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Berkshire Hathaway’s Mystery $3.5bn Spending Spree

Aug 28th, 2008 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Stock Market Investing

With the stock market in turmoil, it’s a good time to check in on what Warren Buffett is doing with his portfolio. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A, BRK.B) has struggled in the first half of the year. Money Morning’s Jason Simpkins says $3.5 billion of Berkshire’s recent $4-billion shopping spree is still unaccounted for…

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Soros: ‘Superboom’ Is Over

Apr 1st, 2008 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Featured, Financial News, Politics & Economics

The end of the “superboom” in asset prices has finally arrived, says billionaire investor George Soros.

According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, “Speaking on a BBC documentary, Mr Soros said that at the heart of the financial crisis was the culmination of a 60-year-old boom in leverage, the result of which will be a far deeper downturn than many expect.”

Read on at Telegraph.co.uk.

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