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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.A) (BRK.B) HomeServices of America residential real estate brokerage unit, run by CEO Ron Peltier, is putting the pedal to the metal acquisition-wise: Peltier said he expects to spend $200 million in the next two years paying 20 cents to 25 cents on the dollar for distressed brokerages to get HomeServices into new markets. The HomeServices chief executive officer said he...
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Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Bloomberg reports on Ron Peltier, who runs HomeServices of America, which has a parent company called Berkshire Hathaway. HomeServices is the second-largest real estate brokerage in the US, according to the linked article.Interesting bit:"Cash is king,'' Peltier said in an...
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SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) is trading at the bottom of its 52-week range ($49.44-65.59). Typically KO has been one of the world’s most admired stocks . Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) is the second largest holder of KO stock with a $10.4 billion investment in the company . Analysts are however beginning to move away from the stock. At Valuecruncher we decided to put some numbers around...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Tim Meador submits: Thor Industries (THO) is the leading manufacturer of travel trailers ahead of Berkshire Hathaway 's (BRK.A) (BRK.B) Forrest River, and they also make motor homes and buses. Travel trailers and 5th wheels account for 68 percent of sales, with motor homes at 17 percent and buses at 15 percent. It sells under the brand names of Airstream, Dutchmen, Four Winds, CrossRoads, Keystone,...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Money Morning submits: By Jason Simpkins Not even Warren Buffett was immune to the stock market’s rampant first-half gyrations, as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) notched its worst first half in 18 years, with the shares skidding more than 16%. But only a fool would count out the great Oracle of Omaha, who has spent the past several months restructuring his company’s portfolio and is now ready to...
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Money Morning (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Not even Warren Buffett was immune to the stock market’s rampant first-half gyrations, as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B) notched its worst first... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first.
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The Street (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Berkshire Hathaway isn't the only $100-plus-per-share stock worth your consideration.
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The Street (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Berkshire Hathaway isn't the only $100-plus-per-share stock worth your consideration.
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
James Cullen submits: Last Friday, Warren Buffett was on CNBC for several hours in the morning answering questions on all sorts of topics with his usual reserved wisdom. One of the big revelations was that Buffett has been adding to either Wells Fargo (WFC) or American Express (AXP) – both extremely large positions in the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) portfolio. Earlier in the program, Buffett noted...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Horacio Marquez submits: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) with Warren Buffett at the helm has one of the greatest financial combinations investors have ever seen. The shares of the once-wheezing textile-maker-turned-investment-vehicle doubled over the past 10 years, while the broad Standard &Poor’s 500 Index returned only 18% during t he same period. In the process, Buffett became the richest man on...
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Money Morning (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
By Horacio Marquez Contributing Editor Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) with Warren Buffett at the helm has one of the greatest financial combinations investors have ever seen. The... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first.
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
This morning there was a rather long CNBC interview where Becky Quick got to interview Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) Warren Buffett live in Omaha. He... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Stockerblog submits: Everyone is looking for a low share price bargain. But what about the high priced shares? There are plenty of great stocks, besides Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)(BRK.B), that sell for over $100 a share. Here are some stocks, all trading in excess of $100 a share, that have P/E ratios less than 20, PEG ratios less than 1, market caps above $15 billion, and all...
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Moomin Valley (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
The firms discussed in this post are the European firms among the top 10 in the LPX index. I've already covered (and invested in) 3i - the firm with the largest weight in the index. Wendel: This French firm seems to be more of a buy and hold investor in the mode of Berkshire Hathaway or Loews than a private equity firm. RoE is less than 10%. So this doesn't look attractive as a LPE investment.
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Edward Printer | 02/15/2008
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Warren Buffet's investment group Berkshire Hathaway bought more than 132 million shares of food company Kraft, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Comission Thursday.
