Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, gives the big picture view of some of his investment mistakes.
Warren Buffett says he thinks Apple’s management has done a great job and he would side with them against activist investor Carl Icahn’s call for a big stock buyback. “I just wish I’d bought the stock years ago,” he joked.
speaking of investors, let’s see a what carl has been saying to apple. what do you think about his requests or demands to buy back the incredibly large church of stock? the apple management did a nice job running the company. i wish i bought the stock years ago. i did advise the stock years ago. they’ve got a lot of money that’s not trapped over seas. they’d have to pay a big tax to bring it back. they hope for free trade at some point so they won’t have to pay the tax. carl is suggesting they borrow money to buy back the big chunk of stocks. companies have done that including coca-cola. they’re buying in stock. i’ve got — i think the apple management and directors have done a good job running the company. i vote with them. versus what carl is saying? i do not think that companies should be run primarily to please wall street and largely shareholders going to sale.
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, says he has no idea when the Fed will begin to taper, and even if Congress comes to a resolution today, people’s opinion of Congress still will have diminished.
do you agree with that opinion. i have no idea. the economy has been getting better. how they make a decision on whether to pull back — it doesn’t enter into my thinking. i’ll put it that way. ben bernanke did make comments after the last fed meeting and said the trouble in washington was the reason they were standing pass for now. obviously he was right. look at what happened since then. at this point you try to figure out what pd in washington will have a serious impact on the economy. you haven’t seen it in ub ins, but what’s your guest in terms of if we were to get a resolution by the end of the week, how big the impact would be on the economy? if they get a resolution today, i think opinion of congress still will have diminished significantly. i don’t think that will change the world or certainly won’t change the people’s feeling about the reserved currency. what would do the job, both parties say this is a weapon of mass destruction. we’re not going to use it. we’ll fight in trenches but not going to blow up the world to get our way. that doesn’t sound like conventionalism in washington.
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discusses the multiple connections Berkshire Hathaway has with JC Penney and the retailer’s efforts to turnaround the company.
sflieth. supplier in many respects. fruit of a loom. and also supply jewelry to them. there’s a lot of questions about the health of the company. you as a former retailer yourself in the department store and now somebody that has a lot of retail business, you’ve been watching this. what do you think about what’s been happening? it’s very tough. the trouble with retailing is the competitor is always moving. getting your act together which they’re doing is important. at the same time all others keep moving. it’s just very tough. i have this huge rooting interest. i worked there when i was 16 selling shirts $1.98. i sold men’s clothing, childrens and i loved it. i have always loved the company. it’s tough to run it. of course when you have to do something like selling out whether 38% or a large number of shares it makes it very tough. coming from behind in retail is very tough.
It’s how the money is spent that counts, says Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, sharing his views on the difficulties and motives behind charitable giving.
