“If you stick around long enough, you’ll see everything in markets,” said Warren Buffett earlier this month in an interview with Yahoo Finance. This according to a recent article in…
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Buffett: Negative Rates Are More Puzzling Than Scary
The prospect of negative interest rates confounds Warren Buffett but doesn’t frighten him, according to a recent Bloomberg article. “U.S. policy makers have been seeking to grapple with the economic…
Learning from Buffett and Others During Market Crises
By Justin J. Carbonneau As of this writing, the S&P 500 will have dropped close to 30% in less than 20 trading days. The decline is the fastest drop into…
How to Be Like Warren Buffett in Times Like These
“When fear defines financial markets, remember Warren Buffett,” says a recent Barron’s article. Buffett once asserted that the secret to beating the market was to “be fearful when others are…
Highlights: Buffett’s Annual Letter to Shareholders
Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report included Warren Buffett’s much anticipated letter to shareholders. Here are highlights from the letter: Retained earnings. Buffett dedicated the first several pages of the letter to…
Berkshire Hathaway and a Buffett-less Future
As Warren Buffett approaches his ninetieth birthday, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders might be worrying about the company’s future, according to a recent article in Barron’s. But the article outlines several issues…
Buffett Sells Newspaper Business
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway have agreed to sell BH Media and the Buffalo News to Lee Enterprises, Inc., for $140 million in cash, marking a “rare divestiture after he…
Buffett’s Resolutions for 2020
This past year was “unremarkable” for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway as the conglomerate’s cash hoards continued to grow and any “elephant” acquisitions remained elusive. This according to a recent article…
When Warren Buffett Thanks You for “Client Alpha”
By Justin Carbonneau (@jjcarbonneau) Imagine for a moment you were one of the very first investors in Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and you’ve stayed committed to Buffett all these years…
Buffett's Bid for Tech Data Thwarted
Berkshire Hathaway’s $5 billion offer ($140 per-share) for technology distributor Tech Data Corp. was beat by private equity firm Apollo Global Management last month with an offer of $145 per…