Berkshire Hathaway Plunges 12% For Worst Day Since 1987's Black Monday
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fell just over 12 percent on Wall Street today (Wednesday), its biggest one-day percentage drop since 1987's 'Black Monday' over 21 years ago.  It appears some of the Oracle's followers are losing the faith.    Read More


A Goldman Opportunity: How Average Investors Can "Out-Buffett" Warren Buffett
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett drives a hard bargain. When he invests billions in a company, he can generally get a better deal than the rest of us.  Now SmartMoney columnist James B. Stewart writes about "a rare opportunity to invest on terms that may be even better than Mr. Buffett got" for his $5 billion infusion into Goldman Sachs.    Read More


Buffett's Berkshire Gets A Billion In Beer Bucks
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will get almost a billion dollars in cash for its Anheuser-Busch shares, now that the St. Louis brewer's acquisition by Belgium's InBev has been formally completed.     Read More


Holes In TARP Hurting Market Confidence
Posted By:Albert Bozzo
Hatched hastily almost two months ago, the TARP was conceived to stabilize markets and restore investor confidence, but critics argue it  is now looking so amorphous and vulnerable to political trade winds, that it is has become almost a constant of uncertainty.    Read More


Berkshire Hathaway Shares Close Below $100,000 For First Time In Two Years
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway closed below $100,000 today (Monday) for the first time in just over two years. The most recent sub-$100K close before today was on October 20, 2006.     Read More


Warren Buffett Would Provide Backstop For "Misunderstood" American Express - Barron's
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett "knows and loves" American Express and would come to its rescue if needed, suggests Barron's.  But it argues American Express probably won't need to call on Buffett for help, because it has enough cash to get through the tough times ahead, even though an "overreacting" Wall Street has pushed its shares down to 1997 levels.    Read More


Buffett's Bets
Warren Buffett is making a big bet on energy and dabbling in a diversified manufacturer, with CNBC's Scott Cohn.    Watch Video


Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Sharply Boosts ConocoPhillips Stake
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sharply increased its stake in ConocoPhillips this spring and summer, accumulating a total of 84 million shares as of the end of the third quarter on September 30, according to Berkshire's just-released quarterly portfolio filing with the SEC.     Read More
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What's Buffett Buying?  Berkshire's Portfolio Snapshot Coming Later Today
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is expected to file its quarterly portfolio snapshot with the SEC after today's (Friday's) closing bell on Wall Street.  The report of Berkshire's publicly-traded U.S. stock holdings as of September 30 could reveal whether Buffett has been buying U.S. stocks for Berkshire as enthusiastically as he has been buying for his own personal account.     Read More


Berkshire Hathaway Bounces Back From 7% Plunge To Avoid Closing Below $100,000
Posted By:Alex Crippen
Berkshire Hathaway shares traded below $100,000 for the first time in over two years today, but they did not close in five-digit territory.  But Berkshire's declines are contributing to arguments that Warren Buffett has lost his magic touch.    Read More


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