The revelation that the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Aubrey McClendon, was borrowing money from a private equity firm that did business with Chesapeake to finance his personal stake (2.5%)…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We…
Warren Buffett is supposed to be invincible. Unfortunately the world is finding out that this is not the case. A disclosure letter came from Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)…
Many investors cannot mentally buy high-priced shares. It was not really an accident that Warren Buffett split the A and B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Logic and mental blocks aside, three…
British newspaper The Guardian has a blog post saying there is speculation that US coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) could be a ripe for a takeover fight among three potential…
Everyone loves Warren Buffett’s sage advice. Almost everyone at any rate. But what about Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) as an investment. We have argued that perhaps the Berkshire Hathaway…
Thin-film solar panel maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) yesterday announced an agreement to build the 26-megawatt Avra Valley solar project near Tucson, Arizona. The plant will be owned by NRG Energy…
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a company that has lost much of a formerly great reputation. Warren Buffett even admitted that today. In an on and off 3-hour interview earlier this…
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) have invested in banks on and off, and the public filings show that Berkshire is a larger and larger stake holder in Wells Fargo…
The smartphone wars have heated up as the industry’s leaders gather in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. Most of the companies that currently run behind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in smartphone market share…
The annual letter for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is out and the discussion immediately jumps in about who will succeed Warren Buffett, book value, buybacks, and the portfolio. Berkshire Hathaway’s book…
The precious metals subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A; BRK-B) has agreed to acquire the US business of UK precious metals firm Cookson Group PLC. No price was announced. Richline Group,…
DaVita Inc. (NYSE DVA) is turning out to pay off already for Team Buffett over at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A). We do not have a real tally of what Buffett’s new portfolio…
The US Surface Transportation Board has agreed to hold a hearing on March 22nd to review a filing by the Western Coal Traffic League challenging the inclusion of $8.1 billion in the…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 31, 2011. We have included some accompanying notes on each and…
