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Deep Value Stocks in Basic Materials (AA, ACI, DOW, DVN, NUE, STLD, BRK-A)

Posted: June 23, 2011 at 10:09 am

The markets are currently shaky and investors are looking for cover.  While many seek defensive stocks and while many seek high dividends to offer equity exposure with some safety, one ...
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Why Relational Is Going After L-3 (LLL)

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Relational is going after L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL).  From May 25 to June 16, Relational Investors and its affiliates have acquired enough stock to become the company's top ...
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Trading Stocks in One-Billionth of a Second

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 6:09 pm

The pace at which the market trades stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures seems to have once again become faster than anyone could have ever imagined.  Forget a few hundred automated ...
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M&A Watch: Does Major Insider Buying at Cost Plus Put It Back In Play? (CPWM, PIR)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 7:45 am

Cost Plus Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) is one company which we might generally skip due to its size and volume.  The insider buying of late has been too large to ignore.  ...
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Tesla Shows How To Run A Secondary Offering, With Insider Buying (TSLA)

Posted: May 25, 2011 at 11:39 am

Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is bucking a trend.  The company has just announced a follow-on offering of 5.3 million shares of common stock.  Amazingly, the shares rallied on the ...
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Week of Whale Watching, Billionaire & Fund Manager Stock Picks (BRK-A, HCA, MRO, BAC, C)

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 2:19 pm

This week we highlighted some of the big whale watching portfolio changes.  Yep, the stock holdings from the likes of Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), and other ...
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Whale Watching Stocks: Paulson, Soros, Berkowitz, Icahn, Einhorn (GLD, HPQ, RIG, BAC, JPM, WFC, C, AAPL, BBY, WMT, MA, AIG, BAM, CSCO, SHLD, GGP, GE, DYN, AMGN, SUG, CVS, GM)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 6:42 pm

We have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn't share many 'confidential positions' so we are whale watching in other ponds.  We wanted ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Buffett’s Stock Holdings ‘M to Z’ (BRK-B, BRK-A, MA, MTB, MCO, PG, SNY, TMK, USB, USG, UPS, WMT, WPO, WFC, WSC)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) is out with its new portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2011.  These have been broken down into two separate groups of ‘A to ...
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Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to L (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CDCO, COP, COST, XOM, GCI, GE, GSK, GS, JNJ, KFT, LZ)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 4:44 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of March 31, 2011 for the Q2-2011 holdings.  These public stock ...
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Berkshire Hathaway & Warren Buffett Add More Wells Fargo Shares (BRK-A, BRK-B, WFC)

Posted: April 30, 2011 at 11:23 am

We took a look through more of the earnings data from the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A; BRK-B) annual meeting this morning and there was one key change in the stock holdings.  ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Further Distances Itself From David Sokol (BRK-A, LZ, C)

Posted: April 27, 2011 at 4:49 pm

We have been awaiting a disclosure from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) over its current fiasco over David Sokol's trading in the Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ).  Now the data is ...
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Why This Suit Against Berkshire Hathaway & Sokol Does Not Matter (BRK-A, BRK-B, LZ, GS)

Posted: April 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Multiple reports are out that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has been sued by a shareholder who is seeking disgorgement of David Sokol's profits from Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) and ...
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SEC Operational Plans If Government Closes Down (NYX, NDAQ, CME, ICE, CBOE)

Posted: April 8, 2011 at 11:50 am

If you are like the rest of who are upset about some 'minor market issues' like Bernie Madoff, Raj, Octopussy, and the dozens of other extreme violations of securities laws, ...
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April Fools Market, Revisiting Greatest Stock Market Hoaxes (ALU, AAPL, ELX, GE, GIS, AMR, EK, MSFT, MAR, T)

Posted: April 1, 2011 at 6:54 am

It is April Fools' Day but we are not going to propagate any hoaxes.  What we do want to revisit is some of the great frauds which have originated outside of ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Loses David Sokol, Buffett’s Heir Apparent Still At Large (BRK-A, BRK-B, LZ)

Posted: March 30, 2011 at 5:32 pm

A surprise has just been handed to Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B).  David Sokol is resigning from the company.  He has been considered one of Warren Buffett's ...
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