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Gates Owns 8 Pct of Berkshire Hathaway
2007-07-18 19:07:46
Bill Gates reported an 8% stake in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK A)through his charitable foundation and investment firm.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation received 475,000 Class B shares as a gift from Buffett on July 9.
Additionally, Gates holds 300 shares of Class A common stock in Berkshire Hathaway directly, and 4,050 Class A shares through his investment firm Cascade Investment LLC. Each class A share is convertible into 30 shares of Class B common stock, giving ...
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Skechers Shares Fall on Analyst Note
2007-07-18 12:38:10
Skechers USA Inc.'s shares fell on Wednesday, after an analyst expressed concern about the retail environment and lowered second-quarter earnings estimates.
The note came a day after Skechers shares rose 8 percent as a Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst said business trends are strong and upgraded the stock to "Strong Buy," from "Buy."
However, on Wednesday, BB&T Capital Markets analyst David E. Turner said channel checks and survey data suggest same-store sales trends across the footwear sector were negative in April and May and sli ...
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Stocks Rally Snapped on Subprime Jitters
2007-07-18 11:26:43
Stocks retreated Wednesday as investors reacted uneasily to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments on the economy and news that two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds were essentially worthless. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 100 points.
Even without any bad news, a downturn in stocks was expected after the rally that began last week and that Tuesday nudged the Dow past the 14,000 mark for the first time. With no major catalyst behind the advance, the record run has perhaps been puzzling to market watchers trying to determin ...
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Warren Buffett Issues Death Threat
2007-07-17 22:59:24
In Warren Buffett's most recent shareholder letter, Buffett writes:
"We show below our common stock investments. With two exceptions, those that had a market value of more than $700 million at the end of 2006 are itemized. We don't itemize the two securities referred to, which have a market value of $1.9 billion, because we continue to buy them. I could, of course, tell you their names. But then I would have to kill you."
Bill Barker, as I am sure many of us have heard, that there really is no such thing as an innocent joke? Why does ...
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Short Condor Spread
2007-07-17 22:30:50
find out how to play banker in a condor spread transaction! ...
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Two Value Stock Picks - And Two Pans - from Vahan Janjigian of Forbes
2007-07-17 12:04:05
Forbes Investor Advisory Institute hosted a Financial Round Table discussion on June 30, 2007. There, Wally Forbes asked Vahan Janjigian, Ph.D., CFA, what he liked.
Vahan started out with two companies that he doesn't like, Starbucks (SBUX) and Whole Foods (WFMI). As well, he doesn't like home building stocks across the board. He doesn't like Starbucks and Whole Foods because they are too related to the price of gasoline. When gas is expensive, people will tend to cut back on things that are more of a nice to have rather than a must have ...
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Dispelling The Fallacy of "Buffett Cant Buy More"
2007-07-17 11:56:39
Todd Sullivan is completely against the idea that the reason why Buffett can't buy more shares in a company is due to the size of Berkshire Hathaway. According to the SEC rules, stock purchases are prohibited in large stakes (up to 1% of daily volume) wihtout disclosing it.
Todd thinks that is a crock and he has a few examples of why he thinks that isn't true. He isn't sure why, whether Buffett just doesn't want to, or whether he is just not actively managing the money, but he is sure that the SEC regulations is not the case.
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Health-Care Funds
2007-07-17 10:17:11
Smartmoney has a weekly fund screen and for this weeks screen they focused on the healthcare industry. These funds invest in the stocks of drug companies, insurers, hospital chains and even fledgling biotech firms. There are 158 funds in the Lipper database, but Smartmoney's screen only returned 9 funds.
Health care has a number of compelling arguments going for it. But what really has most investors intrigued with health care is the prospect of a whole generation of baby boomers falling into retirement. Forecasts for the next 10 years pre ...
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News Corp. Reaches Deal to Buy Dow Jones
2007-07-17 08:39:42
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has reached a tentative agreement to buy Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
Negotiators from the two companies on Monday reached an agreement in principle for the original $5 billion that Murdoch had offered, and it will go to Dow Jones' board Tuesday for its approval.
The Bancroft family, whom owns only 25% of the company but but controls 64% of the shareholder vote, have spoken loudly in the opposition of the merger. They have concerns over whether the Journal would maintain its editori ...
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Risk Awareness Does Not a Bear Make
2007-07-16 19:06:55
Overvalued, overbought, and overbullish. Sounds pretty bearish, right? Not exactly - his whole point is that if the current market environment doesn't justify an expectation that equities - with all their inherent risk - won't outperform risk-free Treasuries, then it doesn't make sense to put new money into the markets.
Since we switched to ETF underlying instruments, the average return of our trades has been 33.5%. ...
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Should I trust online credit report services?
2007-07-16 14:51:24
Today many consumers are asking this question especially when they found hundreds of email in their in-box about promising accurate credit reporting in a click of mouse. The good fact is that most of the companies provide accurate information on your credit report.
Most of these credit reporting organizations provide the services in free of cost. You can get free credit report from them but the truth is most of them will not provide the full report that you may be interested in. They will provide you some basic information and will invite y ...
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Jim Cramers Portfolios of the Week
2007-07-16 12:56:39
Cramer's Dozen Tech Stocks for Summer: Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Oracle (ORCL).
Cramer's Growth Stocks: Research In Motion (RIMM) and Intel (INTC).
Cramer's Oil & Oil Service Plays: Exxon Mobil (XOM).
Cramer's Steel Stocks: Nucor (NUE) and U.S. Steel (X).
Cramer's Tech Sector Plays: Intel (INTC).
Cramer's Undervalued Minerals: Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce (RIO).
Lightning Round: He was bullish on several stocks such as EMC (EMC) and Wal-Mart (WMT), but also bearish on the likes of Target ...
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Stocks With the Best Five-Year Charts
2007-07-16 12:43:32
Roy Barkwell, as a hobby, searches for stocks with up-trending 5-year charts. These are well-managed companies that have the potential to continue their uptrends in the next five years.
First up is MetLife (MET). The insurance company has exhibited very steady growth over the past five years. Every year for the past seven, for instance, MetLife has improved book value. The stock is owned by super hedge fund Caxton Associates. MetLife also makes the list of Jim Cramer's Best-of-Breed Stocks for 2007.
Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) in ...
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