The Three Kinds Of People Who Hate Warren Buffett
I've had a few skirmishes this week re: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (full disclosure: I am long the stock for clients and personal accounts).It's always amusing to me to hear people who've...
View Article9 Signs That Americans Will See Solar Power Everywhere Within The Decade
Last week, Massachusetts announced it had reached its goal of obtaining 250 megawatts of power — enough to power multiple mid-sized cities — four years early.It's another sign that, as we've...
View ArticleWARREN BUFFETT TO WOMEN: Stop Holding Yourself Back
Warren Buffett is a big fan of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's book, "Lean In."It inspired his recent column in Fortune, where he wrote, "we've seen what can be accomplished when we use 50% of our human...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Shared Some Great Career Advice For Millennials
Warren Buffett served as a mentor to young professionals yesterday during an "Office Hours" session with Levo League, a networking and career advice site. During the live stream video chat, the...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Is Making A $1.9 Billion Bet On Wind
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's largest energy company announced plans Wednesday to spend $1.9 billion to install hundreds of wind turbines by the end of 2015, marking what the governor described as the...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Raised His Bets On Wal-Mart And Wells Fargo (WMT, WF, GD, ADM)
Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffet, just filed its latest 13-F.Among other things, Berkshire raised its bet on Wells Fargo (bought 18.3 million shares), Walmart...
View ArticleS&P DOWNGRADES WARREN BUFFETT
S&P has just downgraded the credit rating of Berkshire Hathaway to AA from AA+*.Berkshire Hathaway is the financial and industrial conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett."The lower credit...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Will Serve You Ice Cream Today
As you may know, Warren Buffett loves all things American as apple pie.You may also know that his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns Dairy Queen — not quite apple pie, but close.That is why, if...
View Article7 Easy Steps To Investing Like Warren Buffett
Who doesn’t want to invest like Warren Buffett? It’s easier than you think. You just have to follow these 7 easy steps:1) Talk all sorts of smack about hedge funds but first spend the initial 10...
View ArticleA 7-Point Answer To All The Buffett Haters Out There
My friend and blogger colleague Cullen Roche at Pragmatic Capital posted a 7-point takedown of the deification of Berkshire Hathaway. It is a tongue-in-cheek post ostensibly teaching the reader "7 Easy...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Discusses The Stock Market's Predictive Power In This Brief...
Warren Buffett will tell you that his investment career began in the 1940s when he bought shares in a company as an 11-year.However, there isn't much footage of the Oracle of Omaha available before the...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Is Buying A Big Utility Company
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy is buying Nevada-based NV energy for $10 billion, according to Benziga.NV provides 1.3 million Nevada residents with electric and natural gas.MidAmerican will...
View Article4 Steps To Getting Rich From Warren Buffett's Right-Hand Man
Charlie Munger is best known as the second-in-command behind Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B).He's also a world-class billionaire investor in his own right, capable of similar...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Shelves Plans To Build A Nuclear Plant
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy utility developer is shelving plans to build a nuclear plant in Iowa, the Des Moines register's Perry Beeman and William Petroski report.The modular design of the...
View ArticleThis 28-Year-Old Woman Is Being Groomed For Leadership By Warren Buffett
Plucked from obscurity, 28-year-old Tracy Britt has become Warren Buffett's right hand woman.She may be five decades younger than her boss, but the Kansas-born, Harvard M.B.A. has climbed the ladder at...
View ArticleIt's Easier To Be Warren Buffett Now Than It Ever Was
Warren Buffett is a value investor.That means he goes through companies with a fine-toothed comb before he decides to make a big investment in them. It's like detective work, and the investor (may or...
View ArticleBill Gates Had A Newspaper Throwing Contest With Warren Buffett Last Month...
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have been buddies for more than two decades.When you've been friends that long, you're going to relax and have fun whenever you get together, right? At Berkshire...
View ArticleWarren Buffett's Mentor Was A Crappy Hedge Fund Manager
Jack Bogle, the outspoken godfather of index funds and passive investing strategies, didn't approve of a recent Wall Street Journal article defending hedge funds.In particular, he took issue with the...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Looked Super Pumped At the 'Breaking Bad' Premier Last Night
Warren Buffett dropped in on the New York premiere of Breaking Bad's final season last night, walking the red carpet and posing for photos with actor Aaron Paul.Buffett told a Buzzfeed reporter that...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway Earnings Beats Estimates By $218 Per Share
Berkshire Hathaway's Q2 financial results are out.Operating earnings came in at $2,384 per share. This is up 5.8% year-over-year.This was also well ahead of the $2,166 per share forecasted by analysts...
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