The
10 most dominant Warren Buffett stocks - 24/7 Wall Street, 20 August
2014
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. recently released its latest changes to the
company's public equity holdings, as of June 30, 2014. What stood out the most
was just how large some of the stakes have gotten compared to the total Buffett
portfolio.
Berkshire
Hathaway buys Charter Communications, IBM, Verizon, sells
ConocoPhillips - GuruFocus, 15 August 2014
As Berkshire
Hathaway stock trades past $200,000 a share, it reported its second quarter
portfolio. Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) and his CIOs buys Charter
Communications Inc, IBM, Verizon Communications Inc, Suncor Energy Inc, USG
Corp, Liberty Global PLC, sells Graham Holdings Co, DirecTV, ConocoPhillips,
Phillips 66, Liberty Media Corporation, National Oilwell Varco Inc, Starz during
the 3-months ended 06/30/2014, according to the most recent filings of his
investment company, Berkshire Hathaway.
Warren
Buffett buys more GM stock - CNN Money, 15 August 2014
Investing legend Warren Buffett's faith in General Motors has not been
shaken. Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) bought nearly 3
million shares of GM (GM) during the second quarter, according to a regulatory
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Major
Portfolio changes for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway - 24/7
Wall St, 14 August 2014
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. released its public
equity holdings as of June 30, 2014. Warren Buffett's different portfolio
holdings have not been changing much of late, but it turns out that many of the
stakes were changed – some changes were substantial.
Warren
Buffett's Berkshire increases stake in Verisign - GuruFocus, 04
August 2014
Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio)'s company Berkshire
Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) has increased his holding of Verisign (VRSN), according
to GuruFocus Real Time Picks.
Warren
Buffett's billion-dollar gift that keeps on giving - The Motley Fool,
26 July 2014
Warren Buffett has a business that has made him billions
throughout the years, but the surprising secret to its success is simple.
Berkshire Hathaway fully acquired Geico in 1996, but Buffett's history with the
insurer dates long before that.
Canada
approves Berkshire buy of SNC-Lavalin's AltaLink - Bloomberg, 26 July
2014
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A)'s energy unit won Canadian approval
for its planned purchase of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.'s AltaLink electric
transmission business after committing to reinvesting in the country.
Warren
Buffett's retail conundrum proves profitable in 2014 - Seeking Alpha,
24 July 2014
Pure retail companies have never been sweet spots for the
famed investor Warren Buffett and make up a very small part of Berkshire
Hathaway's portfolio. |
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What
will become of Berkshire Hathaway beyond Buffett? - Investopedia, 21
August 2014
For a rumpled octogenarian who lives relatively modestly,
offering few ostentatious displays of his incomprehensible wealth, Warren
Buffett sure gets more than his share of media exposure.
The
Warren Buffett guide to making money - Yahoo Finance, 19 August
2014
I once went to a Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. I met a guy who
told me how in 1976 he bought 200 shares. "After a year the stock had doubled so
I decided to take some profits off the table. I sold 100 shares and started a
restaurant and ran that for the next 30 years," he said. "Made a decent
living."
Even
Warren Buffett gets killed in the Stock Market - Yahoo Finance, 15
August 2014
Yesterday Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock price
broke $200,000. Buffett's performance over the years is an amazing feat. Since
1980, when the price was in the $200-300 range, the stock has compounded at an
annual rate of 21% per year. That's good enough to double your money every
three-and-a-half years.
Why
Warren Buffett never split Berkshire's Stock - MoneyBeat, 14 August
2014
One share of Berkshire Hathaway's Class A stock is so expensive
that it could pay for an entire college education. Or two houses in Omaha, Neb.
Or roughly 40,000 large Blizzards at Berkshire-owned Dairy Queen. So why on
earth hasn't Warren Buffett split his company's stock?
2
Things about Warren Buffett every Investor should know right now -
StockTwits, 13 August 2014
Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire
Hathaway are, arguably, having their most success ever. To see why, just take a
quick look at the 2 facts compiled below:
Is
Warren Buffett signalling lower rates of return for stocks? - Forbes,
11 August 2014
Berkshire Hathaway reported its June quarter results and
the balance sheet showed that it's Insurance and other cash balance had grown
from $42.4 billion in December 2013 and $42.2 billion in March to $49.2 billion
in June.
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lessons from Warren Buffett's biggest quarter ever - Yahoo Finance,
04 August 2014
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) reported its biggest quarterly
earnings haul ever after the bell on Friday. Warren Buffett's masterpiece of
capitalism reported profits up 41% to $6.4 billion. If Berkshire's annual
letters are 50 Shades of Financial Grey for the masses the 10Qs are like a peek
in the Marquis de Sade's private diary.
Warren
Buffett's biggest mistake changed his life - The Motley Fool, 27 July
2014
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have piloted Berkshire Hathaway
to a market-crushing performance over the years. As veteran Berkshire watchers
know very well, there's no big secret to this dynamic duo's success.
This
man will not destroy Warren Buffett's Empire Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- The Motley Fool, 23 July 2014
Replacing Warren Buffett atop Berkshire
Hathaway will be no easy task once the 83-year old billionaire is out of the
picture. While debate rages on over who should replace the Oracle of Omaha as
CEO, Buffett has made it clear that he'd like to see his son, Howard, step as a
non-executive chairman of the board. Will this mark the beginning of the end of
Berkshire Hathaway's greatness?
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Philanthropic efforts of Warren Buffett and his fellow Titans -
Benzinga, 22 July 2014
Billionaire Warren Buffett's latest gift of
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) stock worth more than $2.8 billion to several
charities represents merely the tip of a "titan charitable iceberg."
The
1 thing you need to make money in the Stock Market like Warren
Buffett - The Motley Fool, 22 July 2014
As usual, this year's
Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting offered a treasure trove of investing
knowledge. There were so many investors absorbing teachings from Warren Buffett
and Charlie Munger and exchanging ideas that I'm quite sure even passing
motorists outside Omaha's CenturyLink Centre felt a little smarter.
Crony
Capitalism and the Oracle of Omaha - Yahoo Finance, 21 July 2014
I am back from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, and
my brain is still spinning from the dozens of meetings and stimulating
conversations. In a series of articles over the next few weeks, I'll try to
download the thoughts that were triggered by this trip, a lot of them unrelated
to the main event — the Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger show — but rather
by-products of the conversations I had.
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A
look at Berkshire Hathaway's many Components - Investopedia, 21
August 2014
Generally speaking, it's easy to summarize what each of the
largest corporations in existence do. "Banking," "retail," "car manufacturing,"
et al. And then there's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A), a company so
heterogeneous its activities can be hard to describe succinctly.
Warren
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to pay $896,000 civil penalty on Antitrust
Issue - The Wall Street Journal, 20 August 2014
Warren
Buffett's crisis-era investments made him a fortune, but one resulted in a small
black eye for the billionaire investor as well.
Fund
manager sells Berkshire shares due to Buffett's inaction on Coca-Cola
- Reuters, 15 August 2014
Fund manager David Winters has sold his shares
in Berkshire Hathaway Inc, citing Chairman Warren Buffett's inaction on
Coca-Cola Co's equity plan.
Berkshire
Hathaway is breaking out...bad news for stocks? - Yahoo Finance, 14
August 2014
Sounds crazy, I know — that a stock breaking out might be
sending a bearish signal for the stock market. It probably sounds particularly
heretical on a day that Berkshire Hathaway A shares cross above $200,000 for the
first time.
Warren
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has the most cash in America - The
Street, 04 August 2014
As of the middle of this year, Berkshire Hathaway
(BRK.A_) had the most cash located in the U.S. of any corporation based in this
country, surpassing both Apple (AAPL_) and Verizon (VZ_). The data, while it
comes with a few caveats, makes clear that Berkshire's Warren Buffett may be in
the strongest position of any U.S. chief executive to make another big bet,
presumably on the U.S. economy.
Highly
paid CEOs like Warren Buffett may be worth every million - The
Street, 03 August 2014
The question of whether a CEO is worth the price
a company pays often boils down to measurable factors, like stock price. But
that salary might also be worth it for other, less tangible reasons.
Berkshire
Hathaway profit rides Bull Market, but Book Value Premium now 33% -
24/7 Wall St., 02 August 2014
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has released its
second-quarter earnings report. Recall, though, that Warren Buffett and his team
never really worry about quarterly reports, and they warn investors that their
earnings in any given period could be made to look much better or much worse
because of how many operational gains and losses could be moved around.
Berkshire
profit jumps 41% to record on Buffett's bets - Bloomberg, 01 August
2014
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) said
second-quarter profit rose 41 percent to a record on investments, including a
gain tied to the exit of most of his stake in the former publisher of the
Washington Post.
Why
Warren Buffett wouldn't touch J.C. Penney Stock - The Motley Fool, 27
July 2014
There's a very good reason why J.C. Penney and other
"turnaround" stocks have not found their way into Berkshire Hathaway's
portfolio. After a few disappointing experiences with struggling businesses
early in his career, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett realized that
investing in turnarounds was just a waste of energy.
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