jamie Dimon Would Be The 'Best Person' For Treasury...
Tim Geithner is leaving at the end of Obama's first term so the speculation for who will be the next Treasury Secretary is running hot.Billionaire Warren Buffett has just thrown his pick out. He told...
View ArticleJon Stewart Called Warren Buffett One Of The 'Nicest Communists' You'll Ever...
Billionaire Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Fortune's Carol Loomis, the author of "Tap Dancing to Work," were on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" last night. Admittedly, we thought the...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Isn't Worried About The Fiscal Cliff
Billionaire Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" moments ago.He came on with Fortune magazine's Carol Loomis to talk about her new book "Tap Dancing to Work,"...
View ArticleLeBron James Apparently Sends His Financial Statements To Warren Buffett...
LeBron James and Warren Buffett exchange e-mails from time to time, and apparently LeBron sends him financial statements once in awhile, he told Lee Jenkins in a big Sports Illustrated profile this...
View ArticleThe Head Of One Of Warren Buffett’s Subsidiaries Sees Higher Gold Prices
Gold fell to its lowest point in a month on Tuesday, briefly touching $1,700/oz after a drop below $1,710/oz triggered some technical selling. Investors with a longer time horizon continue to...
View ArticleWarren Buffett And George Soros Are Pushing For Another Tax Increase, But No...
As the fiscal debate focuses on whether to raise the federal income tax rates for the top 2 percent of Americans, other possible tax increases have taken a backseat in the debate. But a group of...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Cranks Up The Price Limit For Buying Back Berkshire Stock...
Shares of Berkshire Hathaway were halted for news pending, CNBC reported. The news is Berkshire has purchased 9,200 of its Class A at $131,000 per share from the estate of a long-time shareholder, the...
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