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Stock Market Optimists Revisited: This Is Not Your Father's Stock Market

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Joe Eqcome submits: Having the privilege to have met Sir John Templeton, the founder of The Templeton Funds , I was stuck not only by his crushing intellect but also by his sense of optimism regarding investing. Warren Buffett, a fellow optimist, who upon acquiring Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. ( BNI ) for $26.3 billion said, “It was a bet on America”. Optimistic Investing: Being...

Warren Buffett's Best Bet Is Energy: Poll

The Street (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The results are in from TheStreet's poll on Warren Buffett's latest stock picks: It is better to fuel up on oil than to stock up on food for investors hoping to ride out this market.

Warren Buffett Stock Picks: Which Is Shrewdest?

The Street (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

In Berkshire Hathaway's latest portfolio changes, Warren Buffett added Wal-Mart, Exxon and Nestle, while shedding Moody's and Conoco-Phillips. Which will prove shrewdest?

Pulte Homes: Moving to the Sell-Block

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ockham Research submits: On Wednesday we wrote a piece talking about the strange upgrade of Pulte Homes ( PHM ) by an analyst at Citigroup ( C ). At that time ( Upgrade Trumps Macro-Economics for Homebuilders ), we reiterated our Overvalued stance on Pulte, the largest in the group thanks to its acquisition of Centex, as we have that stance on most homebuilder stocks right now. In the Citigroup analysts’...

Buffett Borrows For Rail Acquisition

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Warren Buffett, the CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)/(BRK.B), announced on Thursday to borrow $8 billion of loan for the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI). Berkshire Hathaway, which already owns a 22% stake in Burlington Northern, announced earlier this month it would acquire the rest for a total value of $34 billion. Buffet agreed to pay $100 a share in cash...

Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Dell vs. Hewlett-Packard

The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dell's quarter does not necessarily mean bad things are in store for Hewlett-Packard, says Jim Cramer.

Berkshire's B-Share Split

Forbes (Free subscription) | yesterday

Warren Buffett's flip-flop could bring new investors to Berkshire and more volume to its shares.

Buffett: Don’t Screw With the Fed

Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

Warren Buffett taped an amusing video with CNBC’s Becky Quick a week ago as he strolled across campus with Bill Gates and urged legislators to keep their hands off the U.S. Federal Reserve, arguing it’s done a good job as an independent body over the years, and attempts to reign [...]

Cramer on BloggingStocks: Dell feeds the bears

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday

Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Dell (DELL) , Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , Market matters , Limited Brands (LTD) , Cramer on BloggingStocks , Technology From TheStreet.com Network Dell's Weak Numbers Sink Shares Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Nov. 20 TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says traders who focus on the negative will pounce on this poor report. Thanks for nothing, Dell ( DELL )...

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Professor Buffett Tutors Goldman

The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday

Warren Buffett helps Goldman Sachs out of a messy situation by participating in a $500 million philanthropic plan to help small businesses.

Small Business Lending: Regional Banks Could Fill the Void

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Daniel M. Harrison submits: With Goldman Sachs ( GS ) and Warren Buffett ( BRK.A ) sponsoring a $500 million loan package for small businesses in the wake of this year’s largest bankruptcy, that of small- and medium-sized business lender CIT Group ( CIT ), lending to the nation’s little organizations has never been a hotter topic than it is now. With this in mind, I spoke with Dan Drechsel...

Agco: A Growing Population Still Has To Eat

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Jamie Moye submits: Farm Equipment manufacturer Deere & Co. ( DE ) rose as high as 7% on Wednesday after CNBC pundit Jim Cramer touted agriculture as the next sector that could “break out” during his Tuesday night Mad Money show. In promoting “agriculture” as a possible break out play, Cramer cited an optimistic crop forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and...

Husebye: A Contrarian's View of the Markets

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Arjun Rudra submits: With the S&P 500 failing to close above its 50% retracement from its 666 low and oil failing to break above 80.40/50 even after receiving the news of the 0.9 million drawdown in EIA crude inventories, the markets may be setting up for a significant decline. Did Warren Buffett get it wrong when he said his acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe ( BNI ) was a "bet...

Cramer's 'Stop Trading!': Good for Geithner

The Street (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Jim Cramer is glad Treasury Secretary Geithner stood up for himself today.

Duke Energy Wants to Own Every Piece of the Smart Grid

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Greentech Media submits: By Jeff St. John Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy ( DUK ), wants to own every piece of the smart grid, all the way down to the energy portals in customers' homes and the solar panels on their roofs. Complete Story »