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…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Friday morning with more than two hours until the open: Cavium Networks (CAVM) Started…
According to Reuters, Wall St. workers face a bleak future. Reuters reports that the Senate has agreed to a soft "buy America plan." Reuters reports that the government needs an investment plan…
There is an upper tier of retail companies both in the US and abroad. It has been assumed that these firms would not dodge a recession, but that they might keep their…
S&P has reported that the dividends of companies in its S&P 500 index are being cut at the fastest rate in fifty years. A report by the Associated Press says that even…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 is "on schedule" and will begin testing with consumers. Reuters reports that Obama will lay out his case for stimulus package in a speech. Reuters…
One piece of data does not a trend make. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Poll shows a little uptick last week. But, coming in the holidays, people’s spirits many be brightening.…
Wal-Mart (WMT) reported strong same-store numbers for its most recently reported period. New data from MasterCard (MA) indicates that almost every other retailer in the country was bloodied during the early part…
After Costco (COST) posted poor numbers for last month and almost every other large retailer in the US said that the early parts of the fourth quarter were bad and the future…
The retailers who were supposed to do OK during the recession were the ones with the really, really good goods which were being sold at the really, really low prices. Wal-Mart (WMT)…
According to Reuters, falling interest rates will not offset unemployment and falling prices to save to housing market. Reuters reports that GM (GM) and Chrysler are considering bankruptcy to get US funding.…
24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this week The CEOs are…
BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (NYSE: BJ) appears to be one of the few standouts in retail right now. How many companies are in retail are beating already-raised guidance and still raising forecasts…
These are some of the changes we have seen in the holdings of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). We have consolidated these into groups and this group is alphabetical from…
Consumer sentiment and consumer spending may be bad today, but according to a major new survey, they are going to get much worse over the next three months. Among the largest victims…
