Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. doubled its municipal-bond holdings in nine months amid record swings in the value of the securities that the billionaire investor labeled “unthinkable.”

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An analyst on Monday upgraded shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., saying billionaire Warren Buffett's company has ample cash to take advantage of buying opportunities for currently cheap stocks. Fox-Pitt Kelton analyst Gary Ransom also said Berkshire Hathaway 's insurance operations are well-positioned to seize on market shifts, and its stock has reached a historically low and attractive valuation.

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams doesn't trust Warren Buffett's October call to buy U.S. stocks hammered during Wall Street's worst year in decades.  Adams also writes about the economy and the stock market, among other things, in his own blog on Dilbert.com.

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Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. slumped 32 percent last year, the worst performance in more than three decades, as the U.S. recession forced down the value of the firm’s equity holdings and derivative bets. Most of the stock decline happened in the last three months as Berkshire posted a fourth straight profit drop amid sagging insurance results.

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The Sage of Omaha may yet be fallible. Stock in Berkshire Hathaway, the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, fell by 32 per cent last year as it recorded its worst performance in more than 30 years. The slump shows that even Mr Buffett, who has a massive following among investors, was not immune from the US recession. The value of his group's equity holdings and derivative bets fell despite Mr Buffett pouring money into stocks as prices fell — Berkshire announced 12 acquisitions last year.

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) Warren Buffett is a value investor, right? Everyone knows that. Well, don't tell Gerald Martin of American University and John Puthenpurackal of UNLV. Earlier this year, the two completed what they call "the first rigorous examination of Berkshire Hathaway's investment performance" -- a paper that not only analyzed Buffett's superior investment performance but also looked at his investing style.

Cash-strapped USG Corp. said investor Warren Buffett and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. have teamed up to provide USG with a $400 million cash infusion, through the purchase of potentially lucrative contingent convertible notes.

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Do you remember the Seinfeld episode where Kramer (accidentally) punched his idol, Mickey Mantle? I don't mean to knock on Warren Buffett but it seems he's lost his touch as of recent. 'As of recent' is the key as his long term record makes him the (or one of the) most successful and common sense driven investors ever to set foot on Wall Street.

Through his career Buffett survived and thrived through three declines of 40 to 50% (1973-1974, 1987, 2000-2002). Naturally to him a 40% decline may be the benchmark for a buying opportunity.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has added 825,000 shares to its already sizable stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the nation's second-largest railroad. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. now owns 18.9 percent, or 64.6 million shares, of the Fort Worth, Texas, based railroad. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday show that Berkshire bought its latest BNSF shares Tuesday.

General Electric Co (GE) just announced plans to raise $15 billion, with a little help from Warren Buffett. The company is selling $12 billion of common stock to the public and $3 billion of preferred to Berkshire Hathaway.