Jon OggIn case you haven’t been paying attention lately, value stocks are starting to get some interest again. In fact, the dog of all technology value stock dogs named International Business Machines…
ThinkstockMarch Madness has arrived for you college basketball fans. What is different about March Madness, versus the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, the Super Bowl, and other key sporting events, is that…
It seems nearly unimaginable to actually win the lottery. Now there is something even larger than Friday night's $353 million Power Ball lottery. There is an NCAA $1 billion prize for whoever…
Jon C. Ogg Wikimedia CommonsHow many warnings have you seen about Bitcoin being a charade or having serious risks? It has to be more than can easily be counted. After FINRA warned this week, after…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockRecent bad weather, a surge in crude shipments and a record grain crop have combined to create a jam in cargo delivered by rail. Train speeds have dropped around 9% in past…
CEO Jeff Immelt of General Electric has demonstrated his confidence in the industrial conglomerate by investing his entire 2013 cash bonus in GE shares. This comes in a transitional time for GE.
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett has released the highly anticipated Annual Report for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), which also contains the highly visible Annual Letter to Shareholders. Buffett is…
The markets are way up, but for some reason this just does not feel like a market at the all-time high. That being said, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to evaluate the conglomerate…
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the largest charitable giver in the United States last year, donating just shy of $1 billion. A large number of the other largest givers were…
The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council has begun looking at Berkshire Hathaway to determine whether the financial powerhouse is important enough to the global financial system to require supervision from the Federal…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaIs the Oracle of Omaha truly an Oracle? That is what Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has bet on. Quicken Loans announced on Tuesday morning that it…
Jon C. Ogg Between the federal tax rate and state corporate tax rates, some corporations pay billions of dollars every year in taxes. 24/7 Wall St. examined the 10 U.S.-based, publicly traded companies with tax…
Several small but well-known companies have dumped the management structure that requires them to have a CEO. Could these actions, if effective, undermine the decades-long belief that business organizations have to be…
It will be very hard to expect many key stocks a repeat this past year's performance in 2014. That may be especially true for the large diversified conglomerate stocks, particularly for Warren…
Wikimedia CommonsExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) received a huge endorsement in the past month or so when it became known that top investor Warren Buffett had taken a big stake in the…
