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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway New Stock Holdings: Value, Dividends, Growth

Posted: May 15, 2013 at 5:18 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett released the conglomerate's stock holdings as of March 31, 2013. This 13F filing with the SEC shows that the company's total equity ...
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Chesapeake Energy Wins Court Ruling on Bond Redemption

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 10:05 am

The second largest U.S. producer of natural gas, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has prevailed in a challenge by Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), which sought to ...
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Banks Foreclosing on the Most Homes

Posted: March 12, 2013 at 9:47 am

The housing market is clearly improving. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales have risen and distressed mortgages account for a smaller part of those sales. Close ...
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ETF Folly: Patents Covering ETF Methodology

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 10:15 am

24/7 Wall St. is taking a look at key exchange-traded fund (ETF) features each and every day to help investors and the public navigate through issues around their personal finances. ...
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2013 Fed Bank Stress Tests Have Only One Failure, Dividends Await

Posted: March 7, 2013 at 4:57 pm

The Federal Reserve is finally out with its results of the bank stress tests. This is not the formal decision that will allow all the banks to increase their dividends ...
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The Seven Safest Banks in America for 2013

Posted: February 26, 2013 at 5:01 am

The U.S. banking sector is looking better in 2013 than it did in 2012, 2011 and so on. Balance sheets, credit metrics and underlying asset values continue to recover. Still, ...
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Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway and Buffett Make Many Portfolio Changes for 2013

Posted: February 14, 2013 at 5:22 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there is another look ...
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Bull and Bear figures

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 16, 2013: Markets Mixed at Open and at Close Today (GOOG, BUD, ARMH, DELL, BA, BK, CMA, JPM, GS, WEN, USB, EBAY, KMP, BLK, C, PNC, UNH, GNW, AAPL, CROX)

Posted: January 16, 2013 at 4:05 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly higher, while the DJIA and the S&P 500 were lower. Earnings from several U.S. financial institutions were due ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 15, 2013: Markets Open Lower, Eke Out Mixed Close (AXP, GMCR, DELL, ARMH, LOGI, ED, FRX, LEN, BK, CMA, JPM, WEN, USB, EXPR, COOL, BGFV)

Posted: January 15, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following an announcement from Germany that its economy had contracted by 0.5% in the fourth quarter (more coverage here). U.S. data was released ...
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Key Bank Earnings Previews: Book Value Vs. Price Targets In Focus (JPM, GS, BAC, C, USB, BK, SCHW, CMA, MTB, BBT, BLK, COF, MS)

Posted: January 15, 2013 at 12:16 pm

With banks having been the best DJIA sector in 2012, the outlook versus the valuation has started to play a game of catch-up as we are getting deeper into earnings ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BK, CPHD, C, DOLE, FITB, FSLR, FSL, ILMN, JNJ, JPM, LULU, MSFT, SKT, TXT, UA, URBN, USB, WFC)

Posted: January 4, 2013 at 8:43 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK) cut to Neutral ...
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World currency

Credit Suisse Adopts Negative Rate

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 11:47 am

Uber bank Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) said today that it would begin charging customers a negative interest rate on deposits of Swiss francs beginning on December 10th. The bank ...
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Buffett’s Significant Changes to Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 5:33 pm

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings. Many changes had been made in the June quarter and Mr. ...
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Media Digest (11/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 14, 2012 at 6:24 am

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has hired J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) to explore options, which may include the firm's sale. (Reuters) Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet ...
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Financial Stability Board’s Walking Dead List

Posted: November 2, 2012 at 6:11 am

The Financial Stability Board released its evaluation of G-SIBs. Another way to put that is a review of the financial health of “systemically important” banks, those which, if they failed, ...
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