Showing posts with label Warren Buffett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warren Buffett. Show all posts
Friday, November 06, 2009

Santa Fe railway: the new Coke?

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After two-and-a-half years, Warren Buffet has bought the rest of his railroad. Reasons?
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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Michael Panzner interview

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Some salient points in Michael's answers: The crisis could continue for another decade; investors will have to tread carefully and consi...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Rally? The smart money's been moving out for a long time

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Read Michael Panzner here. Reminds me of when Jimmy Goldsmith sold all his holdings on the Paris Bourse in the Summer of 1987, and recently ...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Bill Gates: charity begins at home

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set up to give away $38 billion (plus another $30 billion pledged by Warren Buffett). While I'...
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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Buffett eyes Europe

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A most interesting article by Matthew Lynn in this week's Spectator. It's certainly worth reading in full, but here's a few poin...
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Monday, May 05, 2008

Quote of the day

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This global credit bust is going to astound practically everyone, including the bears. says Mish , daringly criticising Warren Buffett, who ...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Warren Buffett's misleading optimism

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Jonathan Chevreau reports Warren Buffett's bullishness on the US economy, long-term; but the real gem in this piece is the extensive, bu...
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Monday, November 05, 2007

Start like Buffett to end up like Buffett

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Great article in The Motley Fool about how Warren Buffett founded and developed his fortune, and some of us could do the same.

Warren Buffett and derivatives

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John Carney, in DealBreaker.com today , discusses Warren Buffett's recent involvement in derivatives, notwithstanding his previous publi...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

There's never just one cockroach in the kitchen

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... says Warren Buffett , at the trial of a former Freddie Mac chief executive.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

More surprises from Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett wants to pay more tax, according to NBC today. And he doesn't have an accountant! (How many enemies can you make in one ...

Buffett goes South and East

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MoneyNews.com (Friday) reports on Warren Buffett's investments in Brazil and South Korea. Apparently the great man has made a pile in B...
Saturday, August 18, 2007

Weathering the storm

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The bankers have shown their hand - they fear deflation more than inflation. Pumping-in cash and cutting rates will keep us going through th...
Sunday, July 08, 2007

Living off our inheritance: global wealth distribution, GDP and debt

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The World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) launched a report last December, about h...
Thursday, July 05, 2007

Buffett on trade imbalances

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Warren Buffett's 28 February 2007 letter to shareholders is available online, and makes educational and entertaining reading. Here'...
Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Railroads: further details

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Chris Mayer writes about railroads in today's Daily Reckoning Australia. After describing Chinese technical feats, he looks at factors ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

More on railroads, Buffett, Soros

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Further to the last post, the Santa Fe railway is now owned by Burlington Northern (BNI), in which Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway h...

Buffett, Soros, railways - a thought

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Many years ago, I read a series of books by a financial expert calling himself " Adam Smith ". In one, he spoke to an investment m...
Monday, June 25, 2007

Planning for the crash

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The Contrarian Investor's Journal reveals Part 3 of its thoughts on the crash-to-come, and addresses the dilemma of whether we are to p...
Monday, June 18, 2007

Mr Buffett takes a train

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Seeking Alpha reports today that Warren Buffett now shares George Soros' recently-discovered liking for railways - perhaps this illustr...