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Daily Archives: February 17, 2009

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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings A to G (BRK-A, AXP, BAC, BNI, KMX, KO, CMCSA, CDCO, COP, CEG, COST, GCI, GE, GSK)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 5:54 pm

It's that time again.  Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) have filed with the SEC showing what the Oracle of Omaha owns in public stocks as of the ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings H to R (HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MTB, MCO, NLC, NKE, NSC, NRG, PG)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm

The second group is out, and here are the year-end holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A).   This filing shows the holdings alphabetically as "H to R" ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Disclose Holdings S to Z (BRK-A, SNY, STI, TMK, USB, USG, UNP, UPS, WBC, WMT, WPO, WFC, WLP, WSC)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 5:48 pm

The final list of Warren Buffett's year-end stock holdings from Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) are out and we broke them down alphabetically with this being the "S to Z" ...
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California Kills Its Part Of The Federal Stimulus Program

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 2:31 pm

California has decided to demonstrate how quickly a state can dig a hole and swallow up most of the money the national stimulus package is supposed to put into its local ...
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Stanford And Madoff: What Happens When People Want Their Money

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Running a financial scam during a long bull market may actually not be very hard. People believe that they can get consistent outstanding concerns. When the market turns bad, investors ...
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Activist Jana Unloads Major Financial Stocks (ACE, AET, BAC, CI, LEHMQ, TROW, THG, WFC)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 12:55 pm

Some investors love activist hedge funds.  They can correct many anti-shareholder practices or policies.  But it seems that the power of activists has been limited in the current economic environment.  ...
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Will Compensation Controls Move Wall Street Overseas?

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 10:27 am

John Tamny,  RealClearMarkets As this column has regularly argued, government investment is never passive. Once federal bureaucrats slip under the private tent with aid masked as "investment", all manner of ...
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Citi Upgrades Torchmark Corp (TMK) to Buy on Two Catalysts

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 10:21 am

Citi upgrades Torchmark Corp (NYSE: TMK) from Hold to Buy, citing valuation and strong conviction management can grow earnings and book value. The firm lowered their price target from $45 ...
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Transocean Misses the Mark (RIG, DO, SLB)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 10:02 am

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) followed in the footsteps of competitors Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (NYSE: DO) and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), reporting fourth quarter and full-year results that missed expectations. Transocean ...
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Exxon Puts More Oil in its Tanks (XOM)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 9:54 am

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) reported that it had added 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent to its proved reserves in 2008. That amount is equal to 103% of the company's ...
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Liberty Media Liberating SIRIUS XM… Sort Of (SIRI, LINTA, LCAPA)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 9:46 am

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI)  nearly doubled this morning after John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. (NASDAQ: LINTA) (NASDAQ: LCAPA) said it was coming to the rescue.  If you look ...
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Green News: Efficiency as an Energy Resource

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 9:19 am

Utility companies have long faced a dilemma. On one hand, in order to grow profits, they must sell more electricity. On the other hand, they must support conservation as a ...
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Gold Miner Digs for Cash (AGT)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 9:14 am

Canadian gold miner Apollo Gold Corp. (NYSE: AGT) is negotiating with its lenders for an additional $70 million to complete the company's Black Fox project in Ontario. The company may ...
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Bill Gates Top Holdings (ABT, AN, BRK-A, BP, CNI, CAT, KO, COST, CCI, EK, XOM, FMX, JNJ, MCD, OTTR, RSG, SGP, WMT, WMI)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 8:48 am

We compiled a list of the equity holdings of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and for Bill Gates' personal investment vehicle Cascade Investment.  These are as of December 31, ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CCC, ETR, GOOG, HST, MAR, HOT, CYN, DE, FARO)

Posted: February 17, 2009 at 7:43 am

These are some of the early bird Wall Street analyst calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning with over two hours to the market open: Calgon Carbon (CCC) Started as ...
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