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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) plans to spend $3.9 billion on network upgrades this year. The railroad, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., says that its capital spending plan is an increase of $400 million over its
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Debbie Bosanek represents “average” income taxes paid in Buffett’s office. Warren Buffett and Debbie talk about taxes in this ABC interview.
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…Housing has been under a lot of stress but there are some emerging signs of optimism, says Ronald Peltier, HomeServices of America CEO. Home Services of America is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
Highlights:
Ronald is very bullish
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…Todd Combs, Warren Buffett’s apprentice stock picker at Berkshire Hathaway Inc., posted gains on his first equity bets at the company by buying when markets fell and increasing stakes in investments that declined.
Purchases of seven stocks by Mr. Combs
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…A well-respected value investor buys an old American company in decline, promising to restore its fortunes. Alas, the recovery never comes. The industry’s economics have changed, and the company can’t compete with younger, nimbler rivals. It ceases operations, but the
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Among investors, there are few prizes more coveted than the opportunity to
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ask Warren Buffett a question at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting. But this year, Fidelity Investments mysteriously claimed more than its fair share.
Turns out, it was no
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This write-up is ‘pre-Sears’, it is a clear reference to Bruce Berkowitz.
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Below we illustrate by example. This is a genuine portfolio from a big-name fund manager with a fantastic reputation whom politeness (and bad karma) prevents us from naming.
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…Here is how Hatheway frames the end of the world:
The unfolding Eurozone crisis is not something to be taken lightly. The consequences of policy action are material, not just for the 330-odd million residents of the Euro area, but
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…Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported very strong Q3 earnings after the close yesterday (attached are the earnings release and 10Q). Here are the highlights:
· Operating earnings were up 37% to $3.8 billion, driven by a huge gain in
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By: Chuck Carnevale, F.A.S.T. Graphs, Inc.…
There’s certainly no shortage of pundits, prognosticators and even self-proclaimed prophets ready and willing to bombard us with dire forecasts about our future. We get a day in the market like Monday, August 8,
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…I was going to talk about what do when the market crashes, but since the market is up today I will hold off on it. My friend writes this occasional email on his thoughts about the economy, great links etc.
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By Greg Speicher…
The June 30, 2011 edition of Value Investor Insight includes an interview with Tom Gayner, the president and chief investment officer of Markel Corporation (MKL). Gayner is a highly respected value investor.
In the interview, Gayner explains
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…Warren Buffett was on CNBC yesterday, today he was on Bloomberg TV.
Buffett is bullish on the economy and thinks there is a good chance that when residential construction comes back, there will be robust job growth. Warren Buffett agrees
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…The title is very provocative. Warren Buffett is known as one of the greatest investors of today and maybe the best ever. Buffett is also a very famous personality. Seth Klarman and Joel Greenblatt are both phenomenal investors who are
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…Li Lu’s lecture at Columbia university was recently posted on the site by Ravi or rationalwalk and myself. It turns out Li Lu recently gave another lecture at Columbia in April 2010. Thanks to my friend David Hui Lau of
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