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” for stocks and the…
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” stock list. The cut…
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. Jana Partners LLC has…
The advocates for nationalizing US banks have been out in force recently. Senator Lindsay Graham, who almost certainly does not have a PhD in economics or finance, told ABC News that banks were in…
If you have used Twitter you either love it or can’t wait to get off it. Social networking meets micro-blogging. The company just closed on another round of funding, although it basically swears it…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) scored the big fish. The luxury jewelry retailer issued notes to Warren Buffett’s via units of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A).
It is always heartening to hear the British describe a disaster. Their cool makes it seem as though almost nothing had happened. In the UK, shares of Lloyds shed a third of their value after it…
Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) was unable to find buyers for $500 million worth of Senior Notes that are a component the company’s 7.625% Equity Units (NYSE:ETRPrA) due February 11, 2011. It has canceled the remarketing…
One of the cornerstones of the government bailing out the credit markets was that the Fed would buy up Treasuries and other bond instruments in an attempt to help improve the markets in these…
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is launching a new ETF to track the credit markets. Its State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) investment management arm launched the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF…
A number of aspects of the bank bailout program presented by the Treasury yesterday troubled investors. The biggest problem was that it lacked details about how it would work. One of the most important…
Wall St. CEOs are going to be hauled in front of Congress, as they are almost weekly, to defend their use of TARP funds. The subject of what they get paid will almost certainly…
Third Wave Acquisition Corp. has just filed with the SEC to withdraw it proposed inital public offering. You can probably guess why: In light of current market conditions.
The failure of the banking and credit systems are happening faster than most analysts had predicted. RBC Capital yesterday predicted that 1,000 banks could fail in the US over the next two years. Large…
How many banks will fail in the US over the next year as the recession deepens? Answering that is like trying to guess whether a poker player will draw an ace on any given…