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Warren Buffett's Acquisitions

Warren Buffett Watch: Duracell deal ups profile of tax benefit - Omaha.com, 25 January 2015 Finance-watcher Allan Sloan analysed Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s pending Procter & Gamble/Duracell deal for the Washington Post and said it uses a once-minor tax loophole known as a "cash-rich split-off" that has become big enough to make him "sit up and pay serious attention." Warren Buffett Bets on these top Stocks for 2015 - The Motley Fool, 24 January 2015 The New Year is here, and Warren Buffett has more than $35 billion staked in three companies that are household names. Recovery in Tesco shares rubs salt in Warren Buffett's £422m wound - This is Money, 24 January 2015 Warren Buffett may be known as the 'Sage of Omaha'. But he appears to have been stumped by the seismic shifts in the UK grocery market – and by one Hertfordshire-based supermarket in particular. IBM is giving Warren Buffett another bad day - CNBC, 21 January 2015 Warren Buffett had a couple of billion-dollar loser days in October, and so far January isn't doing him any favours either. IBM's 3.6 percent drop in early trading Wednesday cost the "Oracle of Omaha" some $397 million, based on his 70,478,012 shares as of September 30. (His end-of-year holdings won't be public until mid-February). Short Sellers change bets against Top Warren Buffett Stocks - 24/7 Wall St, 13 January 2015 Everyone seems to still be enamoured with Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Unfortunately, the Oracle of Omaha and his top trading professionals have come under at least some scrutiny of late over their top investment choices. Time has historically been on Buffett's side. Buffett's MidAmerican to complete Iowa wind project by Year-End - Bloomberg, 13 January 2015 MidAmerican Energy Co., a utility unit at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), expects to complete the 1,050-megawatt Wind VIII development in Iowa this year after finishing three of five wind farms in the fourth quarter. BNSF Railway re-evaluates plan for safer cars amid client talks - Bloomberg, 11 January 2015 BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), is reconsidering a plan to buy 5,000 oil-tank cars built to new safety standards after some customers voiced concern about the initiative. Berkshire soars as Buffett shifts focus to Takeovers - Bloomberg, 5 January 2015 Warren Buffett said last year that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A)'s future will be about buying big businesses and expanding them over time. As he celebrates his golden anniversary running the company, investors are rallying behind the idea.

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40 Bucks to $10 million: What Warren Buffett can teach you - Daily Finance, 23 January 2015 You've probably seen the headline -- "Warren Buffett Tells You How to turn $40 into $10 Million." Who can resist a story about the legendary investor telling you how to turn what is basically pocket change into a multimillion-dollar fortune? Warren Buffett's 3 words of Advice to make Investors rich - Business Insider, 21 January 2015 Warren Buffett has lots of advice for investors, and it comes down to this: Get over yourself. Stop thinking that there's a magical secret formula for making tons of money overnight, and that you can discover it because you're smarter than any other investor out there. Warren Buffett: Should the Oracle of Omaha stop picking stocks? - Yahoo Finance, 20 January 2015 Stocks are looking a wee bit higher as we roll into the meat of earnings season. Friday's rally took us right back into the wide trading range on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) but could not save us from another drop on the week. So far this year the index for grown-ups is down 1.92%. How the Wisdom of Warren Buffett can save you a Fortune in Credit Card Costs - US News, 19 January 2015 Who doesn't listen to Warren Buffett? The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is the most iconic investor of all time and has been enormously influential for decades. Warren Buffett Watch: Berkshire meeting to offer anniversary book, more time for sales - Omaha.com, 18 January 2015 Good news for shareholders who shop at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s annual meeting. For the first time, the exhibition hall at the CenturyLink Center Omaha will be open for business on the Friday afternoon before the meeting, as well as during the Saturday meeting on May 2. EXCLUSIVE: Warren Buffett reveals what he'd do with his last $20K - Benzinga, 13 January 2015 Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B), was in Detroit last month. The billionaire sat down with Quicken Loans Chairman and Founder Dan Gilbert, along with President and Chief Marketing Officer Jay Farner, for an hour-long chat. Warren Buffett's Successors got 2014 all wrong - Business Insider, 13 January 2015 Berkshire Hathaway's Todd Combs and Ted Weschler both failed to beat the market this year, according to a Fortune report. Although Berkshire does not provide individual manager returns, Fortune calculated Combs' portfolio as down 0.3 percent. Chasing Warren Buffet's Alpha - CFA Institute, 11 January 2015 From November 1976 to the end of 2011, Warren Buffett delivered an average annual return of 19% in excess of the Treasury bill rate, as measured by shares of his publicly traded conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B), versus a 6.1% average excess return for the stock market. A Shining Example of Warren Buffett's Superhuman Stock-Picking - The Motley Fool, 05 January 2015 If on Jan. 1, 1980, you had invested in the S&P 500 and held that position until today, your investment would have returned about 1,880% including fully reinvested dividends -- not bad. The most unfortunate thing Warren Buffett ever said - USA Today, 22 December 2014 I admire Warren Buffett as much as the next person, but I believe most investors could do without one bit of his folksy wisdom: "If history books were the key to riches, the Forbes 400 would consist of librarians." Buffett reminds his Top Managers: Reputation is everything - The Wall Street Journal, 19 December 2014 Warren Buffett's "All-Stars" are getting their biennial reminder this month that they need to guard Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s reputation–and plan for the future. Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger on How to be a hack - Ben Carlson's Tumblr, 19 December 2014 I have a confession to make — I'm a hack. That's right. I'm consistently stealing ideas from people that are smarter than me and using them to my advantage. Warren Buffett looks ahead to Berkshire's next 50 years - The Wall Street Journal, 12 December 2014 Warren Buffett says that lately he's been pondering the future of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. more than usual. Like in years past, he has been busy composing his annual letter to shareholders reviewing Berkshire's performance in 2014.

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2 Handy Warren Buffett Tips for the Current Rout in Oil Stocks - The Motley Fool, 27 January 2015 It is in these episodes of uncertainty that the timeless principles of investing maestro Warren Buffett might stand out. George Soros may be in a car race with Warren Buffett - Fortune, 26 January 2015 Another octogenarian billionaire is reportedly considering getting into the auto dealership business. Trade magazine Automotive News reported Monday that Soros Fund Management, run by the investor and philanthropist George Soros, sent representatives to last week's National Automotive Dealers Association conference in San Francisco over the weekend to research the industry and find potential investing opportunities. Warren Buffett Stocks: 3 Dividend Aristocrats from Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio - The Motley Fool, 25 January 2015 To be considered a Dividend Aristocrat, a company must boast a history of at least 25 consecutive years of uninterrupted dividend growth. Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) are not only part of that select group, they are also included in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) portfolio. Warren Buffett is wrong: The Bitcoin proof - CFA Institute, 14 January 2015 When I first took a serious look at bitcoin, I focused on its potential as a currency. It was hard not to notice the enthusiasm for bitcoin among a number of its proponents. But I balked nevertheless. Warren Watch: Buffett taps 'Breaking Bad' - Omaha.com, 11 January 2015 It took a while to make it to YouTube, but actress Anna Gunn's description of meeting Warren Buffett and the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards at a party may still be worth retelling. This Guy is the next Warren Buffett - Go Banking Rates, 06 January 2015 Some phenomena happen so rarely that we'll wait years before seeing them, like the reappearance of Halley's Comet, or the Detroit Lions winning their first Super Bowl. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio: A Free Cash Flow - Seeking Alpha, 29 December 2014 On November 14, 2014, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) filed its 13-F filing with the SEC and disclosed its equity portfolio as of September 30, 2014. I am not a big fan of government in general, but I do love the SEC "EDGAR" database because four times a year the SEC requires major gurus in the stock market to list their most current equity portfolios EXCLUSIVE: Warren Buffett on why America has the 'Secret Sauce' - Benzinga, 29 December 2014 One issue Buffett discussed was America itself. When asked about the simple truth that most people misunderstand, he replied: "I would think currently, most people think America is on the wrong track. They think that the American dream is gone or something." Fund manager: Why Coca-Cola has lost its way - USA Today, 28 December 2014 David Winters may not be Coca-Cola's (KO) biggest investor, but he is probably the loudest. Earlier this year, Winters, whose investment group Wintergreen Advisers owns over $100 million in Coke stock lambasted the beverage company for its profligate executive compensation plan.

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Warren Buffett's Acquisitions

What should Warren Buffett do with his Suncor Energy Inc. Shares? - The Motley Fool, 09 December 2014 The past couple of years have generally been very fruitful for Warren Buffett and the company he runs, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). But he has made some small mistakes. Warren Buffett thinks Posco looks Cheap - Barron's, 09 December 2014 The Korean steel maker Posco could see its stock rise 60% as a big oversupply in steel finally eases. For years, Posco, the large Korean steel maker, has struggled along with the rest of the industry, as an oversupply of steel has flooded the market. That has weighed on steel selling prices, and depressed profits. Cheap Oil isn't the only reason Warren Buffett's latest Fracking bet looks so risky - The Street, 08 December 2014 Cheap oil prices are the most obvious risk to Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) $825 million acquisition of Weatherford International's (WFT) engineered chemistry and drilling fluids business, but there's another reason the deal looks risky for Warren Buffett and Berkshire shareholders: water scarcity. Berkshire Hathaway's next Elephant: What is Warren Buffett Targeting? - The Motley Fool, 05 December 2014 As you may have heard, Warren Buffett says he could make 50% annual returns if he were investing only $1 million. But because his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate is sitting on a cash pile of more than $50 billion, his investing options are severely limited. For the amount of cash he has to invest in order to move the Berkshire needle, he can only target large-cap companies -- elephants, in investing parlance. Big Mid-Atlantic brokerage latest to board Warren Buffett’s franchise brand wagon - Inman, 04 December 2014 More Prudential Real Estate-affiliated brokerages — including Mid-Atlantic heavyweight Prudential PenFed Realty — are making the switch to Warren Buffett’s franchise brand, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. Berkshire’s Hambrick expects Oil rebound after Weatherford deal - Bloomberg, 02 December 2014 The head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A)’s chemical business is taking a long view on oil after a global rout in crude prices. Berkshire’s Marmon said to oversee Duracell after Acquisition - Bloomberg, 02 December 2014 Warren Buffett is planning how to fit Duracell into his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) after the battery maker’s takeover. Berkshire’s Marmon Group will oversee the company when it’s acquired from Procter & Gamble Co., according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified because the decision is private. Lubrizol's bolt-on Energy Deal a priority for Berkshire's Warren Buffett - Forbes, 01 December 2014 Warren Buffett’s over $50 billion cash stockpile often drives speculation about Berkshire Hathaway's next mega deal. However, it is acquisitions like Berkshire subsidiary Lubrizol’s $825 million purchase of engineered chemistry and drilling fluids businesses from Weatherford International on Monday that are more important to Buffett, according to his own words. Why IBM is one of the Biggest Warren Buffett stocks - The Motley Fool, 28 November 2014 Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) CEO and mastermind Warren Buffett is one of the finest investing minds on the planet. His tried-and-true strategy involves betting big on simple businesses run by fantastic management teams. His favourite holding period is "forever," but only if he understands the target company inside and out.

Warren Buffett - The Investor

Buffett now the world's most generous man – CNBC, 09 December 2014 Go big or go home seems to be Warren Buffett's mantra when it comes to philanthropy. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO and legendary investor made the single biggest charitable donation this year, giving $2.1 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the form of 16.6 million shares of his company, according to Wealth-X's ranking of the 10 largest philanthropic donations of 2014 published on Wednesday. Warren Buffett becomes world’s 2nd-richest man - Market Watch, 08 December 2014 Warren Buffett became the world’s second-richest man after shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. hit a record high on Friday. Berkshire Hathaway Class B BRK.B, -0.97% shares have been up more than 27% year-to-date, trading at $152 a share. Warren Buffett does things that you shouldn’t try at Home - Money, 08 December 2014 Not everything Buffett does can be easily replicated by ordinary investors. Warren Buffett’s annual letters to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway are the single best road map for success in the stock market that have ever been written. But it’s important to appreciate that Buffett’s personal road to success has included some detours that aren’t suitable for the average investor. 6 Invaluable Life lessons for your Kids from Warren Buffett - The Motley Fool, 08 December 2014 Kids aren’t usually interested in hearing about money — unless they’re about to be handed some. But even if your children aren’t excited about saving and investing you can still lay the groundwork for personal and financial success by taking a few notes from legendary value investor Warren Buffett. Buffett’s $63 billion fortune stems from his lifelong study of value — learning to spot it, create it, and keep it growing. Secure a comfortable Retirement the Warren Buffett Way - Guru Focus, 07 December 2014 Preferred shares are an incredible opportunity for the enterprising investor. Known to many academicians, including the father of value investing Benjamin Graham, as having the worst characteristics of both stocks and bonds, there is a price when those negative traits become opportunity 3 Stocks Warren Buffett wouldn't buy - The Motley Fool, 06 December 2014 There's frequent speculation among investors regarding what stocks Warren Buffett is going to buy next. But it isn't too tough to figure out some of the stocks that you'll never see in Buffett's portfolio. Here are three examples from our analysts. Big-hearted Warren Buffett's guide to giving - CNBC, 05 December 2014 This holiday season, Americans may seem sadly polarized politically and philosophically on topics like abortion, immigration and wealth distribution. But even sharp differences among us can be accommodated because of agreement on more basic values, such as the spirit of giving. 1 Everlasting Tip from Warren Buffett for Success in the Share Market - The Motley Fool, 04 December 2014 Warren Buffett is widely considered as one of the most successful investors in history. As the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Buffett has helped the company achieve a compounded annual growth rate of 20% in its book value over close to 50 years. Warren Buffett on track to win hedge-fund bet - Market Watch, 04 December 2014 There's just four years left in the 10-year bet between billionaire Warren Buffett and a New York hedge fund firm, and it seems clear that Buffett will win handily. Even Warren Buffett relied on a Mentor - Entrepreneur, 02 December 2014 Whether you have travelled far in your entrepreneurial adventure or are taking your first bold steps, look out for if you do not wish your journey to hit a dead end. Don't become so deeply attached to your own views that you fail to tap into the knowledge of those who see life differently or who can see beyond your horizons. Borrowing a Bond ruler from Warren Buffett - Forbes, 02 December 2014 Of all the folksy aphorisms that legendary investor Warren Buffett espouses, the primary one to remember—by his own admission—is “Don’t Lose Money.” The Warren Buffett guide to Dividend Investing - The Motley Fool, 28 November 2014 It’s 1973. America is mired in inflation. The public is turning against the Vietnam War. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average just closed below its 200-day moving average, a bad omen in some investing circles. Warren Buffett's 'Single best measure' of stock market value hasn't been this high since the Dotcom Bubble - Best Insider, 26 November 2014 Market Cap to GDP is a long-term valuation indicator that has become popular in recent years, thanks to Warren Buffett. Back in 2001 he remarked in a Fortune Magazine interview that "it is probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment."

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What would Warren Buffett do with Canadian Assets? - The Blog, 09 December 2014 Warren Buffett is the world's most famous investor. The Oracle from Omaha's pithy sayings and "buy and hold" philosophy have won him legions of fans. His most quoted rule is "don't lose money." His second most famous rule is "don't forget the first rule." Berkshire’s specialist insurance arm lands foothold in Singapore - Financial Times, 08 December 2014 Berkshire Hathaway’s specialist commercial insurance arm has secured its first permit to operate outside the US in the latest sign the recently-formed division of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate is aiming to reshape the industry. Why Warren Buffett won't buy 3D printing stocks - The Motley Fool, 07 December 2014 With the latest quarter from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway in the books and more than $60 billion worth of cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet, all sorts of speculation has begun to arise about Buffett's next big investment. Warren Buffett's latest investment: Hillary Clinton - Fortune, 04 December 2014 The Berkshire Hathaway CEO donated $25,000 in the third quarter to Ready for Hillary, a political organization that says it is laying the groundwork for a Clinton presidential run in 2016. Berkshire Hathaway hits 52-week high on strong results - Zacks, 02 December 2014 The rise in the stock was propelled by the recent announcement of Duracell acquisition and strong third-quarter earnings which outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 12.4%. Opinion: Don’t let your worship of stock gurus go too far - Market Watch, 02 December 2014 Human society, while made up of individuals, evolved in small tribal contexts and that experience has shaped our mental thinking in several ways. One trait that’s relevant to investing is hero worship; we learn or are inspired by example. 3 Things Bill Gates learned from Warren Buffett - Business Insider, 02 December 2014 I’m looking forward to sharing posts from time to time about things I’ve learned in my career at Microsoft and the Gates Foundation. (I also post frequently on my blog.) Moody's affirms Berkshire Hathaway Energy A3 stable - Moody's, 01 December 2014 Moody's Investors Service affirmed the debt ratings of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (BHE, A3 senior unsecured) with a stable outlook. Moody's also assigned a senior unsecured rating of A3 to approximately $1.5 billion of BHE's new senior notes. I told you so: Berkshire Hathaway up 50,000 - Forbes, 28 November 2014 Not since the prophecies of Nostradamus has such a prediction been fulfilled. On 11/11/2013, I posted a column on what I was pleased to call the phenomenology of buying Berkshire Hathaway. It described the enthusiasm with which investors hop on the Berkshire train when it is doing well, only to become disenchanted when its momentum falters.