2012 is getting off to a great start for the equity markets. We recently looked at the performance of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), which is underperforming this year so…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has downgraded many sovereign AAA ratings lately. Many large stable corporations have also lost their prized “AAA” ratings in the last decade. In fact, there is now just a…
Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) has only been public since the end of 2009 and its stock has risen from under $28 to about $40 during that time period. So why is the risk…
It may be that holiday spending actually is accelerating into mid-December. Some economists argued that the surge of Black Friday activity would burn out consumer activity. The contrary is true, based on…
This last week had some very interesting and influential analyst calls. We compile summaries of many top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations each morning from Wall Street research calls and we then…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) does not get new analyst calls all that often, so when a new call comes up or when a change in ratings comes up it really tends…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) named as Bear of the Day with…
Is Warren Buffett just an old softie? Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) has announced that it is purchasing the Oracle of Omaha’s hometown newspaper, the Omaha World-Herald, and six other daily…
The supercommittee appears unlikely to settle on a deficit agreement. (Reuters) A senior Chinese official says he expects the global recession to last for some time. (Reuters) Spain’s center-right People’s Party gains…
Germany’s mixed bag. Two key economic figures out of Germany offset one another. GDP grew 0.5% in the third quarter. The number was up 2.6% from the same quarter last year. The advance…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011 and this is the second group of ‘L to…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into two…
Warren Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) went out buying stocks in this last quarter according to the firm’s quarterly report. Sadly, no one outside of…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) saw its share break under $100,000.00 last week in its A-Shares. Apparently Mr. Buffett thinks enough is enough. The company’s board of directors has authorized the company…
Today’s ratings actions are led-off by Moody’s affirmation of its ‘A2’ senior unsecured and ‘Prime-1’ short-term ratings on United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The affirmation follows United’s announced acquisition of Goodrich Corp.…
