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  • A Look at the Mini-Berkshires

    By Matthew Luke - May 18, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, LUK, MKL, PWCDF

    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) has been one of the best investing success stories of the past half-century. Under Buffett’s leadership, the textile manufacturer turned insurance company turned investment vehicle has made many people a small fortune (and a few people a very large fortune). With the success of Berkshire, it should come to no surprise that investors are always on the lookout for the more »

  • Can This Company Keep Growing and Growing?

    By Nauman Aly - May 18, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BRK-B, GOOG, MSFT

    Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) reminds me of a monster in a 1950s horror movie; it just keeps growing and growing. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) might get all the respect and attention, but it’s Google that is growing at an astronomical rate these days. On May 17, 2013, Google’s share value had risen to $904. That’s right; Google shares have topped the $900 mark for the first time.

    This occurred more »

  • Why You Should Listen to Flight Attendants

    By Marie Palumbo - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, HNZ, JCP, JPM

    Humans are great at accumulating insurance. There's life insurance. Home insurance. Health insurance. Car insurance. Flood insurance. Ring insurance. And now there’s even a market for, of all things, vacation insurance.

    It’s easy to get insurance. You do some research, pick up the phone, pay for coverage, and then you can forget about it. One and done. It’s as if safety requires almost no thinking.

    Actually more »

  • Why Warren Buffett Loves DaVita...And You Should, Too

    By Jessica McCann - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, DVA

    Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is one of the largest kidney care companies in the United States. The company specializes in diabetes-related care for approximately 158,600 patients across 2,032 outpatient dialysis centers, including in-center hemodialysis, in-center nocturnal dialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis, renal diet assistance, vascular access management, and chronic kidney disease education.

    Last Wednesday, board members disclosed a standstill agreement with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-Amore »)

  • Do You Have Nerves of Steel?

    By Callum Turcan - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: MT, BRK-B, X

    Do you have nerves of steel? Are you willing to wait out crisis after crisis in Europe, and slowdown after slowdown elsewhere? If you are, then ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) may be the stock for you. ArcelorMittal posted a net loss of $0.21 per share, missing estimates by $0.07 and falling short of the $0.01 EPS it posted a year ago.

    The stock was still up 4.5 more »

  • What This Fool Learned:On Buffett, Burgers, and Bull Markets

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BWLD, BKE

    One year ago I wrote my first Motley Fool post, "Call Me, Shia!" on how actor Shia LeBoeuf nailed it on a call to go long McDonald's. Since then I've learned anything with Warren Buffett or burgers in the title is boffo (a word I love to use if you've been following along).

    First and foremost

    After having written the equivalent of three full-length Great American Novels more »

  • Berkshire Hathaway: The Best of the Conglomerates?

    By Bill Edson - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, CNA, L, UTX

    Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) reported first quarter earnings on May 3, and what a quarter it was. Earnings consist of earnings for wholly owned companies, including Geico Insurance, General Re, and See's Candies. Then add to that the many companies in which Berkshire Hathaway has a majority stake, such as leading renewable energy company Mid-American Energy, along with stock price changes of the companies that Berkshire simply holds equity more »

  • 3 of Warren's Favorite Stocks: IBM, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble

    By Mark Morelli - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, KO, IBM, PG

    Instead of wondering who will become the next CEO of Berkshire Hathaway or what Warren Buffett wrote in his first tweet I think most investors, including me, would be more interested in the answers to questions like what companies he chooses and how he chooses them.

    Q&A

    The annual Berkshire shareholders meeting was held earlier this month, a "small" affair attended by 35,000 of the faithful in Omaha more »

  • Why Whitney Tilson Thinks You Should Buy AIG, Berkshire Hathaway

    By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: AIG, BRK-B, WFC

    In a previous piece, I covered two of Whitney Tilson’s recent picks from last week’s Value Investing Congress (Netflix and Spark Networks). Now, I’ll look at Tilson’s other two picks from that Congress -- AIG (NYSE: AIG) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B).

    Not your father’s AIG

    AIG was once a lumbering financial giant, a veritable black box of unknowable risks. In 2008, exposure to toxic credit more »

  • Three Terrific Tips from Titan Tilson

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, HTZ, NFLX

    At last week's Value Investing Congress, brainchild of Kase Capital's investing titan Whitney Tilson, the keynote presentation by Tilson highlighted three stocks he still loves: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B), and Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE: HTZ).

    These three are close to 52 week highs and the Street seems to love them, too. And why not, when each has been heading steadily higher?  However, none of these more »

  • Why Berkshire Can Beat the Market

    By Jordan Wathen - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A

    Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) has humble roots as a textile mill in the early 20th century, but when a dying business was coupled with the world's best investor, it grew quickly. This year, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway appeared at number 5 on the Fortune 500, which ranks companies by revenue.

    Investors fear that the size and scope of Berkshire Hathaway will prevent it from repeating more »

  • Buffett Has Just Increased His Stake In His Favorite Investment

    By Shmulik Karpf - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, PKX

    On May 1, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), (NYSE: BRK-B) agreed to pay $2.05 billion to purchase the remaining piece of Iscar, an Israeli metalworking company that it had acquired a stake in seven years ago. IMC International Metalworking, known as Iscar, was founded in 1952 by Stef Wertheimer, an Israeli entrepreneur from an old rented shack. It makes cutting gear for industries including aerospace and auto more »

  • Whitney Tilson's Favs

    By Marshall Hargrave - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AIG, BRK-B, NFLX

    Whitney Tilson never misses a chance to give a shout out to the stocks he loves. He is a frequent guest on CNBC and appears at a number of conferences. He is also the co-founder of the bi-annual investment conference, Value Investing Congress. Naturally, Tilson spoke at the eighth annual Value Investing Congress this month, touting his top ideas. 

    At the conference, Tilson notes that he still likes American International more »

  • Rails Turning on to Natural Gas

    By Howard Rothman - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, CNI, CSX, NSC, UNP

    Driving that train, high on… natural gas? Granted, it isn’t as catchy as the Grateful Dead original. But if major North American freight railroads keep moving as they are, this could be the version many are singing well into the 21st century.

    Freight railroads have never been very exciting. They operate much the same today as they have for more than a century, and few of us think about more »

  • What Do Wal-Mart & Wells Fargo Have In Common? This Fund Is Bullish

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AFL, BRK-B, MSFT, WMT, WFC

    Steven Check, the founder and Chief Investment Office (CIO) of Check Capital Management Inc. relies on financial stocks, with the fund heavily invested in Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B). Management has made additions to their holdings in Wells Fargo and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). Let us take a look at how the five biggest positions in Check Capital Management's equity portfolio have done in 2013, and more »

  • The Future of Buffett’s Distressed Deals

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: BAC, BRK-B, BRK-A, GE, GS

    Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) had its annual shareholders' meeting in downtown Omaha this past weekend; see our live coverage of the meeting here. Warren Buffett made the bold move of including an investor bearish on Berkshire Hathaway on the panel of analysts to question him.

    Who was the bear?

    Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners Management was the lucky recipient of the invitation to be the credentialed bear. Kass more »

  • Three Top Investment Ideas of a Successful Investment Manager

    By Anh HOANG - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BRK-B, QCOM

    David Rolfe, the portfolio manager of Wedgewood Partners, has been generating a decent annualized return of 11.5% for his investors for the past twenty years, beating S&P 500’s annualized return of only 8.2% during the same period. With around $2.2 billion in total asset under management, he holds quite a concentrated portfolio. His three biggest positions are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) and more »

  • Should You Invest in America?

    By Joshua Bondy - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, KSU, SPY, YUM

    Change is uncomfortable. America is entering into a new stage. It is not the supreme world power that it was in the 1990s. Relative to the world economy, America's economy is getting smaller. Even with these changes, it is important to remember that many American companies are huge multinationals that benefit from growth inside and outside the United States.  

    World GDP data by YCharts

    Is America Growing?

    Just because more »

  • More Oil in the Bakken

    By Mark Morelli - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, BRK-A, HAL, VLO

    A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey indicates that, buried in the Bakken shale and Three Forks regions of North Dakota and Montana, there are actually more oil and natural gas deposits than previously thought . Two or three times more, in fact.

    If these projections pan out, it can only benefit businesses involved in the production, transportation, storage, processing, and use of said energy supplies. The overall economy more »

  • Sell in May and Go Away: Debunked

    By Jason Hall - May 8, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-B, CMG, RSP, SPY, WFM

    My wife and I are in the market for a new home.  We've been saving for several years, including investing in stocks.  I have started selling shares in order to free up cash for a down-payment. It's been strange, selling shares of companies that I love, and would happily hold for many more years. 

    But it's also a reminder of why we invest in stocks: There isn more »

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