Reuters: Rio Tinto (RTP) has killed a deal with Chinalco for one with BHP (BHP). Reuters: US regulators insisted JP Morgan (JPM) and Amex (AXP) raise money to exit the TARP. Reuters: …
No one should have to tell the US government that it has the highest possible credit rating. It is the government of the world’s largest economy, the world’s most voracious consumers, and…
The first quarter of 2009 Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) holdings are now out for the cut off date here of March 31, 2009. There are some changes from…
According to Reuters, the government’s auto task force will meet with GM (GM) to push ahead its restructuring. Reuters writes that US banks may still need aid. Reuters writes that Morgan Stanley’s…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and its subsidiaries had already been on credit watch elsewhere, but there is a very interesting credit ratings downgrade that just took place. Moody’s has stripped Warren…
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…
According to Reuters, a number of AIG (AIG) employees gave back their bonuses. Reuters reports that economist Martin Feldstein said the recession may last well into 2010 and the government may have…
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…
The second group is out, and here are the year-end holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). This filing shows the holdings alphabetically as “H to R” for stocks…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) does not go for short-term gains, and short-term losses are part of the game for investing. Warren Buffett has even told employees to only to…
As if Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) had any real strength to its ratings, Moody’s has downgraded Citigroup’s senior debt. Interestingly, Moody’s says that this downgrade was moderated by the expecation that Citigroup…
We have outlined the changes we have seen in the holdings of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and these were put into groups in alphabetical order from I to S…
According to Reuters, former Citigroup (C) CEO Sandy Weill may start a fund to invest in distressed financial companies. Reuters writes that Amazon (AMZN) turned in a weak forecast hurting its stock.…
These are more of Warren Buffett’s and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008: Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) 4,181,000 shares Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) 5,636,600 shares Iron Mountain…
These are some of the key analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen early this Monday morning with over 2 hours to open: Akamai Tech (AKAM) Raised to Buy at Jefferies.…
