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Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross talks about fiscal negotiations in Washington and the potential impact on investment strategy. Ross speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg) 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” talks with CNBC’s John Carney to discuss what he is seeing now. He also discusses his upcoming book, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (must see related post, Reformed Broker: Retraction re: Antifragile Parody) H/T Value Investing World Transcript: kayla, thank you. nassim taleb spotted the financial crisis of 2008 before anybody else did. he is the author of the black swan, it was a groundbreaking look at highly improbable events with massive repercussions. his new book is called antifragile — things that gain from disorder. it is nice to have you back with us. pleasure to see you. thanks. very honored. tell me what antifragile is. what does it mean? all right. when you ask people what’s the opposite of fragile, they’re going to tell you solid, robust, resilient, adaptable, all that stuff. it’s not true. antifragile is something that gains from disorder, not something that’s safe. something that requires disorder, requires volatility, requires vulnerability, requires some kind of stress — up to a point, of course. can you give us an example of what sort of things are fraent fragile. i started my life as an option trader. for a long time i thought of
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Warren Buffett & Carol Loomis on the Daily Show Part I. Carol Loomis collected over 40 years’ worth of Warren Buffett’s stray thoughts for her book,Tap Dancing to Work WARREN BUFFETT on Practically Everything, 1966-2012: A Fortune Magazine Book (TAP DANCING TO WORK). The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Warren Buffett & Carol Loomis Pt. 2 Warren Buffett and Carol Loomis explain how those catching the financial crumbs falling off the American economic table can make a lot of money. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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In this “Squawk Box” excerpt, Warren Buffett tells Becky Quick there’s “no question” the global economy is slowing down, but the U.S. is “inching along” as the U.S. residential housing market starts to improve. Transcript: but i think that there’s no question that worldwide there is some slowing downgoing on. and in the united states, actually residential housing is picking up and we’ve been waiting for that for a long time. and it hasn’t gotten to any big level yet. but our carpet businesses and brick businesses and all of that will come on with residential construction. and that has turned. and the general economy, i think it’s better than the u.s., certainly better in the u.s. than it is in europe. and in terms of the rate of decline in asia, it’s reasonably and we’re still inching ahead, but it’s inching. when did you first start to notice this global decline? this global slowdown? well, we’ve had a couple of companies that really are kind of realtime as to what’s going on. the number one, they sell these little tiny punching tools or cutting tools and they fit in these huge machine tools, cost millions of dollars. anybody turning
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Bloomberg’s Dominic Chu reports that Bruce Berkowitz’s Fairholme Fund is poised to post its best year in a decade, led by the rebound of financial firms that fueled what he called a “horrible” 2011. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.” 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Super investor Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks with TODAY’s Matt Lauer about Cyber Monday sales figures, consumer confidence and the future of the American economy. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Mario Gabelli, GAMCO Investors CEO & CIO, reveals the best way to find value investments as the “fiscal cliff” approaches. Transcript: i lost them all a long time ago. in that framework, here’s acompany that was plodding along. they’re buying back stocks,things are starting to get brighter. and so what’s the value of thecompany if someone takes it up? an analyst whose name i forgot on the conference call, the earnings release just yesterday asked them a question. are you going to stop justbuying back stock are you going to do something significant?are you going to split the company into three parts? how do we make money in the market? i thought there was a third reason for patterson dental. well, they have stuff like products for aging for rehab. you need knees, you need a hip. they do that too. no, they sell the components that you go in and get supplies. so if you want to do a therapy. when you say companion pets, you mean cats and dogs. well, we leave that out. i talked to some of my fish. you do a lot. i do. but 80 million cats and 80 million dogs, that’s 160 million of those. that’s pretty significant. it is.believe me. so as a result of that. and you’re spending more money and the growth rate of that market. these are hidden markets. we like to talk about housing, autos, we can talk about
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An outlook on the markets ahead of a “fiscal cliff” solution, with Daniel Stecich, TJM Institutional Services, and Mario Gabelli, GAMCO Investors CEO & CIO. Transcript: right now we have daniel from tjm institute. we’ve been watching what happens with the futures every day. a lot of concerns about the fiscal cliff, is that the biggest issue driving things right now? the fiscal cliff is the driving issue right now. a little fear from europe. the market came off. that is in the background. as long as we’re seeing things move forward, but not negative on the fiscal cliff, i think you’ll see the market bounce against this 87 and 90 level. any hint of a compromise, yo ur you’re going to break the 1,400 level. okay. 20 to 22 area. every time these talks come in, though, we know it’s going to be a lot of turbulence between now and let’s say the middle of december or some time, tht’d be the earliest. are you following every single trade? are you thinking eventually there’ll be a deal that gets done? i think eventually there will be a deal that gets done. and i kind of like the fact it’s been quiet lately because itmeans — it seems to me that means they’re working atsomething. you’re not going to get a grand compromise early on, t you’re going to get something reasonably substantial. and next year when we have the new congress, things will
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Mario Gabelli, GAMCO Investors CEO & CIO, takes a look at several small cap stocks with the “Squawk Box” crew. Transcript: let’s get back to our guest host, mario gabelli. you have close to ten stocks? taxes are coming down and it will help domestic small cap stocks. secondly, companies will want to grow, so what will they buy? pep boys, stock is $10, superior industry that sells aluminum wheels. sup? a smart balance becausegluten-free – that was smart balance. smart ball, smbl. in addition to thisher broadcasting, i paid $10, the stock is $25. i think they’re worth $40? what’s the name? fisher broadcasting in seattle. hillshire – you’re repeating. different audience, darling. you keep interrupting me. you must own a lot becauseyou’ve mentioned that twice. no, i own sara lee and i’ve owned it for four years. bonda – no, small caps. a couple of companies in the health care area. endo pharma, a company – endo pharma? e-n-d-o? booze companies, larger which will be taken over. beam, which was a spinoff from fortune brands, home and hardware. i brought you a bottle. home and hardware, there you have a long, long traction with regards to housing.anyone that sells to housing will do extraordinarily well. i said you and your stocks – gff – you and your stocks have a lot in common. you’re both extraordinarily cheap. they make doors for garages, joe. which one? you aren’t listening? i know. gff, griffin. they did a lousy acquisition – gff. gff, garage doors. i got it. are they going to
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Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, explains why the market could go higher next year, he thinks that it could hit 17,000. I like Siegel’s book and highly recommend it (Stocks for the Long Run), but this guy just spews out random crazy numbers, which are always bullish. Below he says in another video that the Dow will rise 1,000 points if the Fiscal cliff is resolved, I do not know where he comes up with these numbers. Videos are embedded below: Siegel: Dow Could Jump 1,000 Points on ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Deal 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross talks about the outlook for an agreement to avert the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff and Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s loss in the U.S. presidential election. Ross speaks with Trish Regan and Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg) 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss Our Top Stories'
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