Despite big companies holding unprecedented billions and billions of dollars on their balance sheets, it is shocking how many companies do not reward shareholders in the most classic sense by paying regular…
There are many new characters in this week’s installment of “The Unusual Suspects” for the week ahead. We have tracked news and added color on each where applicable. The cast of characters…
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) was in the news today for its dividend hike, which we briefly addressed in our Top Dividend Gain Trends in 2011 today. Unfortunately, about 30 minutes…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will not be the same without Warren Buffett. The succession plan for the 80-year old Buffett seems to still be perhaps the biggest issue out…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) was the first of the large corporate bond issues for 2011. Yesterday brought the pricing of a 3-traunch bond issue from its Berkshire Hathaway Finance Inc.…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is setting its 2011 goals in an analyst and investor meeting today in his presentation called the “GE Annual Outlook Investor Meeting.” GE just recently hiked its…
Last week we identified the ten Warren Buffett investments with the most implied upside. But we also found that there were many Buffett investments in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) which may be…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (also called The Dow, Dow 30 and the DJIA) is what most Americans think of as the “stock market.” The widely followed benchmark of 30 American stocks,…
Investors have tried for years to follow the strategy of Warren Buffett, considered by many to be the greatest investor in history. That’s ironic given how little he seems to care about…
Insider selling by millionaire and billionaire corporate insiders is already rising, but it is about to go through the roof. Forget the politics and forget the morale left behind as a result,…
It turns out that Warren Buffett was right about railroads. They are part of a country’s fabric, and their place as a relatively low-cost shipper is well-fixed in a country’s infrastructure. Now…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has recently released its quarterly holdings and the changes were more than in any recent quarter. This morning CNBC has been interviewing Warren Buffett about his opinions…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010. The changes were big on the first two lists but more static on…
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, 2010. This list appears to have many more changes than…
It was largely expected that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) was going to have positive earnings trends. After all, Buffett’s stock portfolio has almost certainly surged along with the stock market,…
