If you have read us for a long period of time, you know exactly how we feel about the ratings agencies. We attribute much of the blame of the current financial crisis…
Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RTP) owns a majority stake in a diamond mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories, and apparently has no intention of selling that stake to Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE:KGC), as…
ConocoPhillips Corporation (NYSE:COP) got a mixed blessing from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) this morning. The bank raised its rating on Conoco from ‘Neutral’ to ‘Buy’ based on Conoco’s valuation. That’s on…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services is putting Mr. Buffett on Watch. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has had its ratings outlook revised to “Negative” from “Stable” along with Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.,…
It seems that there is renewed interest in a Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) acquisition strategy for another large takeover. This has always been on the table, and as…
There has been quite a lot of news on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett in the last 12 hours. Bond and credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the conglomerate. Buffett…
According to Reuters, investors in GE (GE) are still worried that the stock will not recover to its highs of last year. Reuters reports that Madoff pleaded guilty of 11 charges of…
Warren Buffett has been a much more reserved lately, although not as much as the recent performance might dictate. In the latest Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) annual report, he sounded like…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has just released its 2008 annual report, along with the ever-important letter to shareholders from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. Last year was Buffett’s toughest ever.…
Everyone wants to know what the Oracle of Omaha is up to. The great Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) stock has proven to be far from immune to the woes of the…
There is a fear in America today, and it is a real one. It is part of the reason you keep seeing destruction of value in the stock market every day. That…
It’s that time again. Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) have filed with the SEC showing what the Oracle of Omaha owns in public stocks as of the quarter or…
The final list of Warren Buffett’s year-end stock holdings from Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) are out and we broke them down alphabetically with this being the “S to Z” stock list. …
We compiled a list of the equity holdings of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and for Bill Gates’ personal investment vehicle Cascade Investment. These are as of December 31, 2008 and…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) scored the big fish. The luxury jewelry retailer issued notes to Warren Buffett’s via units of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A).
Jon C. Ogg 