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The final list of Warren Buffett’s year-end stock holdings from Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) are out and we broke them down alphabetically with this being the “S to Z” stock list. ...
Some investors love activist hedge funds.  They can correct many anti-shareholder practices or policies.  But it seems that the power of activists has been limited in the current economic...
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 we...
Billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn has made some  large changes to his portfolio holdings.  He and Icahn Capital, L.P. have not been immune to the market sell-off as you have seen in his...
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is being mentioned in TheStreet.com, New York Times, the WSJ, and elsewhere as either “filing for bankruptcy protection” or that it was “near to filing for...
After the close of trading, there was an SEC filing showing that billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn now controls more than 10.5%  of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF).  This was...
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) had an important vote today that essentially allows Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) to get much more control of the company. “The Next NVIDIA”...
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) have been out making fairly large bets in recent months.  It seems that distressed prices are tempting the Oracle of Omaha.  But what is...
If you hadn’t gotten your full round of pre-weekend economic gloom, famed investor Julian Robertson of Tiger Management just gave an interview with CNBC’s Erin Burnett. He is cautious about what...
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) used to be a huge investor in telecom, media, and technology companies.  A recent SEC filing shows that Microsoft no longer holds its previous stake reported in...
If you are not familiar with the name Kingdom Holding Co., you may know its owner by the name of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.  He has been a very visible investor in many companies including...
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 worry...
Whole Foods Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: WFMI) has a new activist in its ranks.  An SEC filing showed that Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. investment vehicle is now holding a 7% stake in the organic and...
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 A...
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 for the quarter...