Warren Buffett

Insight on whether Berkshire Hathaway stock is a value in itself, with Andrew Kilpatrick, Wachovia and Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners.

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Barack Obama calls on Warren Buffett, among others, as he turns his attention to the troubled U.S. economy now that he's returned from his international tour that featured a well-attended speech in Berlin.

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Rick Konrad of Value Discipline reviews Vahan Janjigian's "Even Buffett Isn't Perfect". Vahan Janjigian, a fellow CFA, is executive director of Forbes Investment Advisory Institute and publishes a number of newsletters with Forbes.  Dr. Janjigian's book gingerly attempts to criticize some of Buffett's mistaken investments and controversial points of view.

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The Omaha investor is taking advantage of the market turmoil to fire up Berkshire Hathaway's acquisition machine. Yet a string of recent takeovers has done little to buttress the conglomerate's flagging growth.

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The Oracle of Omaha is a regular institution at the Allen + Co conference, and always a hot commodity among the media and tech CEOs here. Buffett makes a point to say how much he loves the gathering, especially all the free hamburgers!

Warren Buffett wrote an article for the November 10, 2003 Fortune about the negative consequences of America's growing trade deficit. In the article, Buffett tells the story of the citizens of Squanderville and Thriftville. The citizens of Thriftville work hard to produce goods for which the Squanderville are willing to pay.

America is Squanderville. Soveriegn wealth funds have been buying hundreds of millions of securities of American companies and American real estate.

Widely considered the most successful investor of all time, Warren Buffett is a shining disciple of the school of value investing.  Since most individual investors do not have access to the type of capital that Buffet does, it is not easy to replicate his astounding wealth building feat. However, by understanding and applying the basic guidelines of Buffett’s investment approach their own investing decisions, most investors can comfortably beat the long term returns of all but the best mutual fund managers.

During the great bear market of 1974, Warren Buffett was asked by a rather staid fellow how he felt. 'Like an over-sexed guy in a whorehouse,' he replied. 'Now is the time to invest and get rich.'

Judging by the precipitous drop of all the world's major stock indices last week, if you are in the business of selling shares, watch out. Warren's coming.

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$650,100 is what Guy Spier and Mohnish Pabrai forked out for the privilege of dining with Warren Buffett on June 25. Guy Spier , CEO of Aquamarine Capital Management talks about his lunch with Warren Buffett.

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Zhao Danyang won the Glide Foundation’s auction for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lunch auction is always an interesting thing to watch because of the eclectic groups of people who bid. The 2007 lunch, which actually took place a couple days ago, was won by value investors Mohnish Pabrai (Pabrai Funds) and Guy Spier (Aquamarine Capital Management).

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