Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letter is an eagerly anticipated treat for the financial community, and as usual, the 81-year-old Oracle of Omaha did not disappoint. In his characteristically good-humored, plainspoken …
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Why Lower Corporate Taxes Won’t Create More Jobs
Yesterday, President Obama announced a long-awaited proposal to cut corporate taxes in America, which U.S. businesses complain are much too high by international standards. The proposed reform is intended to prevent companies …
Can a Car Cost $95K and Still Be Considered a ‘Best Value’?
By all accounts, Porsche makes some pretty amazing automobiles. But do cars that sell for $80K and $95K belong on a list naming the best values for consumers?
Surprise! Warren Buffett Owns Tech Stocks
A week after disclosing that he had dived headlong into stocks dependent on a strong economy, Warren Buffett reveals he also bought 5.5% of the technology giant IBM. Cyclical and tech stocks are not usually high on Buffett’s wish …
Warren Buffett Is Buying. Is It Time to Celebrate?
It’s possible to over-analyze Warren Buffett’s investment moves. But that doesn’t seem to stop anyone, and the Oracle of Omaha’s latest disclosures are whipping up a stir over prospects for a robust recovery.
Maybe Millionaires Aren’t So Bad? Most Support Higher Taxes on the Rich
In a survey of Americans holding at least $1 million in investments, more than two-thirds of respondents (67%) say that taxes should be raised on people earning $1 million and up annually.
What’d Happen If Jay-Z and Warren Buffett Were in a Cartoon Together?
And they teamed up to teach kids lessons about making money? This may sound like the makings of a hazy conversation in some dorm room during the wee hours of the night. But this is actually happening. Come to think of it, the …
Why Gold Is Down (But Probably Not Out)
The recent collapse of gold prices is stirring a lot of conspiracy theories. Are the bars in Ft. Knox just painted bricks?
Is Warren Buffett Right About The Economy?
Warren Buffett told Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit Tuesday that he hasn’t thrown in the towel on the U.S. economy, arguing that the U.S. will avoid a double-dip recession despite rumors to the contrary. Though some …
Don’t Panic! Why Falling Stock Prices Are a Good Thing
As tends to happen, yesterday’s dramatic stock market decline has put some investors on edge. The other day, I talked with my friend who is a financial planner, and he told me that after the market dropped by 15% in early August, …
Why Buffett’s Plan To Tax the Rich Won’t Fix the Debt
The chattering class is agape over an op-ed in The New York Times on August 14, written by a billionaire, for billionaires, and about billionaires. The op-ed was penned by investment legend Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire …
Buffett Scandal Could Have Been Worse: Sokol’s Other Trade
David Sokol, a former Berkshire Executive, resigned on Wednesday. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway trading scandal could have been a twofer.
It appears Lubrizol wasn’t the first time David Sokol, who was until his resignation yesterday a top executive at Berkshire and a leading contender to succeed Buffett, …