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…
Finviz.comGood earnings should translate into improved stock prices. For some reason, things did not work out that way for several large companies that posted strong results for the third quarter. Share prices…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) and Warren Buffett disclosed their full equity holdings this week. The first thing we noticed was that there was a total equity…
ThinkstockExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) was just listed as a new holding of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B). This is not just any new holding either. Its size was a whopping 40.089…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have released the conglomerate’s full stock holdings as of September 30, 2013. This 13F filing with the SEC shows…
ThinkstockThis is the week that we will get to see 13-D and 13-F filings from investment firms, and one notable one is always that of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Investors love…
ThinkstockGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) remains a conglomerate challenged by market pundits almost daily. The reference to the stock’s fall from grace cannot be ignored, even if many of the issues of…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) reported its third-quarter earnings over the weekend. The report looks good on the surface, but many treated it as a cautionary tale…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) reported earnings on Friday. This is an earnings report which you would deem a good report from some sources and a bad report from other sources. Warren…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) has acquired the beverage dispensing and merchandising businesses of IMI for $1.1 billion. The U.K.-based engineering firm says it will use…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett generally hold close to 40 different stock positions in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio of U.S.-listed shares. Anyone who has…
