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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Germany’s Despair

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 6:19 am

The Center for European Economic Research said its May economic expectations index for Germany fell to 45.8 from 53.0 in April. Coupled with that the German 10-year government bonds dropped. The DAX suffers ...
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Boeing Wastes More Money As 787 Delays Continue

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 5:50 am

It is hard to imagine that the launch of the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner could fall further behind than it already has. The number of delays is now nearly a dozen ...
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The Government’s Role In Hiring May Be On The Way Down

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 5:30 am

The most stinging criticism of the federal government's unemployment figures is that some of the improvement in recent months is based on hiring for the process of completing the Census. ...
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HAMP Program A Failure Or Success?

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 5:06 am

The Treasury Department released its April report on the progress of HAMP, a program to modify mortgages so that people can stay in their homes. The first reaction by the media and ...
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Media Digest (5/18/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 18, 2010 at 3:55 am

Reuters:   The US is going to probe the causes of the spill in the Gulf. Reuters:   Blackstone is dropping its bid for Fidelity National. Reuters:   The US and Ireland set ...
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The Net Worth Of The American Presidents: Washington To Obama

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 11:13 pm

George Washington,the nation's first President, was also one of the wealthiest men to hold the office.  His Virginia plantation, “Mount Vernon,” consisted of five separate farms on 8,000 acres ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Latest Stock Holdings S to Z (BRK-B, BRK-A, SNY, TIF, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC, STI, TRV, UNH, WLP)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 5:56 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on March December 31, 2010 after the close.  These have been broken down into 3 ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Latest Stock Holdings A to G (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BAC, BDX, KMX, KO, CMCSA, CDCO, COP, COST, XOM, GCI, GE, GS, GSK)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 5:38 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has now shown its latest holdings as of the close on March December 31, 2010.  These are Warren Buffett’s most recent holdings, even though ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Latest Stock Holdings H to R (BRK-B, HOG, HD, IR, IRM, JNJ, KFT, LOW, MCO, NLC, NKE, PG, PG, RSG)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 5:36 pm

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on March December 31, 2010 after the close.  These are Buffett’s most recent ...
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Pabrai’s Newest Stocks (ATSG, BRK-B, BPO, GS, HNR, ZINC, IBKR, ICO, LUK, PNCL, POT, TCK, TEX, WFC)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Mohnish Pabrai is often thought of as a Warren Buffett-like investor when it comes to some investment philosophies.  The fact that he has won the bidding for lunch with Warren ...
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Could Australian Resource Tax Come to the US? (BHP, RTP, XOM)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 2:34 pm

The Australian government's proposed 40% super profits tax has caused a considerable uproar among mining companies operating in that country. BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) has said it would use all its ...
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8 Big US Companies With High E.U. Exposure (CCL, ERTS, FLSR, FLS, HAR, IFF, MIL, PM)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 1:45 pm

The implosion of the Euro is going to make it difficult for large American multinational corporations to be competitive in selling in Europe.  The currency adjustments are just too fast ...
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Tablet PCs vs. Tablet Devices (AAPL, HP, PALM, DELL, GOOG, RIMM, AMZN, MSFT)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 1:40 pm

What exactly is that device that you can hold in your hand and use to read a book, surf the web, and send an email or text message? Industry ...
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Fake Inflation, Real Deflation: Gold $1230 and Oil Under $70 (GLD, SGOL, GDX, USO, OIL, OIH)

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 12:21 pm

It has been impossible not to notice the new Gold Rush.  It has also been impossible to not notice the crashing oil prices.  This is simply the decline or implosion ...
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Foreign Purchases Of US Treasuries Soar

Posted: May 17, 2010 at 9:25 am

There is no evidence that the US deficit is high enough to keep the capital markets from buying American paper. The purchase of government bonds rose to $125 billion in ...
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