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Sep 24th, 2009 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Emerging Markets
There’s no question that the big “winner” in the global financial crisis has been China. While for the past two years developed economies have been scrambling to keep afloat China has taken a nuanced approach to achieving its economic and political goals.
Tags: auto industry, BRK.A, BRK.B, china, commodities prices, copper, Emerging Markets, Financial Crisis, Ford, Gelyf, GS, IHS Global Insight, iron, oil, SAIC Motor
Posted in Emerging Markets |
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Sep 11th, 2009 |
By Shah Gilani |
Category: Politics & Economics
When it comes to the U.S. credit crisis, we’ve all heard the numbers. The stock market decline wiped out $7 trillion in shareholder wealth. It forced the federal government to commit to $11.6 trillion in bailout programs and stimulus spending. And it’s led to the longest U.S. downturn since the Great Depression.
Tags: BRK.A, BRK.B, Corporate Bonds, Mary Shapiro, MCO, MHP, MS, SEC, Shah Gilani, U.S. credit crisis
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Sep 10th, 2009 |
By Bob Blandeburgo |
Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing
Kraft Foods Inc.’s (NYSE: KFT) $16.7 billion unsolicited takeover attempt of Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBY) is the latest sign of consolidation in the highly competitive food industry, and will likely lead to two things: A bidding war for Cadbury and further consolidation in the sector.
Tags: Bob Blandeburgo, BRIC Nations, BRK.A, BRK.B, CBY, Danone, DPS, Emerging Markets, HSY, Kellogg, KFT, Nestle, PEP
Posted in Featured, Stock Market Investing |
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Aug 19th, 2009 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
As shares of Berhshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) plunged over the past year, it became fashionable to ask whether or not Warren Buffett had lost his touch.
Tags: AXP, Bdx, BNI, BRK.A, BRK.B, BYD Co. Ltd, china, GS, Jason Simpkins, Jnj, KO, UNH, WFC, WLP
Posted in Financial News |
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Jul 16th, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Top Story
Warren Buffett’s storied investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway Inc is now trading at somewhere in the region of 1.2 times its book value of $72,000 a share. This makes it well worth considering for value-minded investors.
Tags: BRK.A, BRK.B, Debt Levels, Defensive Stocks, Equity Indexes, Warren Buffett
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Jun 25th, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Politics & Economics
Despite all the data out this week — new and existing home sales, GDP, jobless claims — only one has given the Street a jolt: durable goods.
Tags: BRK.A, economics, Ian Mathias, politics
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Jun 18th, 2009 |
By Money Morning Staff |
Category: Financial News
Consumer Prices Increase Less Than Expected; Ten Banks Repay TARP Debt; Bankrupt Eddie Bauer Attempts Sale; Berkshire Hathaway Options Begin Trading; FedEx Losses Mount; Saab Cuts Debt; Gas Prices Keep Going, Going, Up; Boeing Gets First Air Show Order; China Will Invest Sovereign Wealth in Hedge Funds; Analyst: S&P 500 Will Hit New Highs By 2012; Bond Yields Drop; Mortgage Apps Plunge
Tags: BA, BAC, BBT, BRK.A, BRK.B, CIT, CPI, Crude Oil Prices, EBHI, FDX, FNM, FRE, GE, Global Recession, GMGMQ, GS, hedge funds, Index Cpi, Inflation Fears, JPM, MS, TARP, U S Treasury, US Banking, US stocks, USB
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May 11th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Politics & Economics
We made a brief trip back to France for a board meeting. Returning to London, people all seemed to be in mourning. Black is the color in London. Everyone wears black. Black pants, black skirts, black coats…
…the cabs are black…and so is the mood.
Tags: Alan Greenspan, Bill Bonner, BRK.A, BRK.B, Crude Oil Prices, Economic Depression, Federal Reserve, FNM, Gold Prices
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May 5th, 2009 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
Housing and Construction Stats Improve; Mobius: Emerging Markets Close to Bull Market; Sprint Beats Expectations; Bovespa Hits Seven-Month High; Buffett Says Wall Street Sold “Sewage”; Liberty Spins Off DirecTV; Airlines Low on Cash; Mexico Lifts Work Ban on Flu Scare
Tags: BRK.A, BRK.B, DTV, Emerging Market Stocks, housing starts, Lcapa, Mexican Economy, Sprint Nextel, Warren Buffett
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May 4th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Politics & Economics
In the newspapers there is much discussion of what General Motors (NYSE:GM) should do. This discussion has gone on for many years. Until now, it was a conversation carried on by serious analysts and auto industry experts. They all said the same thing: GM needed to clear out its management, dump much of its expensive, “legacy” overhead, and produce better cars. Why didn’t it do so?
Tags: Auto Business, Ben Bernanke, Bill Bonner, BRK.A, BRK.B, economics, Gm, government bailouts, politics, President Obama, US banking crisis, Warren Buffett, Water Crisis
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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